Hoover Dam Power Plant: instruction books and operations manuals

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Hoover Dam Power Plant: instruction books and operations manuals

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MS.3

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Hoover Dam Power Plant: instruction books and operations manuals MS 3 Hoover Dam Power Plant: instruction books and operations manuals [1927 - 68] Construction of Hoover Dam was paid for with interest through sale of power the dam generated. At the time it was built Hoover Dam was the biggest hydroelectric project in the world, operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and Southern California Edison. Power was first generated from Hoover Dam in October 1936 [Boulder City first received power from the dam on November 1, 1936]. When Hoover Dam's mortgage was paid off in 1987 the Bureau of Reclamation took over operation and embarked on an electrical upgrade program that lasted nearly a decade. The instruction books and operations manuals in this collection were used by employees of the power contractors and, after the upgrades of the 1980s-90s, were rendered obsolete. * * *

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MS 3 HOOVER DAM POWER PLANT: instruction books, operations manuals, and specifications, 1927 - 1968 Box 1 of 6 ff no. 1. Applications of Power Circuit Breakers [Westinghouse, 1944] 2. "De-Ion" Grid Oil Circuit Breaker Outdoor Type [GO] [Westinghouse, 1939, 1941, and 1947] 3. "De-Ion" Grids for Oil Circuit Breakers [Westinghouse, 1946] 4. Disconnecting Switch, Type V [Westinghouse, 1948] 5. Failure A-Phase Operating Rod No. 5, 287-KV Oil Circuit Breaker [incident report, January 22, 1950] 6. High Tension Switch Gear [Pacific Electric Manufacturing Corporation, ca. 1930s] 7. Oil-Blast Circuit Breakers [General Electric, 1948] 8. Oil Circuit Breaker Type FG-30 [General Electric, 1930] 9. Oil Circuit Breaker Type GO-2-A [1936] 10. Oil Circuit Breakers Type FHKO-339 ... [General Electric, ca. 1941] 11. Outdoor [Frame-Mounted "De-Ion" Grid] Oil Circuit Breakers [Westinghouse, 1939 and 1941] 12. Power Circuit Breakers: General Characteristics and Ratings [Westinghouse, 1949] 13. Power Circuit Breakers: Oil, Type GM (with two photographs) [Westinghouse, 1948] 14. Recording Watt Demand Meters [Westinghouse, 1950] 15. Rectox for Oil Circuit Breakers [Westinghouse, 1937 and 1947] 16. Type SAF-4 Solenoid-Operated Mechanism for Circuit Breakers [Westinghouse, 1936] 17. Westinghouse Preventive Maintenance: Renewal Parts Data [1968] 18. oscillograph [General Electric, 1935] 19. oscillograph [General Electric, 1935] 20. current readings [? (1930s-60s)] Box 2 of 6 ff no. 1. Crouse-Hinds Flood Lights [December 1, 1931] 2. Electric Journal [October 1927] 3. General Specifications for Wire and Cable with Rubber-like and Thermoplastic Insulations [Insulated Power Cable Engineers Association (February 1951] 4. Ingersoll-Rand General Catalog [n. d., c. 1930s-40s] 5. NEMA Lightning Arrester Standards [National Electrical Manufacturers Association (February 1944)] 6. NEMA Motor and Generator Standards [NEMA (July 1934)] 7. NEMA Standards for Conduit Fittings, Cable Fittings and Accessories ... [NEMA (August 1947)] 8. NEMA Standards for Transformers [NEMA (September 1948)] 9. Power System Safety Handbook [November 1957] Box 3 of 6 1. Specifications no. 3137: Installation of Turbines, Transformers, and Appurtenant Equipment for Units A3, A4, and A9; Relocation of Transformer Bank ‘Y’; and Construction of Additional Transformer Circuits and Terminal Facilities for Switchyard at Hoover Power Plant: Schedule and Specifications [vol. 1:3 (September 28, 1950)] 2. Specifications no. 3137: Installation of Turbines, Transformers, and Appurtenant Equipment for Units A3, A4, and A9; Relocation of Transformer Bank ‘Y’; and Construction of Additional Transformer Circuits and Terminal Facilities for Hoover Switchyard at Hoover Power Plant: Drawings [vol. 2:3 (September 28, 1950)] 3. Specifications no. 3137: Installation of Turbines, Transformers, and Appurtenant Equipment for Units A3, A4, and A9; Relocation of Transformer Bank ‘Y’; and Construction of Additional Transformer Circuits and Terminal Facilities for Hoover Switchyard at Hoover Power Plant: Drawings [vol. 3:3 (September 28, 1950)] 4. Specifications no. 3137: Installation of Turbines, Transformers, and Appurtenant Equipment for Units A3, A4, and A9; Relocation of Transformer Bank ‘Y’; and Construction of Additional Transformer Circuits and Terminal Facilities for Hoover Switchyard at Hoover Power Plant: Supplemental Notice no. 1 [vol. 2:3 (September 28, 1950)] Box 4 of 6 Training Course for Hydroelectric Plant Operating Personnel [Hoover Dam, 1943-44] Box 5 of 6 1. Hazard Electrical Building Wire [1928] 2. Armored Underground Cable [1929] 3. Electrical Drafting Standards [1935] 4. Building Wires and Cables [1937] 5. D.C. Ground Return Tests [January 1965, 2 copies] 6. Schematic Wiring Diagram [1940] 7. Cables 8. Boulder Dam and Appurtenant works 9. Plans - blacksmith shop [1945] 10. Secretary Krug Lauds Suggestions System [1949] 11. Report on Reconnaissance Investigations Eldorado Valley Project Nevada [October 1959] 12. Hydroelectric Plants Transmission Lines and Substations Operated by the Bureau of Reclamation [July 1,1965] 13. Hydroelectric Plants Transmission Lines and Substations Operated by the Bureau of Reclamation [July 1,1965] 14. Spare Bushing and Transformers for Emergency Use [January 1,1966] 15. Spare Bushing and Transformers for Emergency Use [January 1,1966] Box 6 of 6 1. Volumes 2 and 3 [“Drawings”] of Boulder Canyon Project specifications no. 3137: Installation of Turbines, Transformers, and Appurtenant Equipment for Units A3, A4, and A9; Relocation of Transformer Bank “Y;” and Construction of Additional Transformer Circuits and Terminal Facilities for Hoover Dam Switchyard at Hoover Power Plant [1950] * * *

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January 30, 2025

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