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 HB143134 Sar-1, Southeast And Southwest Elevations, With Switch Rack At Left, And Santa Ana Well #1 And Stone Retaining Walls At Right
|  HB143135 Southwest Elevation And Tailrace Channel
|  HB143136 Southeast Elevation, With Stable Beyond
|  HB143137 Northwest Elevation, Looking East.
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 HB143138 Southeast And Northeast Elevations, From Terraces Near Santa Ana Well #1
|  HB143139 Partial Northeast Elevation, Looking Southwest.
|  HB143140 Southeast Penstock Entering Receiver On Northeast Side Of Sar-1, Also Showing Turbine Shut Off Valves And Isolation Valve
|  HB143141 Northwest Penstock Entering Receiver (under Planks), Northeast Side Of Sar-1
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 HB143142 Penstock Receiver And Isolation Valve, With #4 Generator Turbine Shutoff Valve In Foreground
|  HB143143 Tailraces And Switch Rack, Looking Northwest.
|  HB143144 Sar-1, Interior Overview To West-northwest.
|  HB143145 Historic Control Panel, Also Showing Crane Track
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 HB143146 Crane And Overall Interior, Looking Northwest.
|  HB143147 Sliding Wall Panel Door, Northwest Wall.
|  HB143148 Interior Overview To Southeast
|  HB143149 Crane And Interior Southeast Wall.
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 HB143150 Operator's Office And Battery Bank
|  HB143151 Active 2.4 Kv Control Panel
|  HB143152 Water Driven Exciter Control Panel
|  HB143153 750 Volt Generator Disconnect Panel
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 HB143154 Southeast End Of Historic Control Panel: No
|  HB143155 Rear Of 750 Volt Historic Control Panel
|  HB143156 Rheostats Behind Historic Control Panel
|  HB143157 Historic Air-cooled Transformers
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 HB143158 Generator #2
|  HB143159 Detail Generator #3 Waterwheel Yoke
|  HB143160 Lombard Water Governor On Generator #3
|  HB143161 Control Lever, Generator #3 Lombard Governor
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 HB143162 Water-driven Exciter
|  HB143163 Pelton Waterwheel For Driving Exciter, Showing Buckets
|  HB143164 Sar-1, Crane Detail
|  HB143165 Sar-1, View From Stable Loft
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 HB143166 Sar-1, Looking Down Canyon Over Tailrace Construction
|  HB143167 Tailraces, Looking East
|  HB143168 Sar-1 Under Construction, Showing Tailrace Area And Scaffolding
|  HB143169 Sar-1 Under Construction, With Workers Atop Crane
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 HB143170 Interior, Showing Balcony Above Control Panel, And Belt-driven Lathe
|  HB143171 Overall Interior, Looking East
|  HB143172 Interior, With Workers Seated In Front Of Control Panel
|  HB143173 Generators And Switchboard
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 HB143174 Early View Of Switchboard Showing Blank Panels At Northwest End
|  HB143175 New Switchboard, Looking South From Synchroscope
|  HB143176 Sar-1 Switchboard
|  HB143177 Exciters
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 HB143178 Transformers
|  HB143179 Sar-1, Interior Transformer Bank
|  HB143180 Interior Under Construction, Showing Exciters And Bases For Generator Units
|  HB143181 Sar-1, Pelton Wheels During Installation
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 HB143182 Doble Buckets On Pelton Wheel
|  HB143183 Belt-driven Lathe And Work Bench, Showing Tool Storage Board Behind
|  HB143184 Sar-1, Generator #1
|  HB143185 Sar-1, Operator Working Governor
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 HB143186 Operator Working Governor On Unit No
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Item Title
LocationSAR-1 Powerhouse,
Redlands vicinity, CA
Find maps of Redlands, CA
Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CA-130-J
Building/structure dates:
1898 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1905 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1904 subsequent work
Subjects
Powerhouses
Related Names
Ensign, O. H.
Boggs, E. M.
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. SAR-1, SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST ELEVATIONS, WITH SWITCH RACK AT LEFT, AND SANTA ANA WELL #1 AND STONE RETAINING WALLS AT RIGHT. VIEW TO NORTH.
2. SOUTHWEST ELEVATION AND TAILRACE CHANNEL. VIEW TO NORTHEAST.
3. SOUTHEAST ELEVATION, WITH STABLE BEYOND. VIEW TO NORTHWEST.
4. NORTHWEST ELEVATION, LOOKING EAST.
5. SOUTHEAST AND NORTHEAST ELEVATIONS, FROM TERRACES NEAR SANTA ANA WELL #1. VIEW TO WEST.
6. PARTIAL NORTHEAST ELEVATION, LOOKING SOUTHWEST.
7. SOUTHEAST PENSTOCK ENTERING RECEIVER ON NORTHEAST SIDE OF SAR-1, ALSO SHOWING TURBINE SHUT OFF VALVES AND ISOLATION VALVE. VIEW TO WEST.
8. NORTHWEST PENSTOCK ENTERING RECEIVER (UNDER PLANKS), NORTHEAST SIDE OF SAR-1. VIEW TO SOUTHEAST.
9. PENSTOCK RECEIVER AND ISOLATION VALVE, WITH #4 GENERATOR TURBINE SHUTOFF VALVE IN FOREGROUND. VIEW TO SOUTHEAST.
10. TAILRACES AND SWITCH RACK, LOOKING NORTHWEST.
11. SAR-1, INTERIOR OVERVIEW TO WEST-NORTHWEST.
12. HISTORIC CONTROL PANEL, ALSO SHOWING CRANE TRACK. VIEW TO SOUTH.
13. CRANE AND OVERALL INTERIOR, LOOKING NORTHWEST.
14. SLIDING WALL PANEL DOOR, NORTHWEST WALL.
15. INTERIOR OVERVIEW TO SOUTHEAST. ACTIVE CONTROL PANEL AND GENERATORS AT LEFT, HISTORIC CONTROL PANEL AT RIGHT.
16. CRANE AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST WALL.
17. OPERATOR'S OFFICE AND BATTERY BANK. VIEW TO WEST.
18. ACTIVE 2.4 KV CONTROL PANEL. VIEW TO NORTH.
19. WATER DRIVEN EXCITER CONTROL PANEL. VIEW TO SOUTHWEST.
20. 750 VOLT GENERATOR DISCONNECT PANEL. VIEW TO SOUTHWEST.
21. SOUTHEAST END OF HISTORIC CONTROL PANEL: NO. 1 AND NO. 2 DISCONNECTS. VIEW TO SOUTHWEST.
22. REAR OF 750 VOLT HISTORIC CONTROL PANEL. VIEW TO EAST.
23. RHEOSTATS BEHIND HISTORIC CONTROL PANEL. VIEW TO SOUTH.
24. HISTORIC AIR-COOLED TRANSFORMERS. VIEW TO WEST.
25. GENERATOR #2. VIEW TO NORTH.
26. DETAIL GENERATOR #3 WATERWHEEL YOKE. VIEW TO NORTHEAST.
27. LOMBARD WATER GOVERNOR ON GENERATOR #3. VIEW TO NORTHWEST.
28. CONTROL LEVER, GENERATOR #3 LOMBARD GOVERNOR. VIEW TO WEST.
29. WATER-DRIVEN EXCITER. VIEW TO SOUTH.
30. PELTON WATERWHEEL FOR DRIVING EXCITER, SHOWING BUCKETS. VIEW TO WEST-SOUTHWEST.
31. SAR-1, CRANE DETAIL. VIEW TO NORTHEAST.
32. SAR-1, VIEW FROM STABLE LOFT. SCE negative no. 10319, November 1, 1923. Photograph by G. Haven Bishop.
33. SAR-1, LOOKING DOWN CANYON OVER TAILRACE CONSTRUCTION. EEC print no. G-C-01-00269, no date. Photograph by Benjamin F. Pearson.
34. TAILRACES, LOOKING EAST. EEC print no. G-C-01-00035, no date. Photograph by Benjamin F. Pearson.
35. SAR-1 UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SHOWING TAILRACE AREA AND SCAFFOLDING. EEC print no. N-C-01-00028, no date. Photograph by Benjamin F. Pearson.
36. SAR-1 UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WITH WORKERS ATOP CRANE. EEC print no. N-C-01-00031, no date. Photograph by Benjamin F. Pearson.
37. INTERIOR, SHOWING BALCONY ABOVE CONTROL PANEL, AND BELT-DRIVEN LATHE. EEC print no. G-C-01-00095, no date. Photograph by Benjamin F. Pearson.
38. OVERALL INTERIOR, LOOKING EAST. SCE negative no. 2677, June 4, 1914. Photograph by G. Haven Bishop.
39. INTERIOR, WITH WORKERS SEATED IN FRONT OF CONTROL PANEL. EEC print no. G-C-01-00191, no date. Photograph by Benjamin F. Pearson.
40. GENERATORS AND SWITCHBOARD. SCE negative no. 10320, November 1, 1923. Photograph by G. Haven Bishop.
41. EARLY VIEW OF SWITCHBOARD SHOWING BLANK PANELS AT NORTHWEST END. SCE negative no. 1199, June 6, 1912. Photograph by G. Haven Bishop.
42. NEW SWITCHBOARD, LOOKING SOUTH FROM SYNCHROSCOPE. SCE negative no. 2678, June 4, 1914. Photograph by G. Haven Bishop.
43. SAR-1 SWITCHBOARD. SCE negative no. 10322, November 1, 1923. Photograph by G. Haven Bishop.
44. EXCITERS. SCE negative no. 10325, November 1, 1923. Photograph by G. Haven Bishop.
45. TRANSFORMERS. SCE negative no. 10323, November 1, 1923. Photograph by G. Haven Bishop.
46. SAR-1, INTERIOR TRANSFORMER BANK. EEC print no. S-C-01-00541, no date. Photographer unknown.
47. INTERIOR UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SHOWING EXCITERS AND BASES FOR GENERATOR UNITS. EEC print no. N-C-01-00033, no date. Photograph by Benjamin F. Pearson.
48. SAR-1, PELTON WHEELS DURING INSTALLATION. EEC print no. S-C-01-00524, no date. Photographer unknown.
49. DOBLE BUCKETS ON PELTON WHEEL. EEC print no. G-C-01-00148, no date. Photograph by Benjamin F. Pearson.
50. BELT-DRIVEN LATHE AND WORK BENCH, SHOWING TOOL STORAGE BOARD BEHIND. EEC print no. N-C-01-00043, no date. Photograph by Benjamin F. Pearson.
51. SAR-1, GENERATOR #1. SCE negative no. 2869, no date. Photograph by G. Haven Bishop.
52. SAR-1, OPERATOR WORKING GOVERNOR. EEC print no. G-C-01-00390, no date. Photograph by Benjamin F. Pearson.
53. OPERATOR WORKING GOVERNOR ON UNIT NO. 4. SCE negative no. 2685, no date. Photograph by G. Haven Bishop.
54. PLAN OF POWERHOUSE, PROJECT 1933, EXHIBIT F, SANTA ANA POWERHOUSE NO. 1. SCE drawing no. 5206855 (no date; FERC no. 1933-45).
55. CROSS SECTION OF POWER HOUSE, EXHIBIT L, SANTA ANA RIVER NO. 1 PROJECT, APR. 30, 1945. SCE drawing no. 523199 (sheet no. 9, for filing with Federal Power Commission).
56. CROSS SECTION OF POWERHOUSE, PROJECT 1933, EXHIBIT F, SANTA ANA POWERHOUSE NO. 1. SCE drawing no. 5206856 (no date; FERC no. 1933-46).
57. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT PLOT PLAN, SANTA ANA NO. 1 HYDRO PLANT, OCTOBER 10, 1958. SCE drawing no. 428615-0.
58. TAIL RACE AT SANTA ANA NO. 1 POWER STATION, DEC. 5, 1910. SCE drawing no. 5282.
59. 82 INCH PELTON NOZZLE ON G. E. GEN. BASE, SANTA ANA RIVER NO. 1, JUNE 19, 1909. SCE drawing no. 5309.
60. NEEDLE AND NOZZLE TIP, SANTA ANA NO. 1, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO., APR. 28, 1910, REVISED MAY 12, 1910. SCE drawing no. 4500.
61. THREE LINE WIRING DIAGRAM, 33 KV & NO. 1 TRANS BANK, SANTA ANA NO. 1 HYDRO PLANT, OCTOBER 27, 1958. SCE drawing no. 428058-1.
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