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Located at an elevation of 4,819 feet at the town of Big Creek, California, being the first power house on the Big Creek Project to be placed in commercial operation. Has provided electricity to Southern California since November 1913. Generators powered by water flowing down from Huntington Lake.
Power House No. 1 (Big Creek, Calif.) Photographs Electric power transmission--California--Fresno County--Photographs Big Creek (Calif.)--Photographs Big Creek (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Photographs
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