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Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2

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Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2: Sluicing construction sites; Camp 2 Warehouse; Meat storage and butchers; Concrete mixers; Camps 3, 6, and 7; Adit 2, and 3; Cascada yards; Transmission line construction; Excavation and construction at Dams 1, 2, 3, and 4, flowline, penstocks, surge shaft; Incline railway; Tunnels 1, and 2; Huntington Lake. Photographer: Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation.

Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date
March - April 1913
Call number
photCL SCE
Creator
Southern California Edison Company(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Edison International, December 2005.
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