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Kern River near Kernville

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Description: Kern River near Kernville - showing intake of Pacific Electric Light & Power Co. [for Borel PH], gauging bridge at PEL&P powerhouse site, Edison Electric Co.'s site for power plant #1 [Kern River #1] intake of PD Co. on left, penstock site for PEL&P PH, site for EEC penstock [KR #1], site for [KR #1] diversion, location of EEC [KR #1] tunnels, tunnel "Upper 18", Democrat Springs gauging station.
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Kern River near Kernville; Pacific Light and Power Co

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Kern River near Kernville showing intake of Pacific Light and Power Co. for Borel Powerhouse; gauging bridge at Pacific Light & Power powerhouse site; Kern River No. 1 site including Edison Electric Company power plant 1, penstock site for Pacific Light and Power Co, site for Edison Electric penstock and diversion, location of Edison Electric tunnels, tunnel "Upper 18," and Democrat Springs gauging station.

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Kern River Project

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Kern River No. 1, Borel Powerhouse, Kern River No. 3 - KR 1, KR 2, & KR 3, Kings River Power Co., Kings River - Kern River PH #1 & cottages, headworks, Lucac Creek Flume, Cow Creek flume, forebay weir to spillway; Borel Powerhouse with 5 penstocks, Isabella (1907); Kings River #1 Water Appropriation Notice, Kings River #2 - Camp near Mill Creek, posted notice, material storage, warehouse at Tunnel 9; Kings River #3 - South Fork Gorge & Intake site, Crown Valley, Little Brush Creek, construction road, Water Appropriation Notice; Kings River #4 - Tehacipi Basin, lumber yards, water appropriation notice at intake site, P.D. Plant and spillway at mouth of Kern Canyon.

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Kern River #1

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Kern River #1 - site for Democrat Dam, dam construction and drainage tower, intake, dam spilling, construction at Camp 4, flume, Kern River Canyon, Hospital, tunnel workers, tunnel portal, concrete mixing plant, concrete flume, tunnel automobiles, Camp 1, penstock construction, branch pipes, powerhouse construction, machinery transport to site, assembly of units in powerhouse, placing "Y" piece, main water valve needle, exciter needle, impulse wheel & buckets, transformers, tailrace construction, original spillway, towers and erect insulators, transmission line, Tejon, Castaic & Fernando Substations, L. A. #3 steam plant...

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Kern River No. 1

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Kern River No. 1 - Mechanically operated leaf rake [at KR#1 intake]

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Kern River No. 1

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Kern River No. 1, including site for Democrat Dam; Dam construction and drainage tower; intake; dam spilling; Construction at Camp 4; Kern River Canyon, hospital, tunnel workers, tunnel portal, concrete mixing plant, concrete flume, tunnel automobiles; Camp 1, penstock construction, branch pipes, Powerhouse construction, machinery transport to site, assembly of units in powerhouse, placing "Y" piece, main water valve needle, exciter needle, impulse wheel and buckets, transformers, tailrace construction, original spillway, towers and erect insulators, transmission line; Tejon, Castaic and Fernando Substations, Los Angeles No. 3 Steam Plant.

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Kern River No. 3

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Kern River No. 3 - Rain gauge at KR#3 intake

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Kern River near Kernville

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