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First delivery of electric power to the booming mining camps of Tonopah and Goldfield was in October, 1905

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Title: First delivery of electric power to the booming mining camps of Tonopah and Goldfield was in October, 1905
Date Created and/or Issued: 1905-10
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: First delivery of electric power to the booming mining camps of Tonopah and Goldfield was in October, 1905. The following Fourth of July, miners and citizens enthusiastically celebrated the arrival of the electric age with a horse drawn float, shown here in front of the power company's Tonopah office. Pg. 68
Type: image
Format: 497732 Bytes
Extent: Copy negative ; 8x10
Identifier: 11 - 00138
232632
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll2/id/5743
Subject: Parades & processions
Electric signs
Mining
Holidays
Celebrations
Place: Tonopah (Nev.)
Nye County (Nev.)
Source: Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives
Iron Men and Copper Wires
Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives, Huntington Digital Library

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