Visual Materials

Kern River #1

Description: Kern River #1 - Leslie B. Hicks after his rescue. [Just before Xmas of 1906, miner Lindsey B. Hicks was trapped by the collapse of a tunnel being dug to carry water to Edison's Kern River #1 Hydro Plant. Edison workers drove a new tunnel 100 feet through the mountainside and recued him alive after 16 days of entombment. Here he stands behind newspapers announcing his rescue. (wam)]
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: Dec. 1906
Call number: photCL SCE 01 - 00705
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