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Skilled workmen install the last segment of German-made penstock pipe at Big Creek #1 Hydro Plant

Description: Skilled workmen install the last segment of German-made penstock pipe at Big Creek #1 Hydro Plant. When completed, the pipeline had the longest and steepest drop from reservoir to water wheel of any power house in the world. Pg. 100.
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Date: 1913
Call number: photCL SCE 11 - 00203
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