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Big Creek projects and Colorado River survey

Description: Photographs of 1922 Colorado River Survey with typescript captions by "E.C.L.", including Hall's Crossing, Rock Island, Hole in the Wall, San Juan River, San Juan Dam site, Aztec Creek, Rainbow Natural Bridge, Girand Dam site, Sentinel Rock Dam site, Boulder Canyon Dam site, Black Canyon Dam site, Pierce's Ferry, Grand Wash Canyon, Hualapai Dam site, Virgin Canyon Dam site, Callville Dam site, El Dorado Dam site; Big Creek projects include Huntington Lake Dam 1 fourth unit of Powerhouse 1, Florence Lake Dam construction, tunnel construction, and diversion dam at Camp 63.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1922 - 1925
Call number: photCL SCE
Creator: Southern California Edison Company(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Edison International, December 2005.

Big Creek projects & Colorado River Survey

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Big Creek projects & Colorado River Survey [Colorado River Survey (1922 - with captions)- Hall's Crossing, Rock Island, Hole in the Wall, San Juan River, San Juan dam site, Aztec Creek, Rainbow Natural Bridge, Girand dam site, Sentinel Rock dam site, Boulder Canyon dam site, Black Canyon dam site, Pierce's Ferry, Grand Wash Canyon, Hualpai dam site, Virgin Canyon dam site, Callville dam site, El Dorado dam site; Huntington Lake -Dam 1 spilling, assembly of 4th unit Powerhouse 1; Florence Lake - Dam construction, tunnel construction, diversion dam at Camp 63.]

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Big Creek projects and Colorado River survey

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Big Creek Project - Penstock sections, Powerhouse No. 1 (Unit 4 installation), Powerhouse No. 2, Florence Lake Dam construction (framing for concrete), Camp Hospitals, Cookhouse, Warehouse, Recreation Hall, Mess Halls, tunnel excavations, Construction Camps (No. 21, No. 64, No. 72, No. 73); Photographs of Colorado River Survey of Sierra Watershed, including Evolution Lake, Garnet Lake, Wanda Lake, Thousand Island Lake, Heart Lake, Desolation Lake, N. Goddard Lake, and Sapphire Lake; Kern River No. 1; Transmission tower construction; [Big Bear dam construction]; Huntington Lake Dam 1; Shaver Dam construction.

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Big Creek projects & Colorado River Survey

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Big Creek projects & Colorado River Survey [Big Creek Project - Penstock sections, Powerhouse #1 (Unit 4 installation), Powerhouse #2, Florence Lake Dam construction (framing for concrete), Camp Hospitals, Cookhouse, Warehouse, Recreation Hall, Mess Halls, tunnel excavations, Construction Camps (#21, #64, #72, #73); Colorado River Survey; Sierra Watershed - Evolution Lake, Garnet Lake Wanda Lake, Thousand Island Lake, Heart Lake, Desolation Lake, N. Goddard Lake, Sapphire Lake; Kern River No. 1; Transmission tower construction; [Big Bear dam construction]; Huntington Lake Dam 1; Shaver Dam construction.]

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Long Beach Steam Station construction, Big Creek, Mill Creek, Santa Ana River, Big Bear Lake

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Long Beach Steam Station No. 1 construction, interior of generator floor; man with divining rods; Kern River No. 3, including headquarters camp, plant site, river, Fairview Dam with fish ladder; Big Creek, including Huntington Lake, Huntington Lake Lodge, Dam 4, cottages, Powerhouse No. 8, road construction to Powerhouse No. 3; Santa Barbara facilities, including Substations, car barn, steam plants; Mill Creek No. 1, Santa Ana River No. 2 flowline, Santa Ana River No. 1 intake and siphon; Union Power Co. hydroelectric projects, such as multiple arch dam at Big Bear lake, tunnels and adits.

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F.P.C. Vol. 1, Projects 67 and 120 - Construction of Florence Lake Dam, Florence Tunnel, & Mono-Bear Diversion

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Florence Reservoir, Florence Tunnel, and Mono-Bear. Views include Big Creek Canyon; Florence Lake Dam site, including diamond drilling, clearing site, crib dam; Florence Lake Dam construction, forms construction; Florence Tunnel intake, tunnel excavation; Mono Dam construction: Mono-Bear junction; Mono-Bear siphon construction.

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Kern River Project; Kings River

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Kings River Powerhouse No. 1 and cottages, headworks, Lucas Creek Flume, Cow Creek flume, Borel Powerhouse with 5 penstocks, Isabella (1907); Kings River No. 1 Water Appropriation Notice, Kings River No. 2 - Camp near Mill Creek, posted notice, material storage, warehouse at Tunnel 9; Kings River No. 3 - South Fork Gorge and Intake site, Crown Valley, Little Brush Creek, construction road, Water Appropriation Notice; Kings River No. 4 - Tehachapi Basin, lumber yards, water appropriation notice at intake site, P.D. Plant and spillway at mouth of Kern Canyon.

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