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Big Creek: Construction of Dam No. 6, San Joaquin River

Description: Album with a printed introductory page detailing the construction of Big Creek Dam No. 6 on the San Joaquin River, including dam site, abutments, drilling test cores in riverbed, and building the bypass flume.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1921 - 1923
Call number: photCL SCE
Creator: Southern California Edison Company(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Edison International, December 2005.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Big Creek - Construction of Dam #6

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Big Creek - Construction of Dam #6 [Memento Album for the construction of Dam #6 - San Joaquin River, dam site, abutments, drilling test cores in riverbed, building bypass flume, dam construction, copy of blueprint drawing for Dam 6. duplicate album on file - vol 048a]

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Construction of Dam No. 6, San Joaquin River

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A bound set of 29 commercial photographs showing construction progress of Dam 6 on the San Joaquin River in Fresno County, California, from June 1921 to May 1923. The photographs include views of the river prior to construction, rail lines being built to bring in machines and materials, construction of various sections of the dam, men at work, and the dam upon completion. A one-page printed description of the dam is bound in before the photographs. It is likely that these photographs were taken by Southern California Edison's first company photographer G. Haven Bishop (1879 - 1972).

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Big Creek construction

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Big Creek, including tunnel excavation, Bear Dam, Mono Dam, Mono-Bear siphon construction; Florence Lake Dam construction, Ward Tunnel spilling; Shaver Lake Dam construction, concrete mixing plant, first concrete, screening plant, Quarry, Powerhouse 2A construction, Stevenson Test Dam construction; Gauging San Joaquin River, Herminghaus Ranch.

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Big Creek: Construction of Dam No. 6, San Joaquin River (copy 2)

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Duplicate of Box 49 album.

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Big Creek: Florence Lake and Dam

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Florence Lake dam: maintenance, including miscellaneous paint samples on arches, test slabs, backcountry Powerhouses, spill of water through Ward Tunnel from Florence Lake, flume collapsed from Ward Tunnel spill, Spillway at Florence Lake Dam cresting with logs and debris caught on drum gates, mountains above Florence Lake, and shots of different stages of construction of Florence Lake Dam. Photographer: Pacific Light & Power Corporation.

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Big Creek: streams, gauging stations, accidents, dam sites

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On spine of album: Streams, Gauging Stations, Dam Sites, Accidents, Miscellaneous Scenes. San Joaquin River, Blaney Meadows, Big Creek Lower Falls, Chiquito Creek, Granite Creek, Boggy Meadows, Gauge Houses, Banner and Ritter Peaks, Balloon Dome, Squaw Dome, Miller's Bridge, McClure Meadow, Sapphire Lake, Evolution Creek, Glaciers, Piute Creek, Pitman Creek Weir; Dam Sites: Mammoth Pool Reservoir, Forks Reservoir, Miller's Bridge Reservoir, Paradise Bar Reservoir, Wanda Lake, Desolation Lake, Stevenson Creek Test Dam, Shaver Lake; Stream gauging: recorders, stations, and field cabins for personnel; San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad accidents; miscellaneous Big Creek Powerhouses.

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Big Creek: Construction of Dam No. 6, San Joaquin River

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