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Description
Located at an elevation of 4,819 feet at the town of Big Creek, California, this is the first power house on the Big Creek Project to be placed on commerical operation. Generators powered by water falling from Huntington Lake Reservoir, providing electricity to Southern California since November 1913.
Power House No. 1 (Big Creek, Calif.) Photographs Electric power transmission--California--Fresno County--Photographs Big Creek (Calif.)--Photographs Huntington Lake (Calif.)--Photographs Fresno County (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--20th century--Photographs
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