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Mokelumne Peak. El. 9,371. From Alpine Highway. May 8, 1931. 1931-05-08 BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:01
Looking east up the gorge of the North Fork of the Mokelumne from the P.G.&E. road, towards Salt Springs Dam. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:02
Bear River, a tributary to the North Fork of the Mokelumne BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:03
Cold Creek at junction with Mokelumne River just below Salt Springs Dam. June 14, 1932. 1932-06-14 BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:04
North Fork of Mokelumne from bridge north of West Point. May 13, 1930. 1930-05-13 BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:05
South Fork of the Mokelumne at Sawyer's bridge. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:06
Site of Pardee Dam, before construction begun. Taken July, 1927. 1927-07 BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:07
Old gravel dumps from dredgers, at Lancha Plana, 4 miles below Pardee Dam. This was the source of the gravel supply for the concrete in the dam. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:08
Construction road from just below Pardee Dam up to Contractor's office. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:09
Camp Pardee, from the top of the water tower. This picture taken just after Camp Pardee was built. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:10
Flume through which river was by-passed while foundation was being poured in river bed. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:11
Showing flume, by-passing river, and upper and lower coffer dams blocking off river channel. Water will be pumped out of river channel and foundation of dam poured. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:12
Showing blasting cut-off trench into south bank of canyon. The foundation of the up-stream face of the dam is "keyed" into this cut-off trench. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:13
Pardee Dam Construction, -- Showing cleaning of rock in river bed by use of jets of combined water and compressed air. Rocks were scoured with steel wire brooms and were hand cleaned. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:14
Pardee Dam Construction View, -- Showing first day of flood of March 24, 1928. 1928-03-24 BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:15
Pardee Dam Construction View, -- Showing first day of flood of March 24, 1928. 1928-03-24 BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:16
Pardee Dam Construction View, -- Showing peak of flood on March 25, 1928. Flow of river was 25,000 sec. ft. 1928-03-25 BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:17
Pardee Dam Construction View, -- Showing peak of flood on March 25, 1928. Flow of river was 25,000 cu. ft. per sec. 1928-03-25 BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:18
Looking down cut-off trench on north side, of bottom foundation, towards center of dam. April 27, 1928. 1928-04-27 BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:19
Pardee Dam Construction View, -- Showing the 4 sluice pipes in place. The two outer pipes have a diamter [sic] of 72 ins. and the two inner ones are 42" in diam. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:20
Pardee Dam, -- Construction View, -- Showing main chute at right, which carries concrete mixture from plant on hill to base of tower. Mixture is then raised to hoppers, shown in tower, then down through chutes hung on counter-weights and finally through pipes called "elephant's trunks," moved where concrete is to be placed. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:21
Pardee Dam, Construction View, -- Show penstocks for the two units of the power plants placed in lower portion of dam. These penstocks are 72 inches in diameter. The combined flow that can be passed through the 2 penstocks and the four sluice pipes, when the reservoir is full, is 6,000 cu. ft. per sec. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:22
Pardee Dam, Construction View, -- General view, showing upstream face of dam, contractor's mixing plant, cable ways, towers, and pouring chutes. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:23
Pardee Dam, -- Construction View, -- Showing main construction tower in center of dam, with cage for lowering men to work. Height of tower above river, 380 feet. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:24
Pardee Dam, General Construction View, -- Showing mixing plant on south bank. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:25
Pardee Dam, Construction View, Showing trash racks built in from [sic] of inlet towers to sluice pipes. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:26
Pardee Dam, Construction View, -- Interior of Mixing Plant showing gravel mixture, run out from bunkers on endless belt and dumped into chuter [sic]. Cement is added from hopper over chute. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:27
Pardee Dam, Construction View, -- Showing battery of four, 2 yd. mixers. Plant had a capaicty of 2,100 cu. yds. of concrete in two, 8 hr. shifts. Maximum daily pour, 4,016 cu. yds. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:28
Pardee Dam, -- General Construction View, -- Showing downstream face, with steps at bottom where power plant will be built. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:29
Round Top, El. 10,430 at right; Thimble Peak, El. 9,870 at left. From above Silver Lake, May 8, 1931. 1931-05-08 BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:30
Pardee Dam, General Construction View -- Showing upstream face with trash rack for intake to penstocks, at upper part. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:31
Pardee Dam, Construction View, -- Showing night work in progress. Work went on continually, night and day. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:32
Pardee Dam, Construction View, -- Showing spread of pouring operations across entire length of dam. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:33
Pardee Dam, Upstream face, showing gate house on top of dam. Flow through penstocks or sluice pipes can be controlled by these gates. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:34
General View showing Pardee Dam and Reservoir, with South Spillway beyond dam and Camp Pardee further back. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:35
Pardee Dam and Lake Pardee. April 3, 1930, Lake elevation 518 ft. 1930-04-03 BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:36
Jackson Creek Spillway, -- Upstream face, toward Pardee Reservoir. This spillway is not used, but the overflow of the reservoir could be let through it to Jackson Creek, if the Arroyo Seco reservoir should ever be built. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:37
Jackson Creek Spillway, Downstream face, showing syphons. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:38
Pardee Dam, Showing Power Plant at base and discharge from two sluice pipes. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:39
Genearal [sic] View of Pardee Dam, Reservoir and Power Plant. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:40
General View of Pardee Dam, Reservoir and Power Plant, with South Spillway at right. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:41
View of South Spillway, with 350 sec. ft. going over. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:42
View of weir of South Spillway, with 350 sec. ft. going over. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:43
Flow from South Spillway down Mexican Gulch. June 5, 1930. Flow in 1,600 cu. ft. per sec. 1930-06-05 BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:44
Interior of Power House at Pardee Dam. June 5, 1930. Two units can generate 7,500 kilowatts each; total capacity, 15,000 kilowatts 1930-06-05 BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:45
View of South Spillway with 1,600 sec. ft. going over. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:46
Power House at Pardee Dam. June 7, 1930. Discharge of 700 cu. ft. per sec. from two 42" sluice pipes. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:47
Sign at Pardee Dam, giving details of project BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:48
Sign on Mokelumne Aqueduct at Holt, giving details of Project. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:49
Rolling half section of length of pipe for Mokelumne Aqueduct. Sheets of steel are 30 ft. long, 1/2 inch thick and 8 1/3 ft. wide. They are rolled cold. Work done at Steet [sic] Tank and Pipe Co. Berkeley. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:50
Welding two half section of pipe together to make one complete section. Work done at Steel Tank and Pipe Co. in Berkeley. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:51
Mokelumne Aqueduct, -- Laying steel pipe in trench across upland below Pardee Dam. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:52
Mokelumne Aqueduct, -- Trench digging machine, in operation near Stockton. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:53
Mokelumne Aqueduct, -- Laying sections of pipe in trench, near Stockton. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:54
Mokelumne Aqueduct, -- Back filling over pipe laid in trench; near Stockton. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.1:55
Mokelumne Aqueduct, -- Pipe laid in trench and back filled over ends of sections, ready for testing. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:01
Mokelumne Aqueduct, -- Dredging San Joaquin River to lay pipe for crossing. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:02
Mokelumne Aqueduct, -- Section of pipe between barges reaady [sic] for sinking at Middle River crossing. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:03
Mokelumne Aqueduct, -- Section of pipe between barges ready for sinking at MIddle River Crossing. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:04
Mokelumne Aqueduct, -- Painting pipe with aluminum paint to keep temperature low. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:05
Mokelumne Aqueduct crossing Indian Slough. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:06
Mokelumne Aqueduct, showing pipe lines crossing levee at Middle River. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:07
Mokelumne Aqueduct, -- Showing pipe line coming down from levee at Middle River crossing and going east across delta. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:08
Mokelumne Aqueduct, -- Synchronous Relief Valve house on pipe line at San Joaquin River Crossing. In case of a break on the pipe line, the valves in this house open automatically and drain a large portion of the aqueduct at an advantageous point. There are four such relief valves on the aqueduct. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:09
Mokelumne Aqueduct, -- Synchronous Relief Valve in house on pipe line at San Joaquin River Crossing. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:10
Mokelumne Aqueduct -- Crossing Finnerty Gulch, on steel piers. Near Campo Seco. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:11
Walnut Creek Pumping Plant. Showing outlet pipes and substation. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:12
Walnut Creek Pumping Plant. -- Interior view, showing three pumping units. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:13
Walnut Creek Aeration Weir. -- Looking toward Walnut Creek Tunnel. Forty notched weirs. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:14
Grant Miller Filter Plant, -- Capacity, 1,000,000 gallons daily. Serves the "Lafayette" County Water District. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:15
Lafayette Pumping Plant, -- Pumps water from teh Mokelumne Aqueduct through the Moraga Aqueduct into Upper San Leandro Reservoir. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:16
Lafayette Pumping Plant, -- Interior view, showing pumping units. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:17
Lafayette Dam, upstream face, March 20, 1933. 1933-03-20 BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:18
San Pablo Reservoir, -- June 23, 1929, just before Mokelumne water was brought in. Amount in storage, 109 million gallons 1929-06-23 BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:19
San Pablo Reservoir, Sept. 18, 1930. Amount in storage 6,462 million gallons. 1930-09-18 BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:20
San Pablo Dam and Reservoir -- Showing open and shaft spillways. Capacity, 14,073,000,000 gallons. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:21
San Pablo Filter Plant; Filter Operating Floor. New addition in foreground. March 6, 1931. 1931-03-06 BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:22
Upper San Leandro Dam and Spillway -- Capacity of Reservoir, 13,628,000,000 gallons; Spillway, 6,000 sec. ft. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:23
Schematic diagram showing various stages in purification process BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:24
Upper San Leandro Filter Plant. General view. Filter beds at left end of building; settling basins in back and aerators at right end of building. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:25
Upper San Leandro Filter Plant. Aeration basin in foreground, settling basins to right and filter beds at rear of building. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:26
Close-up view of aerators at Upper San Leandro Filter Plant. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:27
Upper San Leandro Filter Plant. Agitators between settling basins. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:28
Upper San Leandro Filter Plant. Settling basins. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:29
Upper San Leandro Filter Plant. Filter control panels. Chlorination room at right. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:30
Upper San Leandro Filter Plant. Chemical Laboratory where samples of water from all parts of the system are analyzed daily. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:31
Upper San Leandro Filter Plant. Pipe gallery for connection of all filter beds, etc. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:32
Lake Chabot Reservoir, showing trash racks in front of spillway. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:33
Vine st. pumping plant, in Berkeley. One of many local plants which pump water to the tanks and higher elevations in the hills. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:34
Vine st. pumping plant, -- Interior view, showing pumping units. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:35
Central Reservoir, Oakland, Capacity, 159 million gals. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:36
Crest Tank, Oakland. Capacity, 250,000 gallons. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:37
Montclair Tank, -- Capacity 250,000 gallons. Welded steel on concrete base. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:38
Claremont Laboratory, contains pumping plant and substation. Claremont Cistern at West Portal of Claremont Tunnel in background. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:39
Corporation Yard, 22nd and Adeline sts. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:40
Corporation Yard -- Adeline st. from 21st to 22nd st. General view of material yard. BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:41
View from Latham Square Building, showing fire in hills, Nov. 13, 1933, that destroyed Joaquin Miller's home. This fire was put out largely by E.B.M.U.D. men and equipment. 1933-11-13 BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:42
Section of Mokelumne Aqueduct Pipe, used for float in the N.R.A. parade in Oakland, Sept. 29, 1933. 1933-09-29 BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:43
Grass Valley C.C.C. Camp, near Lake Chabot. The District had three such camps on its lands in 1933. 1933 BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:44
San Pablo Filter Plant, Sedimentation beds, Aerators in background, March 6, 1931 1931-03-06 BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:45
Partial View of San Pablo Filter Plant BANC PIC 1996.020 v.2:46