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Big Creek - Powerhouse #8 (part 1)
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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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Big Creek - Powerhouse #8 (part 2)
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Big Creek - Powerhouse #8 (part 2) [Powerhouse #8 - Diversion, excavation for powerhouse, diversion tunnel construction, interior shots of PH #8 (transformers, control room, turbine-generator assembly, station power, Johnson Valve, turbine runner, crane assembly, scroll case assembly, draft tube); Penstock rupture - ripped Penstock, flattened pipe, damage to powerhouse and other facilities, reshaping pipe, adding reinforcing bands to high stress sections of penstock; Camp 33, operator dormitory, substation, incline construction.]
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Big Creek: Powerhouse No. 8 (part 2)
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Powerhouse No. 8, Part Two. Photographs of Powerhouse 8 diversion, excavation for powerhouse, diversion tunnel construction, interior shots of Powerhouse No. 8 (transformers, control room, turbine-generator assembly, station power, Johnson Valve, turbine runner, crane assembly, scroll case assembly, draft tube); Penstock rupture - ripped Penstock, flattened pipe, damage to powerhouse and other facilities, reshaping pipe, adding reinforcing bands to high stress sections of penstock; Camp 33, operator dormitory, substation, incline construction.
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F.P.C. Vol 3, Projects 67 & 120 - Construction Big Creek Powerhouse 3 and construction camps
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F.P.C. Vol 3, Projects 67 & 120 - Construction Big Creek Powerhouse 3 and construction camps. [Tunnel 3 - intake construction, portal adit Camp 36, Camp 35 adit, outlet portal, Penstock 3 portal structure and manifold, surge chamber, drill sharpeners, connecting 18' penstock to manifold, butterfly valve house, flume to carry sluicing water at outlet, surge chamber, Powerhouse 3 construction, installation of 3 penstocks, turbine and generator installations at PH #3, 220 kV switchyard.]
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Big Creek Powerhouse #8
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Big Creek Powerhouse #8 - Tailrace PH #8 after penstock failure.
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Big Creek Powerhouse #8
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Big Creek Powerhouse #8 - generator building showing tailrace retaining wall.
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