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Title
Valley Junction Substation was the largest substation on the Pacific Electric system
Date Created and/or Issued
1946
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives
Rights Information
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Description
Valley Junction Substation was the largest substation on the Pacific Electric system. Built in 1911 to replace a smaller facility, it was rated at 3,500 kilowatts of capacity, and fed direct current electricity to PE's Pasadena Short Line, Covina-San Bernardino Line, and Pasadena via Garvanza Line. [THIS IS NOT AN EDISON PHOTO! DO NOT USE THIS PHOTO FOR ANY PURPOSE W/OUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM WILLIAM A. MYERS.]
Extent
Copy negative ; A--8x10
Identifier
12 - 00054
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll2/id/5539
Subject
Electric substations
Electric lines
Streets
Street-railroads
Railroad tracks
Place
Romoland (Calif.)
Los Angeles 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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