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Early construction at Big Creek, Tule River and Kern River

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1912 - 1913
Call number: photCL SCE
Creator: Southern California Edison Company(Opens in new tab)
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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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Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. - Big Creek construction photos

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Early construction photographs of Big Creek, including Powerhouse No. 2 construction, including pouring walls and sluicing below Powerhouse No. 2; Camp 7; crushing plant; generator room; Construction at Dams No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4; Intake at Dam 1. Photographs by Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation.

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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 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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Pacific Light & Power Corp. - Big Creek early construction photos

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Early construction photographs of Big Creek. Includes views of gravel pit, sluicing Powerhouse No. 2 site; Powerhouse 1 under construction; Powerhouse 2 under construction; Units 1 and 2 at Powerhouse 1; Powerhouse 2 switchboard, generator, Hoist No. 2, oil switch room, 6600 V switch room, local service switchboard, generator assembly; Tunnel 2 - adit 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; Intake to Tunnel 1, 9' flow pipe, west portal Tunnel 1, concreting surge tank at West Portal Tunnel 2. Photographs by Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation.

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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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Early construction at Big Creek, Tule River and Kern River

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