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The Fresno Flume and Lumber Company was the successor to C.B. Shaver's original Fresno Flume and Irrigation Company
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Shaver's lumber company depended upon a 60-mile-long flume to float cut lumber to the finishing mill and drying yards at Clovis
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Shaver's lumber company depended upon a 60-mile-long flume to float cut lumber to the finishing mill and drying yards at Clovis. Portions of the flume traversed some spectacular scenery, such as at Rocky Point, on the flanks of Musick Mountain. Although abandoned as long ago as 1917, one section of flume still survives today. [Courtesy United States Forest Service, Shaver Lake.]
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This rare photo shows the 1893 construction of the original timberfaced, rock-filled dam that impounded the millpond for C.B. Shaver's pioneer lumbering venture at Shaver Lake
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This rare photo shows the 1893 construction of the original timberfaced, rock-filled dam that impounded the millpond for C.B. Shaver's pioneer lumbering venture at Shaver Lake. Pg. 100. [Courtesy United States Forest Service, Shaver Lake.]
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The Shaver Lake Lumber Company's mill and pond
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The Shaver Lake Lumber Company's mill and pond. Edison bought this company in 1918 to gain a reservoir site to form today's larger Shaver Lake. Because of this purchase, the Company today owns a large tract of forest land around Shaver Lake. Pg. 112. [THIS IS NOT AN EDISON PHOTO! DO NOT USE THIS NEGATIVE FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT SPECIFIC PERMISSION IN WRITING FROM WILLIAM A. MYERS!]
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This view of the old lumber mill at Shaver Lake was taken in October 1920
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This view of the old lumber mill at Shaver Lake was taken in October 1920. By this time, it was owned by the Edison Company, and was nearing the end of its operations. Prior to being dismantled to make way for the new Shaver Lake reservoir, the mill cut much of the form lumber used in the construction of Power House #8.
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Borel : Flume as Tilley
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Borel - Flume known as Tilley Creek Flume #2. Flume spans the road from Beaty Ranch and this point where water is measured.
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View of the junction of the Tule Plant flume and the plant of the San Joaquin Light and Power Company
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View of the junction of the Tule Plant flume and the plant of the San Joaquin Light and Power Company, also showing residences.
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