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Borel Hydro Plant
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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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Borel : View from forebay
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Borel - View from forebay looking down penstocks to Powerhouse and cottages below.
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Borel. general view of Powerhouse
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Borel - General view of Powerhouse, penstocks, forebay, and associated cottages in 1911. [Sign on front of the plant says "Kern River Company".]
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Borel powerhouse and penstocks
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Borel powerhouse and penstocks. [Sign for Kern River Company on front of powerhouse]
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Kern River near Kernville; Pacific Light and Power Co
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Kern River near Kernville showing intake of Pacific Light and Power Co. for Borel Powerhouse; gauging bridge at Pacific Light & Power powerhouse site; Kern River No. 1 site including Edison Electric Company power plant 1, penstock site for Pacific Light and Power Co, site for Edison Electric penstock and diversion, location of Edison Electric tunnels, tunnel "Upper 18," and Democrat Springs gauging station.
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Kern River #1 Hydro Plant
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Kern River #1 Hydro Plant - Building forms for the powerhouse walls.
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