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Borel Hydro Plant
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Borel Hydro Plant - Looking down penstocks to the powerhouse. Kern River Power Company (Pacific Light & Power Company).
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Coyote Lake, Big Creek, Stevenson Creek Falls, Thousand Island Lake; Borel Powerhouse & cottages, Borel interior, Kern Sub., Indian Sub., Newhall Sub.; Azusa Hydro Plant; Sierra Hydro Plant; Mentone Hydro Plant; Redondo Steam Plant
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Coyote Lake (head of Big Creek), Big Creek [cascade above PH1 site], Stevenson Creek Falls, Thousand Island Lake; Borel Powerhouse & cottages, Borel interior [with the original 5 Pelton Waterwheel units], Kern Sub., Indian Sub., Newhall Sub.; Azusa Hydro Plant; Sierra Hydro Plant; Mentone Hydro Plant; Redondo Steam Plant.
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This early view of the interior of the Borel Hydro Plant shows the five original generators installed when the plant was built
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This early view of the interior of the Borel Hydro Plant shows the five original generators installed when the plant was built. Subsequently modernized, the Borel Plant remains in operation today.
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Rock formations at the site of the Borel Hydro Plant of PL&P
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Rock formations at the site of the Borel Hydro Plant of PL&P. It is at the Kern River near Clear Creek.
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The Borel Hydro Plant was built by a subsidiary of the Pacific Light and Power Company
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The Borel Hydro Plant was built by a subsidiary of the Pacific Light and Power Company. Named for Antoine Borel, an early business associate of Henry Huntington, the plant provided electricity to Huntington's growing trolley and utilities business in Southern California from 1904.
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Borel Powerhouse
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Borel Powerhouse - Interior of the Borel Hydro Plant, showing generators and prime movers.
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