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Title
Rome Power House (2 views)
Date Created and/or Issued
[1901]
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
View 1 (2012-2074). Shows power house buildings either side of South Yuba River. "No. 3" - handwritten on verso -- view 2 (2012-2075). Power house and South Yuba River. "No. 1" - handwritten on verso.
Built in 1895 by Nevada County Electric Power Company on South Yuba River. Operated from 1896 (when completed) to 1910 (when abandoned). Supplied power to Nevada City and Grass Valley. Known as the "Rome" plant after Romulus Riggs Colgate, investor in Power Company. First plant in what became Pacific Gas & Electric.
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
2 photographic prints ; 4 x 5 in.
Identifier
(C)001485166CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Pacific Gas and Electric Company--Photographs
Power plants--California--Nevada County
Hydroelectric power--California--Nevada County
Rivers--California--Nevada County
Nevada County (Calif.)--Photographs
South Yuba River (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place
California
Nevada County
Nevada County (Calif.)
South Yuba River (Calif.)

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