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Big Creek (119.705W
36.999N) was a hydroelectric power
project in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
of California. The project was the brain child of John S. Eastwood, who
first visited the area in 1902 and began work on the first power houses
in 1910. Power was first supplied to Los Angeles
in November 1913, when the existing power station at Redondo Beach
failed and the decision was made to switch to the still-untested Big
Creek system. The project continued to expand throughout the 20th
Century.
Power
production was 424.5 megawatts by 1941.
References
"Inside Edison" (2013; accessed 2014-4-26)
National Park Service (accessed 2014-4-26)
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