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Employee album of T. H. Hotchkiss, Operating Department

Description: Photographs of Bryce and Zion parks, June Lake, Gem Lake, Gull Lake, Steam Plant Photographs, family Photographs, Catalina, [Huntington Library, Palm Canyon, Long Beach earthquake], USS Constitution, desert scenes, Steam Plant control room, Hoover Dam (under construction and during operation), Long Beach Steam Station, assorted photographs of California Missions, ocean liner "Empress of Britain", seaplane, steam Locomotives, US Navy ships.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1930s
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.

T. H. Hotchkiss personal and project photos

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T. H. Hotchkiss personal and project photos. Vacation photos of Bryce & Zion parks, June Lake, Gem Lake, Gull Lake, Steam Plant photos, family photos, Catalina, [Huntington Library, Palm Canyon, Long Beach earthquake], USS Constitution, desert scenes, Steam Plant control room, Hoover Dam (under construction and during operation), Long Beach Steam Station, assorted photos of California Missions, ocean liner "Empress of Britain", seaplane, steam Locomotives, US Navy ships.

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Album of snapshots by Ben Johannsen of California Electric Power Company (vol 122)

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Snapshots compiled by Ben Johannsen, including Mono Lake, Grant Lake, Laws, Locomotive and train of the "Holton Inter-urban Railway" owned by SSP Co.; El Centro Ice plant; SDGandE Company Steam plant; Long Beach Oil Fields. Handwritten note at front of album says "Ben Johannsen, Book 4 of 9"

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The Edison Electric Company, facilities and operations

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Album cover embossed with title "Edison Electric Company." Photographs of EEC facilities and operations, including Los Angeles Powerhouses No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3; EEC general office construction; Pasadena office; Santa Ana River No. 1 construction and operation; Edison Electric Co. plant in Pomona; Mill Creek No. 1 interiors; Santa Ana office; Pumping Plants and substations in Orange County; Redlands plant and office; Mill Creek 3 construction; Long Beach electric plant and gas plant; Santa Monica engine No. 1; San Pedro gas plant and office; Santa Monica Office, Steam Plant, and Gas Plant; Santa Barbara plants and offices; Long Beach plants and offices; San Bernardino; Colton; Kern River; Lytle Creek construction; Puente Substation and cottage; Ontario No. 1; Kern No. 1 construction; Castaic Substation; and Fernando Substation

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California Electric Power Corp. - Cain Irrigation Co. description and costs of Gem Lake reinforcement

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Report by the Dwight P. Robinson Company of consulting engineers on the Gem Lake Reinforcement Project, including final contract statement, and photographs of Rush Meadows Lake, Agnew Lake, Gem Lake and Gem Lake Dam; incline Tramways No. 1 and No. 2, hoists; quarry, crushing plant, chuting concrete, construction camps; Typescript report includes all costs for material and labor.

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Long Beach Steam Plant No. 1

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Construction and operation of Long Beach Steam Plant No. 1: assembly turbine No. 1, generator room, boiler room, transformer house, overview from top of [Salt Lake] Bridge.

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Long Beach Steam Plant No. 1

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Construction and operation of Long Beach Steam Plant No. 1: boiler installation, pile driving, train derailment at steam station, specimens of marine growth from intake tunnel, overviews of Steam Station, extension of Plant No. 1, dismantling old Long Beach Gas Plant, foundation work for Unit No. 2.

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Employee album of T. H. Hotchkiss, Operating Department

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