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California Electric Power Corp. - Bishop Creek Hydroelectric Power

Description: 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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Date: n.d.
Call number: photCL SCE
Creator: Southern California Edison Company(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Edison International, December 2005.

California Electric Power Corp. - Bishop Creek Hydro

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California Electric Power Corp. - Bishop Creek Hydro - Plant 4 interior & exterior - Club House, wide shot of grounds, tail race, No. 5 Intake dam, Switch House, operators cottages; Plant 5 exterior & interior, upper Bishop Creek watershed, No. 1 [Sabrina Dam] Reservoir, Hillside Reservoir [South Lake Dam], Intake 2 Reservoir in snow, Plant 2 exterior & interior, Plant 3, woodstave flowline, transmission line, Plant 6 intake dam, Plant 6 exterior & interior, Control Station; Mines in Goldfield, NV (Combination, Merger, & 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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California Electric Power Corp. - Nevada-California Electric Corp.: Bishop Creek hydroelectric project

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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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California Electric Power Corp. - Nevada-California Electric Corp.: progress reports

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Photographs of Rhyolite Substation, Temescal Rock Company Substation, Banning Substation; Bishop Creek hydroelectric Plant No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5; Reservoir No. 1 [South Lake or Lake Sabrina], Equalizing Reservoir [Intake 2] showing proposed position of Plant No. 1, Control Station, and Cottages; Substations and Transmission Lines, including Victorville, Ransburg, Tonopah, Goldfield, Alkali, Manhattan, Elsinore, El Centro, and San Bernardino; Otay Dam and Reservoir.

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California Electric Power Corp. - Southern Sierras Power Co. Hydroelectric Projects (vol 136)

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Constructing San Bernardino Steam Plant, transformer assembly, water tank, boiler construction, turbine assembly, switchyard; Facilities at Bakersfield, Goldfield, Tonopah, Owens River, Elsinore, San Bernardino, San Jacinto, Corona, Hemet, Perris, El Centro, and Coachella; Bishop hydroelectric facilities and construction of South Lake Dam; Nevada mining operations; Gem, Tioga, Saddlebags, Agnew, Summit, Rhinedollar, Crystal, Mono, and Lundy Lakes; Mill Creek hydroelectric construction, including Mill Creek [Lundy] Powerhouse, wood-stave flowline, penstock, Lundy Dam. Photographer: Southern Sierras Power Company.

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Photographs of Maps, charts and drawings of Nevada-California Power Company hydroelectric projects

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Maps and charts include Goldfield and Tonopah, Nevada distribution system; Bishop Creek hydroelectric, Bradford [South] Lake; 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 and transformer house floor plans, Plant Layouts, pipeline profiles, transmission lines and poles; Power distribution map; northern reservoirs.

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California Electric Power Corp. - Nevada-California Electric Corp

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California Electric Power Corp. - Nevada-California Electric Corp. - Rhyolite Sub., Temescal Rock Co. Substation, Banning Sub.; Bishop Creek Hydro - Plant #2, Plant #3, Plant #4, Plant #5, Plant #6, Reservoir #1 [South Lake or Lake Sabrina], Equalizing Reservoir [Intake 2] showing proposed position of Plant #1, Control Station, & Cottages; Victorville Sub., Ransburg Sub., Transmission Line; Otay Dam & Reservoir, Goldfield - Sub., Jumbo Extension, Merger Shaft, Tonopah Sub., El Centro, Tonopah Office, Alkali Sub., Manhattan Sub., Elsinore Sub., San Bernardino Sub., raising transmission towers.

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