Visual Materials

Kern River Plant of Pacific Light and Power Company

Description: Borel Powerhouse on Kern River, including canals, flumes, construction camp near canal, work crew concreting canal walls and excavating canal path, interiors of powerhouse and switchboard.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1904
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.

Kern River Plant

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Borel intake [original], canals, flumes, flume crossing Kern River, cattle crossing bridge over Borel flume, construction tent camp near canal, crew concreting the canal walls, flume crossing wash, crew excavating canal path, water tunnel, Borel forebay, upper end of penstocks, operator's cottage next to penstocks at Borel, Borel Powerhouse [during construction], Borel interiors, switchboard, Kern River.

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Kern River near Kernville; Pacific Light and Power Co

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Kern River near Kernville showing intake of Pacific Light and Power Co. for Borel Powerhouse; gauging bridge at Pacific Light & Power powerhouse site; Kern River No. 1 site including Edison Electric Company power plant 1, penstock site for Pacific Light and Power Co, site for Edison Electric penstock and diversion, location of Edison Electric tunnels, tunnel "Upper 18," and Democrat Springs gauging station.

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

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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.

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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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Kern River Plant of Pacific Light and Power Company

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