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Item Title
Death Valley Ranch, Power House, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA
LocationPower House,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CA-2257-E
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-155).
Building/structure dates:
1929
Building/structure dates:
1930 subsequent work
Significance: The Power House reflects Albert Johnson's pre-occupation with new technologies and his desire to make the Ranch as self-sufficient and as comfortable as possible. The Power House was originally designed to house three separate electrical generators; the Gospel Foundation added two new ones that supplanted the original three. This facility generated all electricity until 1964, when commercial power was brought to the Ranch.
Subjects
Power Plants
Related Names
Boucher, Jack, Photographer
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW OF CHIMES TOWER, SCOTTY'S GRAVE, AND POWER HOUSE FROM SOUTH
2. EAST ELEVATION
3. EAST ELEVATION WITH SCALE
4. EAST ELEVATION, CLOSER, WITH SCALE
5. EAST ELEVATION, DOORWAY
6. EAST ELEVATION, DOORWAY WITH SCALE
7. EAST ELEVATION, DOORWAY AND RIGHT BUTTRESS
8. EAST ELEVATION, DOORWAY AND TWO BUTTRESSES TO LEFT
9. EAST FRONT FROM SOUTHEAST
10. EAST SIDE, NORTH END
11. EAST SIDE, SOUTH END
12. PAVILION, WEST WALL
13. PAVILION, NORTHWEST SIDE
14. SOUTH WALL
15. DETAIL OF CRENELATED WALL ON ROOF
16. ROOF, LOOKING NORTH AT SKYLIGHTS AND CRENELATED WALL
17. ROOF, SKYLIGHT AND PLATFORM LOOKING EAST
18. POWER ROOM INTERIOR, GENERAL VIEW
19. POWER ROOM INTERIOR, PELTON WATER TURBINE AND FLYBALL GOVERNOR DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO 7 KW AC GENERATOR (ON RIGHT), 125 VOLTS, 56 AMPS. INSTALLED IN 1926, STILL IN USE FOR OUTSIDE LIGHTING.
20. POWER ROOM INTERIOR, DETAIL OF GENERATOR AND PELTON WATER TURBINE
21. POWER ROOM INTERIOR, DETAIL OF CATERPILLAR DIESEL ENGINE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO GENERAL ELECTRIC 15 KW DC GENERATOR (ON LEFT), 110 VOLTS, 136 AMPS, 1200 RPM. INSTALLED 1942.
22. POWER ROOM INTERIOR, DETAIL CATERPILLAR DIESEL ENGINE, GENERATOR ON RIGHT
23. POWER ROOM INTERIOR, DETAIL OF FAIRBANKS-MORSE DIESEL ENGINE, DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO FAIRBANKS-MORSE 30 KW DC GENERATOR, 125 VOLTS, 240 AMPS, 800 RPM. INSTALLED 1930.
24. POWER ROOM INTERIOR, DC WESTINGHOUSE EXCITER UNIT INCLUDING A SHUNT WOUND GENERATOR AND FIELD RHEOSTAT, 1500 RPM, 85 VNL TO 15 VOLT 90 SFL
25. POWER ROOM INTERIOR, CONTROL PANEL, LOOKING NORTH
26. EAST FRONT, OUTSIDE STAIRWAY BENEATH TWO BUTTRESSES TO PAVILION
27. EAST FRONT, OUTSIDE STAIRWAY AND ONE BUTTRESS
28. EAST FRONT, OUTSIDE STAIRWAY
29. PAVILION INTERIOR
30. PAVILION INTERIOR, LOOKING OUT THROUGH OPEN DOOR
31. PAVILION INTERIOR, LOOKING OUT THROUGH CLOSED DOOR
32. PAVILION INTERIOR, DETAIL OF DOOR
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