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Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Control Station, Hydrographer's Office, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo County, CA
LocationBishop Creek,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CA-145-1-B
Building/structure dates:
1925 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1942 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1987 subsequent work
Significance: Building 111, Control Station, originally constructed as worker housing, has been greatly modified over the years for a variety of uses. It is now used as the hydrographer's office. Its significance derives from its contribution to an understanding of the historic character of the physical and social environment of the Control Station compound. The Bishop Creek System is considered significant for its role: (1) in the expansion of hydroelectric generation technology, (2) in the development of eastern California, and (3) in the development of long-distance power transmission and distribution.
Subjects
OfficesCottages
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. EAST SIDE SHOWING LOW CINDER-BLOCK WALL AND ASPHALT-PAVED PARKING LOT FOR NEW CONTROL BUILDING. VIEW TO NORTHWEST.
2. WEST SIDE SHOWING SHED ADDITION, BATHROOM AND WOOD-POLE TELECOMMUNICATION ANTENNA. NEW CONTROL STATION BUILDING IN BACKGROUND. VIEW TO SOUTHEAST.
3. NORTH SIDE SHOWING GABLED PORCH COVERING ON NORTH ENTRANCE AND SHED PORCH COVERING ON EAST ENTRANCE. VIEW TO SOUTHWEST.
4. SOUTH SIDE SHOWING CARPORT. VIEW TO NORTH.
5. INTERIOR OF SOUTH MAIN BUILDING ROOM AND EAST EXIT DOOR. VIEW TO EAST.
6. INTERIOR OF SOUTH MAIN BUILDING ROOM AND OPEN DOOR TO SHED ADDITION. VIEW TO SOUTHWEST.
7. INTERIOR OF SOUTH MAIN BUILDING ROOM AND OPEN DOOR TO SHED ADDITION, OPEN DOOR TO NORTH MAIN BUILDING ROOM, AND CLOSED DOOR TO BATHROOM. VIEW TO NORTHWEST.
8. INTERIOR DETAIL OF BATHROOM. VIEW TO SOUTHWEST.
9. SHOWERSTALL DETAIL. VIEW TO NORTH.
10. INTERIOR OF NORTH MAIN BUILDING ROOM, SOUTH WALL CABINETS AND DOOR TO SOUTH MAIN BUILDING ROOM. VIEW TO SOUTH.
11. INTERIOR OF NORTH MAIN BUILDING ROOM AND NORTH EXIT DOOR. VIEW TO NORTHEAST.
12. INTERIOR OF NORTH MAIN BUILDING ROOM AND DOUBLE-HUNG WINDOW ON WEST WALL. VIEW TO NORTHWEST.
13. INTERIOR OF SHED ADDITION AND DOOR TO SOUTH MAIN BUILDING ROOM. VIEW TO NORTHEAST.
14. INTERIOR OF SHED ADDITION AND SOUTH EXIT DOOR. VIEW TO SOUTHWEST.
15. INTERIOR OF SHED ADDITION, OPEN DOOR TO STORAGE ROOM, CLOSED SOUTH EXIT DOOR.. VIEW TO SOUTHEAST.
16. INTERIOR OF SHED ADDITION AND FREE-STANDING CABINETS AGAINST NORTH WALL. VIEW TO NORTHWEST.
17. INTERIOR OF STORAGE ROOM, ATTIC ACCESS, AND PEG BOARD ON NORTH WALL. VIEW TO NORTHEAST.
18. INTERIOR OF SOUTH OFFICE AND DOOR. VIEW TO SOUTHWEST.
19. INTERIOR OF SOUTH OFFICE AND ALUMINUM SLIDING-GLASS WINDOW. VIEW TO NORTHEAST.
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