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Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse No. 1 and No. 2

Description: Photographs by Stone and Webster Construction Co. documenting construction of Big Creek Powerhouse No. 1 and Powerhouse No. 2 in Fresno Co., California. Job Order No. 1142
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1913 - 1914
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.

Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2

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Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse No. 1 and No. 2 [Construction camps, Commissary, General Office, Engineers Building, gravel pit, crusher-washer plant, warehouses, cook house, dining hall, operator's cottages, bunkhouses, Hoist 2, locomotives No. 10 and No. 6, railroad roundhouse, water station, incline railway. Construction: pipeline, Dams 1, 2, & 3, Tunnel 2, west portal, and Adits.] Photographer: Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation.

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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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Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2

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Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2: Huntington Lake sawmill and logging; Camps 1a, 2, 6, and 7; Dams 1, 3, and 4; Incline railways; Penstocks; Flow pipes; Interior and exterior views of Powerhouse 1 and Powerhouse 2 construction; Tunnel 1; Incline railways. Photographer: Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation.

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Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2

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Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2: Camp 7; meat house; Tunnels 3 and 4 east portal; Flowline; Dams 1, 2, 3, and 4; Powerhouse 1 and Powerhouse 2 switchboards; Oil switches; High tension bushings; Stand pipes and surge chamber. Photographer: Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation.

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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.

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Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2: operating, interior and exterior views, 150kV bus, transformers, units 1-2; Dam 4 & reservoir, construction, penstocks, standpipes

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Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2: Powerhouse 1 in operation, interior and exterior views; 150kV bus, transformers, Units 1 and 2; Dam 4 and reservoir; Powerhouse 2 construction, penstocks, standpipes. Photographer: Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation.

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