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

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: n.d.
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.

Big Creek - Vermilion Dam and Mammoth Pool

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Big Creek - Vermilion Dam and Mammoth Pool [Big Creek survey photos (with detailed captions) for future projects - Weirs on Stevenson Creek, Pitman Creek, Balsam Creek, Jackaboy Creek, & 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, Devil's Gorge.]

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Big Creek: streams, gauging stations, accidents, dam sites

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On spine of album: Streams, Gauging Stations, Dam Sites, Accidents, Miscellaneous Scenes. San Joaquin River, Blaney Meadows, Big Creek Lower Falls, Chiquito Creek, Granite Creek, Boggy Meadows, Gauge Houses, Banner and Ritter Peaks, Balloon Dome, Squaw Dome, Miller's Bridge, McClure Meadow, Sapphire Lake, Evolution Creek, Glaciers, Piute Creek, Pitman Creek Weir; Dam Sites: Mammoth Pool Reservoir, Forks Reservoir, Miller's Bridge Reservoir, Paradise Bar Reservoir, Wanda Lake, Desolation Lake, Stevenson Creek Test Dam, Shaver Lake; Stream gauging: recorders, stations, and field cabins for personnel; San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad accidents; miscellaneous Big Creek Powerhouses.

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Photographs of Mono Basin reservoirs and hydroelectric power plants

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Saddlebags Reservoir, Lee Vining Creek Watershed, Tioga Reservoir, Rhinedollar Reservoir, Sylvester Meadows, Rush Meadows Dam and Reservoir, Gem Lake Dam and Reservoir, Agnew Dam and Reservoir, Grant Lake Dam and Reservoir, Cain Ranch, Lee Vining Creek Cascades, Poole Powerhouse substation and penstock, Poole Powerhouse interior, Lee Vining Creek Plant No. 3, Mill Creek Plant (Lundy Powerhouse), Adams Main Plant (Owens River Gorge), Adams Cottages, and Adams Auxiliary Plant. First page states that photographs were "Taken in July, 1927, by Edwin Avery Field for the illustrated booklet of the Nevada-California Electric Corp."

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Big Creek, Miscellaneous - Sohier's investigation of future developments of Big Creek Project

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Big Creek, Miscellaneous - Sohier's investigation of future developments of Big Creek Project. - Balsam Creek Wier upstream side west fork - "Balsam C" weir [additional notes in Album #95]

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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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Big Creek Scenery - Sohier's investigation of future developments of Big Creek Project

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Big Creek Scenery - Sohier's investigation of future developments of Big Creek Project. - Jackass Dike [additional notes in Album #95]

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

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