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This view of Fourth Street looking east from Hill shows part of the downtown area served by Edison, whose main office was at 120 East Fourth Street
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A street view of the Fourth Street General Office Building of the Edison Electric Company
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A street view of the Fourth Street General Office Building of the Edison Electric Company with bicycles propped up in front of the building.
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The Edison Electric Company General Office Building on 120 & 4th Streets in Los Angeles. "Sammy" Darnell
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The Edison Electric Company General Office Building on 120 & 4th Streets in Los Angeles. "Sammy" Darnell, foreman, is standing by the alley entrance. Clate Bigg's wagon is down the street.
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This very rare photo shows a construction train on the S. J. & E. in the spring of 1912
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This very rare photo shows a construction train on the S. J. & E. in the spring of 1912. By this time, the railroad had been built far into the rugged fastness of the High Sierra, and was nearing the future site of the town of Cascada (Big Creek). The exact location of the "head of steel" is uncertain. Pg. 26. [THIS PHOTO IS NOT AN EDISON PHOTO! DO NOT USE THIS NEG W/OUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM WILLIAM A. MYERS!]
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The most difficult of surveying assignments at Big Creek was to run levels and alignments for tunnels across the rugged terrain of the back country
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The most difficult of surveying assignments at Big Creek was to run levels and alignments for tunnels across the rugged terrain of the back country. Here, T.R. Bond and his party pose at an unidentified location, about 1912. [THIS IS NOT AN EDISON PHOTO! DO NOT USE THIS NEGATIVE FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM WILLIAM A. MYERS.]
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Valley Junction Substation was the largest substation on the Pacific Electric system
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Valley Junction Substation was the largest substation on the Pacific Electric system. Built in 1911 to replace a smaller facility, it was rated at 3,500 kilowatts of capacity, and fed direct current electricity to PE's Pasadena Short Line, Covina-San Bernardino Line, and Pasadena via Garvanza Line. [THIS IS NOT AN EDISON PHOTO! DO NOT USE THIS PHOTO FOR ANY PURPOSE W/OUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM WILLIAM A. MYERS.]
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View of rush hour shows Los Angeles Railway trolley cars lined up on East Seventh Street
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Los Angeles' streets were still dominated by the trolley car when Dave Redinger opened a private engineering practice early in 1914. This view of rush hour shows Los Angeles Railway trolley cars lined up on East Seventh Street, waiting their turn to cross the equally busy Main Street. All of these trolleys, and much of downtown Los Angeles, was receiving electricity from the new Big Creek power plants.
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