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Hoover Dam ceremony, aerial views, etc

Description: Hoover Dam, ceremony, Lake Mead, aerials of Colorado River, Transmission Towers, Generator floor, Transformers, assembly of units.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1930 - 1936
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.

Hoover Dam

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Hoover Dam, ceremony, Lake Mead, aerials of Colorado River, Transmission Towers, Generator floor, Transformers, assembly of units.

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Big Creek: Powerhouse No. 1 (part 1)

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Photographs of Powerhouse No. 1, Part One. Views include generator floor, exterior with extension, close-up of Powerhouse 1, generator repairs, Unit 3 penstock construction, riveting penstock, transformer rack, substation, exterior before extension, extension construction, hoist house interior, assembly of Units 3 and 4, change to 220 kV transformers.

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Kern River No. 1

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Kern River No. 1, including site for Democrat Dam; Dam construction and drainage tower; intake; dam spilling; Construction at Camp 4; Kern River Canyon, hospital, tunnel workers, tunnel portal, concrete mixing plant, concrete flume, tunnel automobiles; Camp 1, penstock construction, branch pipes, Powerhouse construction, machinery transport to site, assembly of units in powerhouse, placing "Y" piece, main water valve needle, exciter needle, impulse wheel and buckets, transformers, tailrace construction, original spillway, towers and erect insulators, transmission line; Tejon, Castaic and Fernando Substations, Los Angeles No. 3 Steam Plant.

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Big Creek: Powerhouse No. 3 (part 2)

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Photographs of Powerhouse No. 3, Part 2. Views of generator floor with Units 1, 2, and 3 installed, excavation of Powerhouse 3 site with steam shovel and high pressure water gun, Switchyard construction, turbine parts, battery room, construction of penstocks, turbine assembly. Also penstock construction for Unit 3, Powerhouse No. 1 .

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Photographs of Powerhouse No. 3, Part 1. Construction photographs of first forms up on powerhouse, staging and concrete plant, Switching Station, powerhouse steel framework, generator floor, draft tube construction, incline, views from above, penstock construction, Tunnel 3, CO2 equipment on Unit 3, Penstock binding, dispatcher's building, manifold assembly, oil circuit breakers, transformers, Dam 6 spilling, completed Powerhouse 3.

photCL SCE

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California Electric Power Corp. - Nevada-California Electric Corp.: Hoover Dam line construction

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Photographic map of Nevada-California Electric Corporation Transmission Line from Victorville to Boulder (Hoover) Dam site with profiles, tower drawings, as well as photographs of construction camps, tower installations, building tower bases, hanging insulators, stringing conductors, splicing conductor, switching towers, angle towers, angle "AP" type towers, dead end towers, and the Hoover Dam Substation.

photCL SCE

Hoover Dam ceremony, aerial views, etc

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