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Title: An Edison snow surveyor prepares to force a hollow tube into the snow
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: An Edison snow surveyor prepares to force a hollow tube into the snow. Measurements made from the resulting core sample will reveal the water content of the snow. When coupled with the depth of the snow pack, hydrographers can estimate the amount of runoff water that will be available in the upcoming spring and summer. from this data, Edison planners can estimate how much hydroelectric generation will be available for the system in the coming months.
Type: image
Format: 244460 Bytes
Extent: Copy negative ; A--8x10
Identifier: 12 - 00233
240078
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll2/id/5427
Subject: Hydroelectric power
Snow
Surveying
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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