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    Borel, Kern River No. 3, Santa Ana River No. 1, Mill Creek, PL&P construction photos from 1903, and Bear Valley Dam (Union Power Co.)

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    Photographs of Borel flume and canal work (mostly un-numbered), Borel headworks, Borel Powerhouse, Kern River No. 3 construction, Santa Ana River No. 1 powerhouse, Santa Ana River 1 intake, Santa Ana River 1 settling basin, Santa Ana River No. 2 powerhouse, Mill Creek No. 1 Powerhouse, Mill Creek No. 3 intake, Mill Creek cottages, Santa Ana River No. 3 flume construction, Pacific Light & Power construction Photographs from 1903, Bear Valley Dam (Union Power Co.), Mill Creek 2 and 3 Powerhouse, Santa Ana River flood damage.

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    Big Creek construction, Kern River, Redondo Steam Station, etc

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    Azusa Line; Big Creek construction - Dam 2, towers, Powerhouse 2, Richgrove Patrol Sta.; Borel change to Pelton-Francis horizontal turbines, break in canal, Bodfish Flume, repairs at Schoolhouse Cut, Profanity Flume; San Bernardino "C" Street Substation, Long Beach Steam Plant, Santa Ana River 2; Fillmore Substation; PLandP trucks and wagons; Huntington Beach Substation; East Kern Line; Kern Canal, settling basin, Borel Powerhouse; Mentone - siphon, flume break, fish screen, intake; L.A. City Power Dev. Plant 1; Pedley Powerhouse - break in canal; Redondo Steam Plant; Sierra Powerhouse; Stone Castle, Vernon Substation, Santa Paula Substation, Monolith Substation, and Eagle Rock Substation.

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    Long Beach Steam Station

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    Long Beach Steam Station - Plant 1 construction, interior of generator floor; man with divining rods; Kern River #3 - headquarters camp, plant site, river, Fairview Dam with fish ladder; Big Creek - Huntington Lake, Huntington Lake Lodge, Dam 4, cottages, PH #8, road construction to PH #3; Santa Barbara facilities - Substations, car barn, steam plants; Mill Creek #1, SAR #2 flowline, SAR #1 intake & siphon; U[neon] P[ower] Co. hydro projects - multiple arch dam at Big Bear lake, tunnels and adits.

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    Big Creek, Mill Creek, Kern River, etc

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    Big Creek rivers and streams; Powerhouse 2 interior; Cascada general office; Huntington Lake Lodge, Huntington Lake and Dam 1, Shaver Lake, Powerhouse No. 2, Powerhouse No. 8 interior and exterior, Dam 6 and Intake 3, Powerhouse No. 3; Vestal, Eagle Rock Substation, Laguna Bell Substation; Mill Creek No. 1 exterior and interior; Kern River No. 3 exterior and interior, Kern River No. 1 interior; Long Beach Steam Plant No. 1; Camp on Eagle-Bell Line near San Gabriel; Edison Executive portraits; and Edison General Office at 3rd and Broadway, Los Angeles.

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    Big Creek projects and Colorado River survey

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    Big Creek Project - Penstock sections, Powerhouse No. 1 (Unit 4 installation), Powerhouse No. 2, Florence Lake Dam construction (framing for concrete), Camp Hospitals, Cookhouse, Warehouse, Recreation Hall, Mess Halls, tunnel excavations, Construction Camps (No. 21, No. 64, No. 72, No. 73); Photographs of Colorado River Survey of Sierra Watershed, including Evolution Lake, Garnet Lake, Wanda Lake, Thousand Island Lake, Heart Lake, Desolation Lake, N. Goddard Lake, and Sapphire Lake; Kern River No. 1; Transmission tower construction; [Big Bear dam construction]; Huntington Lake Dam 1; Shaver Dam construction.

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    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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