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Fast flowing streams falling down steep mountain sides first attracted John Eastwood to the hydroelectric potential of the High Sierras

Description: Fast flowing streams falling down steep mountain sides first attracted John Eastwood to the hydroelectric potential of the High Sierras. Years before anyone else, Eastwood worked to develop this energy source for the benefit of California communities.
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Date: undated
Call number: photCL SCE 12 - 00018
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John Samuel Eastwood (1857-1924) was involved in civil engineering projects in the San Jaoquin Valley and the High Sierras
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John Samuel Eastwood (1857-1924) was involved in civil engineering projects in the San Jaoquin Valley and the High Sierras for almost all of his career. In addition to the Big Creek Project, the invention of the multiple-arch dam is Eastwood's most enduring legacy.
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