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Long Beach Steam Station No. 2 and No. 3

Description

Condenser installation, stacks, south elevation poured, turbo installations, turbo room construction, boiler room construction, bricking the boilers, exterior shot complete with 8 stacks on Plant 2, control room. Piles placed for Plant 3 construction, moving above ground fuel storage tank by floating.

Type
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Date
April 1926 - April 1927
Call number
photCL SCE
Creator
Southern California Edison Company(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Edison International, December 2005.
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