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Employee album: Kingsley Dutton's family photos; Big Creek and Kern River

Description: Photograph album of Edison employee, Kingsley A. Dutton, including pictures of Borel Powerhouse and interiors; Big Creek Powerhouse No. 1; Dam 4; Cascada; incline railway and hoist; Kern River No. 1; Kern River No. 3; Tule Powerhouse; Eagle Rock Substation; and Fairview Dam. Personal snapshots include views of Glendale, Griffith Park, early motorcycles, the Los Angeles Aqueduct, and a Boston terrier.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1913
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.

Kingsley Dutton's personal family photo album

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Kingsley Dutton's personal family photo album which includes some project photos of Borel Powerhouse; Big Creek Powerhouse 1; Big Creek Dam 4; Cascada; incline railway and hoist; Kern River #1; Kern River #3; Tule Powerhouse; Borel interiors, Eagle Rock Substation; Fairview Dam; Los Angeles Aqueduct.

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Employee album: Perry Hornsby's family photos and Big Creek

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Photographs of Big Creek compiled by Edison employee, Perry Hornsby, including views of compressor house, sled dog team, Camp 33, 35, 38, and 61, General Office, Huntington Lodge, mess hall, Stevenson Creek Falls, Shaver Sawmill, San Joaquin and Eastern Climax locomotive No. 107, hoist; construction at Dam 5, Dam 6, Intake 3, Powerhouse 3, Powerhouse 8, diver at intake, Penstock blow-out at Powerhouse 8; Kern River No. 3 construction.

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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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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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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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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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Employee album: Kingsley Dutton's family photos; Big Creek and Kern River

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