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Big Creek: Powerhouse No. 3 (part 1)
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Big Creek - Powerhouse #3 (part 1)
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Big Creek - Powerhouse #3 (part 1) [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.]
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F.P.C. Vol. 3, Projects 67 and 120 - Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 3 and construction camps
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Construction of Powerhouse 3 and construction camps 1 to 54. Views include Tunnel 3, including intake construction, portal adit Camp 36, Camp 35 adit, outlet portal; Penstock 3 portal structure and manifold, surge chamber, drill sharpeners, connecting 18' penstock to manifold, butterfly valve house, flume to railroad sluicing water at outlet; Tunnel 3 excavation; Surge chamber construction; Construction views of Powerhouse 3, installation of 3 penstocks, turbine and generator installations at No. 3; Construction of 220kV switchyard.
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Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2
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Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2 [Locomotive No. 11 in snow; snow survey; Construction Camps 1F, 2, 6, and 7; excavation tunnels 1 and 2; construction at Dams 1, 2, 3, and 4; penstock & flow-line construction; sawmill; gravel pit; incline railways; Cascada material staging.] Photographer: Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation.
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Big Creek: Powerhouse No. 8 (part 2)
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Powerhouse No. 8, Part Two. Photographs of Powerhouse 8 diversion, excavation for powerhouse, diversion tunnel construction, interior shots of Powerhouse No. 8 (transformers, control room, turbine-generator assembly, station power, Johnson Valve, turbine runner, crane assembly, scroll case assembly, draft tube); Penstock rupture - ripped Penstock, flattened pipe, damage to powerhouse and other facilities, reshaping pipe, adding reinforcing bands to high stress sections of penstock; Camp 33, operator dormitory, substation, incline construction.
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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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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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