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Big Creek projects and Colorado River survey
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Big Creek projects and Colorado River survey
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Photographs of 1922 Colorado River Survey with typescript captions by "E.C.L.", including Hall's Crossing, Rock Island, Hole in the Wall, San Juan River, San Juan Dam site, Aztec Creek, Rainbow Natural Bridge, Girand Dam site, Sentinel Rock Dam site, Boulder Canyon Dam site, Black Canyon Dam site, Pierce's Ferry, Grand Wash Canyon, Hualapai Dam site, Virgin Canyon Dam site, Callville Dam site, El Dorado Dam site; Big Creek projects include Huntington Lake Dam 1 fourth unit of Powerhouse 1, Florence Lake Dam construction, tunnel construction, and diversion dam at Camp 63.
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Early construction at Big Creek, Tule River and Kern River
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Album compiled by Edison employee containing professional and amateur photographs of Borel interior with Pelton-Francis turbines; Excavation for Big Creek Powerhouse No. 2; Huntington Lake construction for Trestle Dam 1, Dam 2; start of construction at Powerhouse No. 1 and Dam 4, installation of equipment at Powerhouse 1, penstock assembly, completion of Dam 4; construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 2; construction of Powerhouse No. 8, constructing road to Powerhouse 3, and Tule Powerhouse.
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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, 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: 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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Big Creek: Shaver Lake No. 1
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Shaver Lake No. 1. Shaver Dam construction, including original lake bed, logging area of expansion, blacksmith shop, weirs at sawmill, Shaver Lake office and mess hall, original dam, surveys for new dam, Shaver Tunnel, Shaver flume from old dam entering tunnel, Adit 8 excavation, flushing tunnel outlet, Shaver Lake Railroad, Camp 11, lumber operations, Camp 19, Shaver cookhouse fire, dismantling Shaver railroad.
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