This view of the warehouses at Cascada shows the foot of the steep inclined railway (Incline #1) that was used to haul construction materials up to "The Basin," site of Huntington Lake reservoir. The little steam engine switching carloads of steel pipe at the right of the picture is #4, a refugee from the Manhattan Elevated Railway.
Hydroelectric power-plants Construction Inclined railroads Warehouses Railroad locomotives
Place
Cascada (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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