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Highgrove Powerhouse

Description: Highgrove Powerhouse - First Hydro-electric plant established in 1886. Water from Warm Springs Creek of the Santa Ana River.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 5/14/1952
Call number: photCL SCE 02 - 30372
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