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Big Creek Powerhouse #2

Description
Big Creek Powerhouse #2 - Beginning pressure pipe at lower end of tunnel #2 - Taken during construction showing excavation for pressure pipe.
Type
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Date
9/22/1913
Call number
photCL SCE 03 - 00363
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