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Big Creek was not ignored in postwar resource planning

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Big Creek was not ignored in postwar resource planning

Description: Big Creek was not ignored in postwar resource planning. Powerhouse #3 received a fourth unit in 1948. Pg. 208.
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Date: 1948
Call number: photCL SCE 11 - 00415
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