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    Big Creek - Powerhouse #1 maintenance [Powerhouse 1 & penstocks, Dam 4 sluicing, switch-rack, switchboards in PH1, Unit 1 fire, bucket strain-gauge test, bucket molds, bucket repairs, lapping journals, coil replacements in stator, rebuilding Unit 4, removing rotor for repair, break in penstock at PH1, debris and boulders that washed into the powerhouse after penstock break, and details of ripped penstock.

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    Big Creek Powerhouse No. 2 and 2A, Maintenance

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    Exterior shots of Powerhouse No. 2, full shot of Powerhouse 2 and 2A, generator floor in Powerhouse 2, Unit 6 bucket failure (Powerhouse 2) with close-ups of damage, damage to overhead crane from flying No. 10 bucket, Powerhouse 2-2A switch rack, Dam 5 intake trash rack cleaner, water rheostat test, transporting 220kV transformers, gate house, penstock "Y"s, rotor installation, Powerhouse 2.

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    Big Creek: Powerhouse No. 1 (part 2)

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    Photographs of Powerhouse No. 1, Part Two. Photographs of drying transformers, 220kV bushings, damaged coils, new 220kV nameplates, Klydontograph, 66kV - 30kV construction substation, new 220kV autotransformer installations, hoisting transformers, 220 kV Towers, Substation, ruptured penstock, 4th Unit penstock installation, incline concrete batch cars, tunnel for Unit 4 penstock, 3rd Unit penstock installation, 4th unit flowline, incline hoist.

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    Big Creek: Powerhouse No. 1 (part 1)

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    Photographs of Powerhouse No. 1, Part One. Views include generator floor, exterior with extension, close-up of Powerhouse 1, generator repairs, Unit 3 penstock construction, riveting penstock, transformer rack, substation, exterior before extension, extension construction, hoist house interior, assembly of Units 3 and 4, change to 220 kV transformers.

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    Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2

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    Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2: Camp 7; meat house; Tunnels 3 and 4 east portal; Flowline; Dams 1, 2, 3, and 4; Powerhouse 1 and Powerhouse 2 switchboards; Oil switches; High tension bushings; Stand pipes and surge chamber. Photographer: Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation.

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    Big Creek: Powerhouse No. 3 (part 1)

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    Photographs of Powerhouse No. 3, Part 1. Construction photographs of first forms up on powerhouse, staging and concrete plant, Switching Station, powerhouse steel framework, generator floor, draft tube construction, incline, views from above, penstock construction, Tunnel 3, CO2 equipment on Unit 3, Penstock binding, dispatcher's building, manifold assembly, oil circuit breakers, transformers, Dam 6 spilling, completed Powerhouse 3.

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