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John Settem, Valley steam plant operator, checks pictures on television screens of 12 burners that provide heat for the boiler on July 8, 1955. The television camera is protected from the 3,000 degree heat of the burners by a thermal lens shield consisting of glass and fine wire screen and a blast of cool air.
Settem, John Los Angeles (Calif.).--Department of Water and Power Electric power-plants--California--Sun Valley (Los Angeles) Control rooms--California--Sun Valley (Los Angeles) Cameras--California--Sun Valley (Los Angeles) Closed-circuit television--California--Sun Valley (Los Angeles) Valley Times Collection photographs
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