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Edith Irvine Photograph Collection, (1879-1931)
Irvine, Robert; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Pictorial works; Electra Powerhouse (Amador County, Calif.); Irvine family--Photographs; Mines and mineral resources--California--Calaveras County
Edith Irvine, 1884-1949, second child of Thomas Hanna Irvine, successful gold miner, and Mary Irene Hills, born in the small mining community of Sheep Ranch, California. Her photographic efforts were largely unknown, except to family and friends,...
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[Electra Power House Station Transformer]
Electra Powerhouse (Calif.); Electric transformers;
This is a large piece of equipment with six pieces of tubing coming out of the top. Power transformers at the Electra Power House Station most likely installed when the plant voltage was upgraded from 40,000 volts to 60,000 volts.
Edith Irvine

[Electra Power House View-Penstock]
Electra Powerhouse (Calif.); Buildings--California;
This gelatin dry plate positive features a front view of buildings at the bottom of a very steep hill. A large pipe goes down the center of the hill with a building about halfway up the hill and many other buildings scattered around the hill. This...
Edith Irvine

[Electra Power House]
Amador County (Calif.); Buildings--California; Electra Powerhouse (Calif.); San Francisco (Calif.)--History--20th century;
Two horizontal buildings in the foreground; another building can be seen in the background at the bottom of a tree-covered hill.
Edith Irvine

[Electra At Work]
Amador County (Calif.); Electra Powerhouse (Calif.); Buildings--California; Rivers--California; San Francisco (Calif.)--History--20th century;
A building is on the left of the picture, surrounded by mist or fog, with a river running in the foreground.
Edith Irvine

[Electra Power House Area--Log Boom]
Amador County (Calif.); Electra Powerhouse (Calif.); Lumber; San Francisco (Calif.)--History--20th century;
An open area filled with logs; a tree-covered hill is in the background.
Edith Irvine

[Electra Power House--D.C. Exciter]
Electra Powerhouse (Calif.); Machinery;
There is a large piece of machinery in a room. There are smaller parts lying to the left of the machine on the floor. There is a bottle sitting on a ledge on the wall beside the window in the background.
Edith Irvine

[Electra 2000 kw, Five Units Generators]
Electra Powerhouse (Calif.); Machinery; Electric generators;
This is a view from the right side of the room, with large pieces of machinery in a line. On a beam on the ceiling there is a sign that reads, "Niles-Bement-Pond Co. Crane Department, Phila, PA, U.S.A.; Order No. 1147 June 1900; Capacity 6000 LBS."...
Edith Irvine

[Electra 2000 kw, Five Units Generators]
Electra Powerhouse (Calif.); Machinery; Electric generators;
This is a view from the left side of the room, with large pieces of machinery in a line. On a beam on the ceiling there is a sign that reads, "Niles-Bement-Pond Co. Crane Department, Phila, PA, U.S.A.; Order No. 1147 June 1900; Capacity 6000 LBS."...
Edith Irvine

[Transformers for Electra]
Electra Powerhouse (Calif.); Machinery--California; Electric transformers--California; Amador County (Calif.);
This is a large piece of equipment with cylinder-like protrusions. The insulators (model Locke #348 produced by Fred M. Locke) were installed when the plant voltage went from 40,000 to 60,000 volts just after 1904. The marble slab boxes are oil...
Edith Irvine

[Looking Down, Penstock Right-of-Way Toward Electra; Penstock Not In Yet]
Amador County (Calif.); Electra Powerhouse (Calif.); Penstocks--Photographs;
Looking down a path that bends and goes along hillsides. The center foreground has buildings and equipment.
Edith Irvine

[Road to Electra]
Electra Powerhouse (Calif.); Railroads--Track; Amador County (Calif.);
A large building is surrounded by brush and trees, to the right and on the hill in the background. There are power poles and a track along the left side of the house.
Edith Irvine

[Electra Buildings]
Amador County (Calif.); Electra Powerhouse (Calif.); Penstocks--Photographs; Mules--Photographs;
There is a hillside sloping downward with long, thin boards going down it. Many mules and pieces of tubing and wood can be seen along the foreground. A team of horses is below, in front of a large pipe (called a Penstock).
Edith Irvine

[Electra Buildings]
Amador County (Calif.); Electra Powerhouse (Calif.); Penstocks--Photographs; Mules--Photographs;
There is a hillside sloping downward with long, thin boards going down it. Many mules, wood, and pieces of tubing can be seen along the foreground. Steam is coming out of a building on the left. A team of horses is below, in front of a large pipe...
Edith Irvine

[Electra Power House View]
Buildings--California; Rivers--California; Electra Powerhouse (Calif.); Amador County (Calif.);
A gelatin dry plate positive, of gelatin dry plate negative #91, featuring a river bending to the right; many small buildings are to the left. Water is shooting into the river. The background consists of hills covered with trees.
Edith Irvine

[Electra Power House View]
Amador County (Calif.); Buildings--California; Rivers--California; Electra Powerhouse (Calif.);
A gelatin dry plate positive, of gelatin dry plate negative #91, featuring a river bending to the right; many small buildings are to the left. Water is shooting into the river. The background consists of hills covered with trees.
Edith Irvine

[Electra Power House View]
Amador County (Calif.); Buildings--California; Rivers--California; Electra Powerhouse (Calif.);
A gelatin dry plate positive, of gelatin dry plate negative #91, featuring a river bending to the right; many small buildings are to the left. Water is shooting into the river. The background consists of hills covered with trees.
Edith Irvine

[Electra Power House]
Amador County (Calif.); Buildings--California; Electra Powerhouse (Calif.); Penstocks--Photographs;
A gelatin dry plate positive featuring a front view of buildings at the bottom of a very steep hill. A large pipe goes down the center of the hill with a building about halfway up the hill and many other buildings scattered around the hill. This is...
Edith Irvine

[Electra Power House]
Amador County (Calif.); Buildings--California; Electra Powerhouse (Calif.);
This gelatin dry plate positive features a front view of buildings at the bottom of a very steep hill. There are a few buildings at the bottom of the hill.
Edith Irvine

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