Title:
Power House No 1 Big Creek California
Creator:
[Unknown]
Subject:
Power House No. 1 (Big Creek, Calif.) Photographs.
Electric power transmission -- California -- Fresno County -- Photographs.
Big Creek (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Huntington Lake (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Fresno County (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- 20th century -- Photographs.
Description:
Located at an elevation of 4,819 feet at the town of Big Creek, California, this is the first power house on the Big Creek
Project to be placed on commerical operation. Generators powered by water falling from Huntington Lake Reservoir, providing
electricity to Southern California since November 1913.
Publisher:
Fresno County Library
Date:
ca. 1913
Format:
1 Photographic print :b&w ;14 x 9 cm.
Identifier:
frp0155
Relation:
San Joaquin Valley Digitization Project
Fresno County Free Library. California History and Genealogy Room.
Rights:
This image is being made available for educational and research purposes only, under the fair use clause of the U.S. Copyright
Law (Title 17 § 107 U.S.C.) Further questions regarding the image or its use may be directed to the California History and
Genealogy Room, Fresno County Public Library, 2420 Mariposa St., Fresno, CA 93721-2285; (559) 488-3195, press #3, then #5.