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California Electric Power Corp. - Nevada-California Electric Corp.: Bishop Creek hydroelectric project

Description: Intake 2 Reservoir on North Fork Bishop Creek, Dam site - Reservoir No. 2, Lake on Middle Fork of Bishop Creek (Reservoir No. 1), dam site Reservoir No. 1, dam and intake, wood stave flowline, construction of a Bishop Creek Powerhouse [looks like Plant No. 4].
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1905
Call number: photCL SCE
Creator: Southern California Edison Company(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Edison International, December 2005.
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Rights: Copyright Southern California Edison. Certain uses require permission from Southern California Edison, contact reference@huntington.org for information.

California Electric Power Corp. - Nevada-California Electric Corp

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California Electric Power Corp. - Nevada-California Electric Corp. - Intake 2 Reservoir on North Fork Bishop Creek, Dam site - Reservoir #2., Lake on Middle Fork of Bishop Creek (Reservoir #1), dam site Reservoir #1, dam & intake, wood stave flowline, construction of a Bishop Creek Powerhouse [looks like Plant #4].

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California Electric Power Corp. - Nevada-California Electric Corp.: Bishop Creek hydroelectric project

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Photographs of Bishop Creek, Intake 2 Dam spilling, No. 2 Pipeline, Power House No. 1 interior, Sabrina quarry, Plant 4 facilities, Power House 5, and construction of Lake Sabrina and South Lake Dams. Includes a cyanotype view.

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California Electric Power Corp. - Bishop Creek Hydroelectric Power

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Construction of Bishop Creek hydroelectric Plant 2, 3, 4 5, and 6 as well as upper Bishop Creek watershed, No. 1 [Sabrina Dam] Reservoir, Hillside Reservoir [South Lake Dam], Intake 2 Reservoir in snow; Mines in Goldfield, Nevada (Combination, Merger, and Florence Mines); Nevada-California Power Company headquarters in Goldfield, stamp mill; Belmont Mine in Tonopah; Substations at: Goldfield, Tonopah, Millers, Lone Pine, Inyokern, Randsburg, Barstow, Victorville, San Bernardino, Corona, Elsinore, Perris, Coachella, and El Centro; Yellow Aster mine, St. Charles Hotel, Johannesburg, CA., Atolia Mine, Ice plant in Barstow, cement plants.

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Photographs of Maps, charts and drawings of Nevada-California Power Company hydroelectric projects

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Maps and charts include Goldfield and Tonopah, Nevada distribution system; Bishop Creek hydroelectric, Bradford [South] Lake; drainage above Bishop Creek Reservoirs; Storage Reservoir on Middle Fork, Bishop Creek; Plans for Dams on South Fork, Middle Fork, North Fork of Bishop Creek; Details for sluice gates, crib dams, intakes, Dam at Intake 2 Reservoir, South Fork Feed Line, pipelines, valves, sluice gates, powerhouse and transformer house floor plans, Plant Layouts, pipeline profiles, transmission lines and poles; Power distribution map; northern reservoirs.

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California Electric Power Corp. - Nevada Power, Milling, & Mining Co. - Vance & Sandy 1926 - Bishop Creek hydroelectric project

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Bishop Creek hydroelectric project - wood face dams at South Lake, and Lake Sabrina; Intake 2 reservoir; operator's cottage, Plant 4, Intake 5.

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California Electric Power Corp. - Nevada-California Electric Corp.: progress reports

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Photographs of Rhyolite Substation, Temescal Rock Company Substation, Banning Substation; Bishop Creek hydroelectric Plant No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5; Reservoir No. 1 [South Lake or Lake Sabrina], Equalizing Reservoir [Intake 2] showing proposed position of Plant No. 1, Control Station, and Cottages; Substations and Transmission Lines, including Victorville, Ransburg, Tonopah, Goldfield, Alkali, Manhattan, Elsinore, El Centro, and San Bernardino; Otay Dam and Reservoir.

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