Identifier	sc19821
Title	Hydroelectric power plant at Big Bend on the Feather River
Original date	May 28, 1909.
Donor/Source of loan	Richardson, Fred
Original item size	105 x 165 mm.
Description	Photograph shows hydroelectric power plant. On left is railroad track from the construction of the Western Pacific railroad through the Feather River Valley. Note: 'Great Western Power's initial undertaking was the construction of a powerhouse at Big Bend, 65 miles below the reservoir site at Big Meadows. At Big Bend, the Feather River sweeps in a wide 12-mile horseshoe arc, with the two points of the arc close together. It was an ideal site for the driving of a diversion tunnel to connect the two extremes, the Big Bend property and,.. constructed a powerhouse which for some time was the largest hydro project west of the Mississippi' -- from California Stored with Many Blessings fit For the Use of Man Black, James, 1948, pg. 48.
subject-corporate	Western Pacific Railroad Company Great Western Power Company
Subject-Location	Feather River (Calif.)
Subject-Topic	Railroad engineering Hydroelectric power plants -- California -- Feather River
Location in Collection	under review
Digital Collection	Northeastern California Historic Photograph Collection
Digital Repository	Meriam Library Special Collections Department, California State University, Chico.
Digital file format	jp2
Digital date	1/25/2000
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