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Big Creek and Kern River

Description: Coyote Lake at head of Big Creek; Big Creek [cascade above Powerhouse1 site], Stevenson Creek Falls, Thousand Island Lake; Borel Powerhouse and cottages; Borel interior with the original 5 Pelton Waterwheel unit], Kern Substation, Indian Substation, Newhall Substation; Azusa hydroelectric Plant; Sierra hydroelectric Plant; Mentone hydroelectric Plant; Redondo Steam Plant.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1904 - 1911
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.

Coyote Lake, Big Creek, Stevenson Creek Falls, Thousand Island Lake; Borel Powerhouse & cottages, Borel interior, Kern Sub., Indian Sub., Newhall Sub.; Azusa Hydro Plant; Sierra Hydro Plant; Mentone Hydro Plant; Redondo Steam Plant

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Coyote Lake (head of Big Creek), Big Creek [cascade above PH1 site], Stevenson Creek Falls, Thousand Island Lake; Borel Powerhouse & cottages, Borel interior [with the original 5 Pelton Waterwheel units], Kern Sub., Indian Sub., Newhall Sub.; Azusa Hydro Plant; Sierra Hydro Plant; Mentone Hydro Plant; Redondo Steam Plant.

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Big Creek construction, Kern River, Redondo Steam Station, etc

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Azusa Line; Big Creek construction - Dam 2, towers, Powerhouse 2, Richgrove Patrol Sta.; Borel change to Pelton-Francis horizontal turbines, break in canal, Bodfish Flume, repairs at Schoolhouse Cut, Profanity Flume; San Bernardino "C" Street Substation, Long Beach Steam Plant, Santa Ana River 2; Fillmore Substation; PLandP trucks and wagons; Huntington Beach Substation; East Kern Line; Kern Canal, settling basin, Borel Powerhouse; Mentone - siphon, flume break, fish screen, intake; L.A. City Power Dev. Plant 1; Pedley Powerhouse - break in canal; Redondo Steam Plant; Sierra Powerhouse; Stone Castle, Vernon Substation, Santa Paula Substation, Monolith Substation, and Eagle Rock Substation.

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Borel Powerhouse and water diversions; San Antonio Canyon, Kern River, and Southern California

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Sierra penstock break, new pipeline, intake house, diversion - powerhouse; Borel Powerhouse and water diversions, original Pelton-Doble turbines, and change over to horizontal Pelton-Francis turbines; various substations; Meter testing; Mentone hydroelectric project; Pedley hydroelectric project; Casing Head Gasoline plant; Old Redondo Steam Plant construction and facilities; Stone Castle plant after fire; Ventura Power Co. steam plants, gas plant and substations; Pasadena; Wash at Sunnyslope substation; Water plant at San Bernardino

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Big Creek: Early Big Creek and other Edison facilities

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Substations; Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and Powerhouse 2 construction and penstock construction, Huntington Lodge and Huntington Lake, heavy snowfall, break in Powerhouse 1 penstock joint, Construction of Dam 1, 2, and 4; incline railroad, railroad locomotives, Construction of Big Creek transmission line; Magunden Substation; Kern transmission line poles, line and railroad wash out at Arroyo Seco; Long Beach Steam Plant; Los Angeles Aqueduct and Powerhouse; Pacific Light and Power vehicles; Intake Azusa Plant, Azusa Powerhouse interior; Highgrove forebay and Powerhouse; Stone Castle; Sierra Powerhouse interior, operator's cottages; Pedley Powerhouse; Mentone Powerhouse; Borel Powerhouse.

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Early construction at Big Creek, Tule River and Kern River

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Album compiled by Edison employee containing professional and amateur photographs of Borel interior with Pelton-Francis turbines; Excavation for Big Creek Powerhouse No. 2; Huntington Lake construction for Trestle Dam 1, Dam 2; start of construction at Powerhouse No. 1 and Dam 4, installation of equipment at Powerhouse 1, penstock assembly, completion of Dam 4; construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 2; construction of Powerhouse No. 8, constructing road to Powerhouse 3, and Tule Powerhouse.

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Big Creek, Mill Creek, Kern River, etc

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Big Creek rivers and streams; Powerhouse 2 interior; Cascada general office; Huntington Lake Lodge, Huntington Lake and Dam 1, Shaver Lake, Powerhouse No. 2, Powerhouse No. 8 interior and exterior, Dam 6 and Intake 3, Powerhouse No. 3; Vestal, Eagle Rock Substation, Laguna Bell Substation; Mill Creek No. 1 exterior and interior; Kern River No. 3 exterior and interior, Kern River No. 1 interior; Long Beach Steam Plant No. 1; Camp on Eagle-Bell Line near San Gabriel; Edison Executive portraits; and Edison General Office at 3rd and Broadway, Los Angeles.

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Big Creek and Kern River

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