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

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1912 - 1916
Call number: photCL SCE
Creator: Southern California Edison Company(Opens in new tab)
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Azusa Line; Big Creek construction

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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 Sub., Long Beach Steam Plant, Santa Ana River 2; Fillmore Sub.; PL&P trucks & wagons; Huntington Beach Sub.; 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 Sub., Santa Paula Sub., Monolith Sub., and Eagle Rock Substation.

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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: 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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Big Creek and Kern River

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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.

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Borel, Kern River No. 3, Santa Ana River No. 1, Mill Creek, PL&P construction photos from 1903, and Bear Valley Dam (Union Power Co.)

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Photographs of Borel flume and canal work (mostly un-numbered), Borel headworks, Borel Powerhouse, Kern River No. 3 construction, Santa Ana River No. 1 powerhouse, Santa Ana River 1 intake, Santa Ana River 1 settling basin, Santa Ana River No. 2 powerhouse, Mill Creek No. 1 Powerhouse, Mill Creek No. 3 intake, Mill Creek cottages, Santa Ana River No. 3 flume construction, Pacific Light & Power construction Photographs from 1903, Bear Valley Dam (Union Power Co.), Mill Creek 2 and 3 Powerhouse, Santa Ana River flood damage.

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

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