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Big Creek initial development

Description: Brochure published by PL&P about the Big Creek hydroelectric project, containing maps and pictures accompanied by text. A letter inserted at the end of the album from Bernell Smith to Mr. R.W. Maraist dated April 3, 1982, recounts life at Big Creek as an Edison employee.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 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.
Rights: Copyright Southern California Edison. Certain uses require permission from Southern California Edison, contact reference@huntington.org for information.

Big Creek Initial Development

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Brochure "Big Creek Initial Development" (1914) - Pacific Light & Power Corporation - Booklet (8x10) with colorized, panoramic photos, maps, text and illustrations describing the proposed development of hydroelectric power from Big Creek and the San Joaquin River. The initial project includes four dams, two tunnels, two powerhouses, two 240 mile transmission lines, one substation and a 56 mile railroad to the project. A letter written in 1982 by Mrs. Bernell Smith who lived on the project as a child is included with this brochure. In the letter she talks about the primitive housing and how much fun she had living there

photCL SCE 13 - vol 170

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Big Creek and Kern River

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Coyote Lake at head of Big Creek; Big Creek [cascade above Powerhouse1 site], Stevenson Creek Falls, Thousand Island Lake; Borel Powerhouse and cottages; Borel interior with the original 5 Pelton Waterwheel unit], Kern Substation, Indian Substation, Newhall Substation; Azusa hydroelectric Plant; Sierra hydroelectric Plant; Mentone hydroelectric Plant; Redondo Steam Plant.

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Edison employee album of Big Creek [?] scenes

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Snapshots by Edison employee, Lynn Harrington, of hydroelectric project, possibly of Big Creek, scenery, and group gatherings. A few pictures are identified. There are at least two pictures of Harrington.

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Big Creek: Big Creek scenery and Huntington Lake Lodge

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Big Creek Scenery and Huntington Lake Lodge. Photographs around Big Creek, Powerhouse No. 1, Stevenson Creek Camp, Basin Laundry near Camp 3, Pitman Creek, Big Creek Hotel, Indian Hut, Dawn Lumber Mill and Yard, winter scenes, Nellie Lake frozen, Kaiser Crest, Home Camp Creek, Big Falls on Pitman Creek, corral at Cattleman's Camp, Rancheria Creek, Huntington Lake Lodge and Cottages, boating.

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Long Beach Steam Station construction, Big Creek, Mill Creek, Santa Ana River, Big Bear Lake

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Long Beach Steam Station No. 1 construction, interior of generator floor; man with divining rods; Kern River No. 3, including headquarters camp, plant site, river, Fairview Dam with fish ladder; Big Creek, including Huntington Lake, Huntington Lake Lodge, Dam 4, cottages, Powerhouse No. 8, road construction to Powerhouse No. 3; Santa Barbara facilities, including Substations, car barn, steam plants; Mill Creek No. 1, Santa Ana River No. 2 flowline, Santa Ana River No. 1 intake and siphon; Union Power Co. hydroelectric projects, such as multiple arch dam at Big Bear lake, tunnels and adits.

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Big Creek: Accompanying Report on possible future hydroelectric-electric developments in vicinity

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Photographs with detailed typescript captions accompanying a Big Creek survey for potential future projects, including weirs on Stevenson Creek, Pitman Creek, Balsam Creek, Jackaboy Creek, and Music Creek; Red Lake, Florence Lake area, diversion south fork of San Joaquin River near Blaney Meadows, Jackass Dike, Bear Creek, Mono Creek, Mammoth Pool, Vermilion Valley dam site, Italian Bar, and Devil's Gorge.

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