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Long Beach Steam Station No. 3

Description: Long Beach Steam Station No. 3 construction, including superheater, header, boiler assembly, skylight over Turbo Room, flue opening, stacks, view of all 3 plants, installing 83 ton transformers, Turbine Room interior, circulating water pumps, condenser installation, boiler interior, aerials of station, concrete girder reinforcement, exciter, oil switches, switch garden, control house, screen wells.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: August 1929 - June 1930
Call number: photCL SCE
Creator: Southern California Edison Company(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Edison International, December 2005.
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