We Call it Big Creek
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Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Big Creek (Calif.) |
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Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Big Creek (Calif.) |
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Author | : David H. Redinger |
Publisher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
Total Pages | : 339 |
Release | : 2018-12-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 178912560X |
Nature never intended Southern California to be anything but desert, so they said. But settlers turned it into farms, factories and living areas for millions of people. The key to that development was 300 miles north, in the High Sierra, where the company that became the Southern California Edison Company undertook the creation of one of the great water power developments in the world. They called it Big Creek. Completed in 1929, this work of engineering art involved six dams, eight tunnels (one 13 miles long), three major artificial lakes and five powerhouses—all created to ensure electric power for a rapidly growing Los Angeles and suburbs. Author David H. Redinger was Resident Engineer for the Big Creek Hydroelectric Project, one of the most extensive in the world. In this fascinating book, he recounts the obstacles encountered in building a railroad in the High Sierra, from carving roads and tunnels through rough terrain, to enduring snowstorms at high altitudes, and generally accomplishing near-miracles with brainpower, mulepower, steampower, and manpower.
Author | : Dinata Misovec |
Publisher | : Hugo House Publishers, Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2017-06-01 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1936449897 |
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Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2002 |
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Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 1865 |
Genre | : Education |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House. Public Works |
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Total Pages | : 620 |
Release | : 1972 |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works |
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Total Pages | : 976 |
Release | : 1947 |
Genre | : Public works |
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Author | : United States. War Department |
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Total Pages | : 608 |
Release | : 1878 |
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Author | : Art Rosenbaum |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2013-10-01 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0820346497 |
Sampling virtually all of the old-time styles within the musical traditions still extant in north Georgia, Folk Visions and Voices is a collection of eighty-two songs and instrumentals, enhanced by photographs, illustrations, biographical sketches of performers, and examples of their narratives, sermons, tales, and reminiscences.
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural Development |
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Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Watershed management |
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