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Big Creek: Powerhouse No. 1 (part 1)


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  • Big Creek - Powerhouse #1 (part 1)

    Big Creek - Powerhouse #1 (part 1)

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    Big Creek - Powerhouse #1 (part 1) [PH 1 Scenic, generator floor, exterior with extension, generator repairs, Unit 3 penstock construction, riveting penstock, transformer rack, substation, exterior before extension, extension construction, hoist house interior, assembly of Units 3 & 4, change to 220 kV transformers.]

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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. 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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    Big Creek: Powerhouse No. 3 (part 2)

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    Photographs of Powerhouse No. 3, Part 2. Views of generator floor with Units 1, 2, and 3 installed, excavation of Powerhouse 3 site with steam shovel and high pressure water gun, Switchyard construction, turbine parts, battery room, construction of penstocks, turbine assembly. Also penstock construction for Unit 3, Powerhouse No. 1 .

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  • Big Creek - Powerhouse #1 (part 2)

    Big Creek - Powerhouse #1 (part 2)

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    Big Creek - Powerhouse #1 (part 2) [Powerhouse #1 - drying transformers, 220kV bushings, damaged coils, new 220kV nameplates, Klydontograph, 66kV - 30kV construction substation, new 220kV auto-transformer 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 flow-line, incline hoist.]

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    Big Creek: Powerhouse No. 8 (part 1)

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    Powerhouse No. 8, Part One. Photographs of Dam 6, Camp 34, Camp 38, overview of Powerhouse 8 and penstock, milling Powerhouse 8 draft tube, operator's cottage, forebay, sluicing tailrace, generator floor, switchboard, rocks washed into tailrace after penstock burst, Unit No. 2 at Pelton Water Wheel Co., generator and governor at Powerhouse 8, penstock vent, transformers and bus, station power sets, switchboard, broken penstock, drilling tunnel No. 8, repaired penstock, steel forebay, Camp 32 cook house, Johnson Valve, Camp 33.

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