El Prado (Spanish for "the meadow") aptly described the starting point of the San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad. In this early 1912 view, the Southern Pacific's Friant Branch runs to the left in the foreground, and the S. J. & E. main line curves away in the center. Notice the carpenters building a water tank in the center of the picture, a sure sign that the railroad was still under construction.
Hydroelectric power-plants Construction Construction crew Railroad tracks Railroad stations Railroad freight cars
Place
El Prado (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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