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English: Drum Power House, installed capacity 50,268 horsepower, voltage 110,000 volts

Identifier: pacificservicema1627paci (find matches)
Title: Pacific service magazine
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Subjects: Pacific Gas and Electric Company Electric utilities Electrical engineering Public utilities
Publisher: San Francisco : Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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Electricity may be said to fur-nish the 4,000,000 inhabitants of Californiawith energy equal to that which could beproduced by some 13,000,000 men.Reason for Californias Partin Transmission It will be of interest to explain whyCalifornia has taken such a prominent partin transmission history. Californias geographic position and to-pography are partly responsible. Economicconditions contribute. With no coal ofhigh quality and with little coal of anyquality fuel has been expensive until oil wasdeveloped. Fuel oil has been somewhatuncertain of supply, with a probability ofincreasing in price. These conditions haveled to the extensive developments of waterpower. California borders the Pacific Ocean fornearly 900 miles, from the latitude of Sa-vanna to that of Boston. The coast rangemountains with elevations generally below5000 ft. parallel the ocean from Santa Bar-bara north for nearly 700 miles. The onlygap in these mountains is the Golden Gateat San Francisco. Inland lies the great val-
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Drum Power House, installed capacity 50,268 horsepower,voltage 110,000 volts. Transmission Pacific Service Magazine 287

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  • bookid:pacificservicema1627paci
  • bookyear:1912
  • bookdecade:1910
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Pacific_Gas_and_Electric_Company
  • booksubject:Pacific_Gas_and_Electric_Company
  • booksubject:Electric_utilities
  • booksubject:Electrical_engineering
  • booksubject:Public_utilities
  • bookpublisher:San_Francisco___Pacific_Gas_and_Electric_Company
  • bookcontributor:San_Francisco_Public_Library
  • booksponsor:San_Francisco_Public_Library
  • bookleafnumber:325
  • bookcollection:americana
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