Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108

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First delivery of electric power to the booming mining camps of Tonopah and Goldfield was in October, 1905. The following Fourth of July, miners and citizens enthusiastically celebrated the arrival of the electric age with a horse drawn float, shown here in front of the power company's Tonopah office. Pg. 68
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Crew constructing the redwood-stave flowline for Bishop Creek Powerhouse #4 (1904-1905) - Nevada Mining, Milling and Power Co. (Cal Electric Power Co.).
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Chief Engineer Charles O. Poole looking at the dam at the intake to Plant Four on Bishop Creek, 1905. Pg. 78.
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Named Plant Four although it was the first hydro plant built on Bishop Creek, the facility had grown ivy-covered walls by the time this photo was taken in 1923. Pg. 70.
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One tower of Edison's growing network of 500kV transmission lines stands sentinel in Cajon Pass in the winter of 1973. Pg. 226.
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Raising a pole by "horse-whim" during the building of the 55 kV line to Banning in 1913. This was the first leg of Southern Sierras' extension into the Imperial Valley. Pg. 127
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