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Title
The gradient of the penstrock pipe down to Powerhouse #2 was not quite as steep as that to Powerhouse #1
Creator
Stone & Webster, photographer
Date Created and/or Issued
1913-10
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives
Rights Information
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Description
The gradient of the penstrock pipe down to Powerhouse #2 was not quite as steep as that to Powerhouse #1, but the same extra-strong Krupp-built pipe was used. This October 1913 view looks down the pipeline towards a still incomplete powerhouse.
Type
image
Format
518850 Bytes
Extent
Copy negative ; A--8x10
Identifier
12 - 00044
232859
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll2/id/5492
Subject
Penstocks
Construction
Construction crew
Hydroelectric power-plants
Place
Big Creek (Calif.)
Fresno County (Calif.)
Source
Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives
Story of Big Creek
Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives, Huntington Digital Library

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