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Title
The first few miles of the S. J. & E. were easy to construct
Creator
Stone & Webster, photographer
Date Created and/or Issued
1912
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives
Rights Information
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Description
The first few miles of the S. J. & E. were easy to construct, but as the Sierra foothills were reached, heavy cutting and filling became necessary. This crew stopped long enough to have their picture taken at "the front," somewhere near Dry Creek, early in 1912.
Type
image
Format
600919 Bytes
Extent
Copy negative ; A--8x10
Identifier
12 - 00021
232837
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll2/id/5512
Subject
Hydroelectric power-plants
Construction
Construction crew
Railroad tracks
Place
Auberry (Calif.)
Fresno County (Calif.)
Source
Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives
Story of Big Creek
Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives, Huntington Digital Library

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