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Title |
ELECTRICAL, Hydro No. 2 - Maurice |
Date |
1941-1960 |
Description |
Series of photos of the surveying of Hydro Electrical Plant # 2 operated by Homestake Mining Company. 15-1: View of the plant 15-2: Overall view of the plant 15-4: View of the plant with a car parked in front of it, taken by Black Hills Studios 15-5: View of the front of the plant with the Homestake sign and a car parked, 1952. Sharp Bits August 1953, Vol. 4, No. 6 pg. 3 "Maurice Hydro Plant - Located 10 miles upstream on Spearfish Creek from Hydro Plant No. 1, this "twin plant" also supplies considerable power to the company's electrical system. It was placed into operation in 1918. 15-6: Front and side view of the Hydro-Electric Plant No. 2. Sharp Bits September 1961, Vol. 12 No. 8 pg. 22 "Completed late in 1917, our Hydro-Electric Plant No. 2 is located at Maurice, about half-way up Spearfish Canyon." 15-7: Large aerial view of the plant 15-8: Flume leak in winter, 1941 15-11: Flume leak in winter, 1941 15-12: Flume leak in winter, 1941 15-13: Flume leak in winter, 1941 15-14: Flume leak in winter, 1941 15-16: Westinghouse generators inside hydro plant 15-17: Westinghouse generators inside hydro plant 15-18: Westinghouse generators inside hydro plant, 1952. Sharp Bits August 1953, Vol. 4, No. 6 pg. 4 "Generators at Maurice Plant - Hydro Plant No. 2 has two electric generators (shown here) that are driven by overhung water wheels. Water taken from Spearfish Creek 4 1/2 miles upstream flows in a pipeline to a point directly above this installation, where it drops vertically 548 feet to the water wheels." 15-19: Westinghouse generators inside hydro plant 15-20: Savoy-Maurice Dam pipeline caretaker Arlendo "Casey" Lillehaug, 1955 15-22: Man standing outside by an inverted syphon pipeline ath American Siding. Sharp Bits September 1961, Vol. 12 No. 8 pg. 19 "Inverted Syphon at American Siding. The pipeline leading to the Hydro No. 2 Plant here crosses Long Valley by dropping abruptly down one side of the gulch, corssing the bottom (steel pipe), and rising up the opposite slop to approximately the same elevation as on the opposite side." 15-23: Carl Johnson adjusting valves for the cooling water supply. Sharp Bits September 1961, Vol. 12 No. 8 pg. 26 "Electic-Power transformers must be kept at constant cool temperature. Shown here adjusting such a cooling water supply in Hydro Plant No. 2 is Carl Johnson. 15-24: Wayne Newman filling the graphic meter's pen with ink. Sharp Bits September 1961, Vol. 12 No. 8 pg. 25 "Graphic meters give continuous records of electric-power-load conditions at Hydro Plant No. 2. Caught by the camera in the act of refilling the meter's pen with ink is Wayne Newman." 15-27: Wayne "Whitey" Copas inspecting a generator field brush rigging of one of the generating units at the Hydro Plant No. 2. Sharp Bits September 1961, Vol. 12 No. 8 pg. 23 "Wayne "Whitey" Copas is inspecting the generator field brush rigging of one of the generating units at the Hydro Plant No. 2. The generators, water wheels and transformers are practically identical to those in the Hydro No. 1 Plant." 15-30: Homestake houses No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 at Maurice. The roof of No. 4 is just visible. Sharp Bits September 1961, Vol. 12 No. 8 pg. 28 bottom "Residences of Electrical Department Employees are these in Spearfish Canyon... The lower photo pictures those situated close to the Hydro No. 2 Plant at Maurice." 15-31: Arlendo "Casey" Lillehaug with huge pipe inside a tunnel. Sharp Bits September 1961, Vol. 12 No. 8 pg. 20 top "Here you see only a portion of a 4,000-foot long tunnel through which a 52-inch redwood-stave pipe passes. This pipe carries water for the operation of the Hydro No. 2 Power Plant. Arlendo Lillehaug is shown examining some of the steel hoops which secure the redwood staves." 15-33: A portion of the wooden sidewalk coming down from the surge tank to the power plant, roof over water tank for power plant 15-35: Arlendo "Casey" Lillehaug walking on a pipeline 15-36: Students at the plant: Nick J Marchiando (right) and David Wickstrom, 1960 15-38: Color view of the plant in winter 15-39: View of the plant in winter 15-41: Arlendo "Casey" Lillehaug walking on a pipeline 15-42: Wayne Newman standing in the generator room |
Collection |
Homestake Mining Company Collection |
Object Name |
Series, Archival |
Catalog Number |
HMCC 015 |
Print size |
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People |
Newman, Wayne Lillehaug, Arlendo Casey Marchiando, Nick J. Wickstrom, David |
Search Terms |
1950s 1960s 1970s Black Hills Studios Electricity Flume Homestake Mining Company Hydroelectric Plant No. 2 Maurice Pipes and Accessories Sharp Bits Snow Water Winter |