Big Creek hydroelectric construction project

Content Description

Misc printed material and a historical sketch. Begun by Pacific Light and Power Corporation in 1911, the project developed the Big Creek-San Joaquin River area into a major power-generating system to supply electricity to Los Angeles. For a longer history of the project, see the book by D. Redinger, The Story of Big Creek (1949).

Provenance

ACQUIRED HOW OR DONOR: Charles Briscoe; ACQUIRED WHERE: Papers of Robert Knapp

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