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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
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The Borel Hydro Plant was built by a subsidiary of the Pacific Light and Power Company
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The Borel Hydro Plant was built by a subsidiary of the Pacific Light and Power Company. Named for Antoine Borel, an early business associate of Henry Huntington, the plant provided electricity to Huntington's growing trolley and utilities business in Southern California from 1904.
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This early view of the interior of the Borel Hydro Plant shows the five original generators installed when the plant was built
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This early view of the interior of the Borel Hydro Plant shows the five original generators installed when the plant was built. Subsequently modernized, the Borel Plant remains in operation today.
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Holton Power Company's two hydro plants near Holtville
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Holton Power Company's two hydro plants near Holtville. The brick Plant One, behind , was built in 1905. Concrete Plant Three, foreground, was built after the Great Flood of 1905-07 lowered the grade of the New river by 40 feet.
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A stretch of fluming being built at Mill Creek #3 Hydro Plant
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The North and East walls of Mill Creek #3 Hydro Plant under construction
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The North and East walls of Mill Creek #3 Hydro Plant under construction, showing the mountains in the background.
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Plant Engineer Gustavus Olivio Newman sits beside one of the original D.C. generators at the Highgrove Hydro Plant, ca. 1887
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Plant Engineer Gustavus Olivio Newman sits beside one of the original D.C. generators at the Highgrove Hydro Plant, ca. 1887. Pg. 10.
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