Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108

Visual Materials
California Electric Power Corp. - Nevada-California Power Co. - Maps & Charts - Goldfield and Tonopah, NV distribution system maps; Perspective sketch of Bishop Creek Hydro, contour map of Bradford [South] Lake; map of drainage above Bishop Creek Reservoirs; Storage Reservoir on Middle Fork, Bishop Creek; Plans for Dams on South Fork, Middle Fork, North Fork of Bishop Creek; Details for sluice gates, crib dams, intakes, Dam at Intake 2 Reservoir, South Fork Feed Line, pipelines, valves, sluice gates, powerhouse & transformer house floor plans, Plant Layouts, pipeline profiles, transmission lines & poles; Power distribution map; northern reservoirs.
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Intake 2 Reservoir on North Fork Bishop Creek, Dam site - Reservoir No. 2, Lake on Middle Fork of Bishop Creek (Reservoir No. 1), dam site Reservoir No. 1, dam and intake, wood stave flowline, construction of a Bishop Creek Powerhouse [looks like Plant No. 4].
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Bishop Creek hydroelectric project - wood face dams at South Lake, and Lake Sabrina; Intake 2 reservoir; operator's cottage, Plant 4, Intake 5.
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Photographs of Bishop Creek, Intake 2 Dam spilling, No. 2 Pipeline, Power House No. 1 interior, Sabrina quarry, Plant 4 facilities, Power House 5, and construction of Lake Sabrina and South Lake Dams. Includes a cyanotype view.
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Construction of Bishop Creek hydroelectric Plant 2, 3, 4 5, and 6 as well as upper Bishop Creek watershed, No. 1 [Sabrina Dam] Reservoir, Hillside Reservoir [South Lake Dam], Intake 2 Reservoir in snow; Mines in Goldfield, Nevada (Combination, Merger, and Florence Mines); Nevada-California Power Company headquarters in Goldfield, stamp mill; Belmont Mine in Tonopah; Substations at: Goldfield, Tonopah, Millers, Lone Pine, Inyokern, Randsburg, Barstow, Victorville, San Bernardino, Corona, Elsinore, Perris, Coachella, and El Centro; Yellow Aster mine, St. Charles Hotel, Johannesburg, CA., Atolia Mine, Ice plant in Barstow, cement plants.
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Photographs of hydroelectric facilities at Mill Creek (Lundy); Shell Ranch; Saddlebag Camp; Cain Irrigation Co.; Rhinedollar Camp; Lee Vining Creek: Powerhouse 1 and Powerhouse 3; Cain Ranch; Rush Creek, Silver Lake; Benton Station; Owens River Gorge; Adams Main Plant and Auxiliary; Abelour Ranch, Red Hill Ranch; Turner Ranch; South Hillside Ranch; dwellings at Lake Sabrina; Bishop Creek No. 1 buildings, and Intake 2 buildings. Photographer: Southern Sierras Power Company.
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