Notes
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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