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Big Creek projects & Colorado River Survey
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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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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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Big Creek
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Big Creek - [San Joaquin River, Blaney Meadows, Big Creek Lower Falls, Chiquito Creek, Granite Creek, Boggy Meadows, Gauge Houses, Banner & 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, & field cabins for personnel; SJ&E Railroad accidents; miscellaneous Big Creek photos.]
photCL SCE 13 - vol 021
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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 - rivers & streams
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Big Creek - rivers & streams, Powerhouse 2 interior, Cascada General Office, Huntington Lodge, Huntington Lake & Dam 1, Shaver Lake, PH #2, PH #8 interior & exterior, Dam 6 & Intake 3, PH #3; Vestal, Eagle Rock, Laguna Bell Substations; Mill Creek #1 exterior & interior; Kern River #3 exterior & interior, Kern River #1 interior; Long Beach Steam Plant #1; various executive portraits; and General Office at 3rd & Broadway.
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Big Creek - Early Big Creek
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Big Creek - Early Big Creek [Substations; Big Creek - PH 1 and PH 2 penstock construction, Huntington Lodge & Lake, heavy snowfall, break in PH1 penstock joint, const. Dam #1 & gate tower, Dam 1 spilling, Dam #2 const., Dam #4 const., PH1 const., PH1 interior, PH2 const., PH2 after fire, PH2 interiors (Units & Transformers), unit install PH1, incline RR, railroad locomotives, Big Creek transmission line const.; Magunden Sub.; Kern T/L poles, line and RR wash out at Arroyo Seco; Long Beach Steam Plant; Los Angeles Aquiduct and Powerhouse; PL&P vehicles; Intake Azusa Plant, Azusa PH interior; Highgrove forebay & Powerhouse; Stone Castle; Sierra Powerhouse interior, operator's cottages; Pedley Powerhouse (ext. & int.), Mentone PH; Borel Powerhouse]
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