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Big Creek: Dams

Description: Photographs of Dams 1, 2, 3, 3A, 5 and 6 including Dam 1 intake tower (interior and exterior), seepage, sluice pipes, spilling over top and through spillways, automatic siphons; Dam 2 - watchman's house; Dam 3 and 3A; Dam 4 spilling; Dam 5 - site excavation, forms up, diversion flume, dam construction, trash rack, sluicing mud banks, Powerhouse 8 forebay construction; Dam 6 - site excavation, construction, coffer dam, diversion, framework, primary rock crusher No. 9, Tunnel 3 intake, Dam 6 spilling.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1917 - 1928
Call number: photCL SCE
Creator: Southern California Edison Company(Opens in new tab)

Big Creek - Dams

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Big Creek - Dams [Dam 1- intake tower (interior & exterior), seepage, sluice pipes, spilling over top and through spillways, automatic siphons; Dam 2 - watchman's house; Dam 3 & 3A; Dam 4 spilling; Dam 5 - site excavation, forms up, diversion flume, dam construction, trash rack, sluicing mud banks, PH 8 forebay construction; Dam 6 - site excavation, construction, coffer dam, diversion, framework, primary rock crusher #9, Tunnel 3 intake, Dam 6 spilling.]

photCL SCE 13 - vol 025

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Big Creek: Florence Lake Dam and Dam No. 2

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On spine of album: Florence Lake and Dam. Construction of main river channel, "Frog Pond" section, River Gorge section, trench for buttress 52, Insley tower at Frog Pond, tunnel intake, Camp 64 Hospital and ambulance, construction on diversion dam for intake, proposed wood stave flowline from Florence to Shaver Lake, Camp 62, tunnel excavation, logging reservoir site, Camp 65 sawmill, Camp 60 warehouse. Photographer: Pacific Light & Power Corporation.

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Big Creek: Shaver Lake No. 2

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Shaver Lake No. 2. Shaver Dam construction, including excavation, forms, concrete placement, diversions, Shaver Lake and old dam, aggregate conveyor belt, old dam and intake to Shaver Tunnel, quarry, duplex valve near Dam 2, Bear diversion dam, construction of Shaver Dam, finished dam showing areas with some leakage.

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Big Creek construction

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Big Creek, including tunnel excavation, Bear Dam, Mono Dam, Mono-Bear siphon construction; Florence Lake Dam construction, Ward Tunnel spilling; Shaver Lake Dam construction, concrete mixing plant, first concrete, screening plant, Quarry, Powerhouse 2A construction, Stevenson Test Dam construction; Gauging San Joaquin River, Herminghaus Ranch.

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Big Creek - Florence Lake Dam and Dam #2

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Big Creek - Florence Lake Dam and Dam #2 [Construction of Florence Dam, main river channel, "Frog Pond" section, River Gorge section, trench for buttress 52, Insley tower at Frog Pond, tunnel intake, Camp 64 Hospital and ambulance, construction on diversion dam for intake, proposed wood stave flowline from Florence to Shaver Lake, Camp 62, tunnel excavation, logging reservoir site, Camp 65 sawmill, Camp 60 warehouse]

photCL SCE 13 - vol 023

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F.P.C. Vol. 1, Projects 67 and 120 - Construction of Florence Lake Dam, Florence Tunnel, & Mono-Bear Diversion

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Florence Reservoir, Florence Tunnel, and Mono-Bear. Views include Big Creek Canyon; Florence Lake Dam site, including diamond drilling, clearing site, crib dam; Florence Lake Dam construction, forms construction; Florence Tunnel intake, tunnel excavation; Mono Dam construction: Mono-Bear junction; Mono-Bear siphon construction.

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