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B.M. below Borel Hydro Plant
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Hauling the turbine scroll case to Borel Hydro Plant in 1912, during the reconstruction of the water turbines
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Hauling the turbine scroll case to Borel Hydro Plant in 1912, during the reconstruction of the water turbines. Pg. 58.
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The Borel Hydro Plant as it appeared in 1909, with its original generators, later replaced and operating crew
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The Borel Hydro Plant as it appeared in 1909, with its original generators, later replaced and operating crew. Pg. 57.
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Borel Hydro Plant
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Borel Hydro Plant - Looking down penstocks to the powerhouse. Kern River Power Company (Pacific Light & Power Company).
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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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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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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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