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The original Kaweah No. 1 hydroelectric plant went into operation in June 1899

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Title: The original Kaweah No. 1 hydroelectric plant went into operation in June 1899
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: The original Kaweah No. 1 hydroelectric plant went into operation in June 1899, providing energy to several Tulare County communities This was the beginnings of the Mount Whitney Power Company, which was acquired by Edison in the merger with Pacific Light & Power in 1917
Type: image
Format: 327147 Bytes
Extent: Copy - Film ; A--8x10
Identifier: 12 - 00072
232872
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll2/id/5479
Subject: Hydroelectric generators
Hydroelectric power-plants
Electric industry workers
Place: Three Rivers (Calif.)
Tulare 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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