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Diagrammatic Elevation Profile Map of Big CreekInspired and motivated by the droughts of southern California and the need for clean energy in the early 20th century, the Big Creek Hydroelectric…
The Map of the Campus of California Institute of Technology in the 1943-1944 YearbookThis hand-drawn engineering map, later reprinted in the 1943-1944 yearbook, depicts the Caltech campus during that academic year. Compared with the…
Celebrating 125 Years (1886-2011)This DVD was produced By Southern California Edison, a consolidation of Henry Huntington’s power generation interests formed in 1917, detailing their…
High Voltage Research LaboratoryIn 1923, Caltech and the Southern California Edison Company built the High Voltage Research Laboratory, the first university laboratory in the world…
A 220 kV Rack at Eagle Rock SubstationEagle Rock Substation was a result of the work that the High Voltage Laboratory at Caltech performed on transmission lines. Without the work of High…
Investigation of Transformer Burn Outs at Kern SubstationThis report describes Professor Sorensen’s experiments on the Kern substation, owned by Pacific Light and Power (PL&P). Sorensen was a Consulting…
High Voltage Laboratory Lease Between Southern California Edison and CaltechThis lease contract between SCE and Caltech describes the terms for the High Voltage Lab, which marks the most direct collaboration between Caltech…
Birdseye View Plan of 18 Powerhouses at Big CreekStarting in October 1900, John Eastwood was set on creating a power plant in the upper San Joaquin River and created Mammoth Power Company (Jackson…
Construction of Dam 3 at Big Creek
Eagle Rock Substation Looking NorthThe Eagle Rock Substation was the endpoint of the transmission lines stretching from the Big Creek to Los Angeles, initially spanning 240 miles and…