Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2012.16.11Description
Photo of San Francisquito Power Plant Unit #1 under construction. Construction began in 1911 and was completed by 1917, at which time the first power was transmitted to Los Angeles. The plant was built by the Bureau of Los Angeles Aqueduct Power, which was created to build hydroelectric power plants along the aqueduct. There were fourteen hydroelectric power plants built along the Los Angeles Aqueduct.
There are two scans of the same image.Collection
Albert Ross Collection