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Title: Earthquake damage at Southern California Edison's Devers substation, 1986
Contributor: Lubas, Ken
Date Created and/or Issued: July 10, 1986
1986-07-10
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Earthquake havoc--Edison employee surveys the damage at the Devers substation near Palm Springs. The quake knocked huge porcelain insulators off 10-foot perches, snapped steel cables and caused a 650,000-pound generator to "walk 10 inches." (Story, Page 3).
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b3391_303944-4
ark:/21198/zz0002vzp7
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Disaster
North Palm Springs Earthquake, Calif., 1986
Earthquake damage--California
Earthquakes--California
Electric substations--California--Riverside County
Southern California Edison Company
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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