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Order Number	00044514
Title	New power plant
Photographer	White, Ben.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 1071.
Date	1951
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	Looking down along this 95-inch welded steel penstock, recently completed Owens Gorge Power Plant no. 3 is seen on the bank of the river. The river will be diverted through the penstock to turn the rotor of the 37,500-kilowatt generator. The switching rack to the right will start this power on its 258-mile journey over the now-completed 230,000-volt line to Los Angeles. Photo date: June 20, 1951.
Subject	Water-supply--California. Penstocks. Electric generators--California. Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.). Owens Valley (Calif.). Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection