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Big Creek Powerhouse #1 arose at the junction of Pitman Creek and Big Creek, on exactly the site proposed by John Eastwood a decade earlier. By April 1913 work was well under way. This view looks west down Big Creek Canyon, with the town of Cascada (Big Creek) just out of the picture at the right.
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A party of surveyors gauge the flow of Big Creek near its junction with Pitman Creek in 1910. These measurements, which corroborated John Eastwood's earlier work, determined the site of Big Creek Powerhouse #1. Pg. 107.
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Big Creek Powerhouse #8, located at the junction of Big Creek (at left) and the San Joaquin River, viewed from upstream.
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The prominent granite dome that towers over the site of Big Creek #1 Hydro Plant was named by John Eastwood for William G. Kerckhoff, and early investor in Eastwood's power projects. Kerckhoff became the President of the San Joaquin Light and Power Comany, which grew out of Eastwood's original San Joaquin Electric Company.
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Pitman Creek near Tamarack Mountain showing recorder house.
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Pitman Creek near Tamarack Mountain showing recorder house.
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