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Description
A granite-lined canal and prison power station sit in the foreground of this circa-1900 photograph of Folsom Prison, as seen from the west bank of the American River. Beyond the power station, and to the right of the frame, is the prison’s original administrative building. The power station was comprised of 10,000 cubic yards of granite and 8,000 barrels of cement, while the canal’s retaining walls were built from solid bedrock extracted from the side of the hill.
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