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This view of Fourth Street looking east from Hill shows part of the downtown area served by Edison, whose main office was at 120 East Fourth Street

Description: This view of Fourth Street looking east from Hill shows part of the downtown area served by Edison, whose main office was at 120 East Fourth Street. Pg. 33 [THIS IS NOT AN EDISON PHOTO! DO NOT USE THIS NEGATIVE FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT SPECIFIC PERMISSION IN WRITING FROM WILLIAM A. MYERS!]
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Looking east on Main Street, El Centro in 1910, showing the Holt Block, headquarters of W

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Looking east on Main Street, El Centro in 1910, showing the Holt Block, headquarters of W. F. Holt's extensive commercial enterprises. Pg. 124.

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The Shaver Lake Lumber Company's mill and pond

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The Shaver Lake Lumber Company's mill and pond. Edison bought this company in 1918 to gain a reservoir site to form today's larger Shaver Lake. Because of this purchase, the Company today owns a large tract of forest land around Shaver Lake. Pg. 112. [THIS IS NOT AN EDISON PHOTO! DO NOT USE THIS NEGATIVE FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT SPECIFIC PERMISSION IN WRITING FROM WILLIAM A. MYERS!]

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The Fourth Street General Office Building of the Edison Electric Company

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The Fourth Street General Office Building of the Edison Electric Company.

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This very rare photo shows a construction train on the S. J. & E. in the spring of 1912

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This very rare photo shows a construction train on the S. J. & E. in the spring of 1912. By this time, the railroad had been built far into the rugged fastness of the High Sierra, and was nearing the future site of the town of Cascada (Big Creek). The exact location of the "head of steel" is uncertain. Pg. 26. [THIS PHOTO IS NOT AN EDISON PHOTO! DO NOT USE THIS NEG W/OUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM WILLIAM A. MYERS!]

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The most difficult of surveying assignments at Big Creek was to run levels and alignments for tunnels across the rugged terrain of the back country

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The most difficult of surveying assignments at Big Creek was to run levels and alignments for tunnels across the rugged terrain of the back country. Here, T.R. Bond and his party pose at an unidentified location, about 1912. [THIS IS NOT AN EDISON PHOTO! DO NOT USE THIS NEGATIVE FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM WILLIAM A. MYERS.]

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Valley Junction Substation was the largest substation on the Pacific Electric system

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Valley Junction Substation was the largest substation on the Pacific Electric system. Built in 1911 to replace a smaller facility, it was rated at 3,500 kilowatts of capacity, and fed direct current electricity to PE's Pasadena Short Line, Covina-San Bernardino Line, and Pasadena via Garvanza Line. [THIS IS NOT AN EDISON PHOTO! DO NOT USE THIS PHOTO FOR ANY PURPOSE W/OUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM WILLIAM A. MYERS.]

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This view of Fourth Street looking east from Hill shows part of the downtown area served by Edison, whose main office was at 120 East Fourth Street

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Looking east on Main Street, El Centro in 1910, showing the Holt Block, headquarters of W

The Shaver Lake Lumber Company's mill and pond

The Fourth Street General Office Building of the Edison Electric Company

This very rare photo shows a construction train on the S. J. & E. in the spring of 1912

The most difficult of surveying assignments at Big Creek was to run levels and alignments for tunnels across the rugged terrain of the back country

Valley Junction Substation was the largest substation on the Pacific Electric system