Visual Materials

Kern River & Borel Transmission Line

Description: Kern River & Borel Transmission Line - A man standing in the special Kern River 60 KV tower at the San Fernando Substation, showing an Operator's Cottage next to Substation. [spindly looking tower built by a local windmill manufacturer carries power from Kern River into Los Angeles. Built in 1906, the record setting 117-mile long, 75kV transmission line was the first in nation to be carried entirely on steel support towers. (wam)]
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1910
Call number: photCL SCE 02 - 00256
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library(Opens in new tab); View in the Library catalog(Opens in new tab)

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