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Called "The Tower Line" by employees, the transmission line between Bishop and San Bernardino shown here under construction in 1913 was the longest in the world when completed

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Title: Called "The Tower Line" by employees, the transmission line between Bishop and San Bernardino shown here under construction in 1913 was the longest in the world when completed
Creator: Bishop, G. Haven, photographer
Date Created and/or Issued: 1913
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: Called "The Tower Line" by employees, the transmission line between Bishop and San Bernardino shown here under construction in 1913 was the longest in the world when completed. The supply and patrol road built alongside was later purchased by the Federal government and reconstructed as Highway U.S. 395. Pg. 79.
Type: image
Format: 323105 Bytes
Extent: Copy negative ; 8x10
Identifier: 11 - 00165
232648
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll2/id/5727
Subject: Electric lines--Poles and towers
Electric lines
Construction crew
Construction
Linemen
Place: San Bernardino County (Calif.)
Source: Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives
Iron Men and Copper Wires
Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives, Huntington Digital Library

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