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    Pacific Light & Power Corp. - San Joaquin & Eastern Railroad; early Big Creek

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    San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad Co. and Big Creek scenery. Only a few scenic shots of early Big Creek construction period remain in this album. The majority of the album was probably made up of San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad and 8 x 10 in. powerhouse photographs. Twenty-nine of these Powerhouse photos have been ripped from the pages and, taken from the albums. Only one railroad powerhouse photograph remains in the album. Photographer: Pacific Light & Power Corporation.

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  • Pacific Light & Power Corp. - San Joaquin & Eastern Railroad

    Pacific Light & Power Corp. - San Joaquin & Eastern Railroad

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    Pacific Light & Power Corp. - San Joaquin & Eastern Railroad [Big Creek scenery, man fishing, woman & child outside tent cabin at Cascada, bridge over Big Creek near PH 1 site, PH 1 under construction, water line with Kerkhoff Dome overhead, weir, Dam 4 construction, forest cabin, Cascada Falls, Pitman Creek, sawmill at reservoir site.]

    photCL SCE 13 - vol 018

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    Pacific Light & Power Corp. - San Joaquin & Eastern Railroad, Fresno County, California

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    San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad Co. and Big Creek scenery; man fishing; woman and child outside tent cabin at Cascada; Bridge over Big Creek near Powerhouse 1 site; Powerhouse 1 under construction; Water line with Kerckhoff Dome overhead; Dam No. 4 site and near completion; Cascada Falls, Pitman Creek; Sawmill at reservoir site. Photographer: Pacific Light & Power Corporation.

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  • Pacific Light & Power Corp. - Big Creek early construction photos

    Pacific Light & Power Corp. - Big Creek early construction photos

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    Pacific Light & Power Corp. - Big Creek early construction photos [Gravel pit, sluicing PH#2 site, Powerhouse 1 under construction, Powerhouse 2 under construction, Units 1 & 2 at PH1, PH2 Switchboard, Generator Room, Hoist #2, oil switch room, 6600 V switch room, local service switchboard, generator assembly, Tunnel 2 - adit 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8; Intake to Tunnel 1, 9' flow pipe, west portal Tunnel 1, concreting surge tank at West Portal Tunnel 2.]

    photCL SCE 13 - vol 011

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    Big Creek; San Joaquin & Eastern Railroad

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    On spine of album: San Joaquin & Eastern Railroad, Auberry, Cascada, Clovis, Dog Team, Radio. Album begins with group of editors on San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad en route to Big Creek in 1923; Cascada Station; Auberry: machine shop, mess hall and penstock staging area; Cascada: mail room, school house, mess hall after fire, gas tanks, offices, hospital, recreation hall, warehouse dormitory, tennis court, boxing match, pole treating plant, construction of tunnel dump cars and concrete gun pipes, dance party, warehouse, laundry room, cookhouse, and two-story bunkhouse; Camp 38 hospital; Clovis: cottages, water tanks, and sawmill; Sled Dog Team, and horse drawn sleds; Camp 62: telegraph room; Camp 63 radio equipment; Camp 3 radio room. Photographer: Pacific Light & Power Corporation.

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  • Pacific Light & Power Corp. - Big Creek construction

    Pacific Light & Power Corp. - Big Creek construction

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    Pacific Light & Power Corp. - Big Creek construction [Construction Camps 1, 1A, 1C, 1E, 1F, 2, 3, 4, 4A, 6, 7, ; Planning Mill, Cement Warehouse, Kitchen, Saw Mill, Incline RR, Meat House, Mess Hall, road construction, Machine Shop & Blacksmith, General Office at Camp 2, General Warehouse, Crusher Washer Plant, Hospital Operating Room (Camp 2), Dining Room, Commissary, gravel storage, operator's cottage in snow, bunk houses, Dam 1 (& intake), Dam 2, and Dam 3.]

    photCL SCE 13 - vol 013