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Title
The holing through of the Florence Lake Tunnel was a major milestone on the Big Creek Project
Creator
Bishop, G. Haven, photographer
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives
Rights Information
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Description
The holing through of the Florence Lake Tunnel was a major milestone on the Big Creek Project. Here, E.R. Davis (wearing glasses, squatting in center) supervises the placing of the last few charges of dynamite to break through. Pg. 116.
Type
image
Format
305893 Bytes
Extent
Copy negative ; 8x10
Identifier
11 - 00238
232684
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll2/id/5691
Subject
Hydroelectric power-plants
Construction
Construction crew
Tunnels
Place
Fresno 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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