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Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo County, CA

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Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo County, CA

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Significance: The Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System is considered significant for its role: (1) in the expansion of hydroelectric power generation technology, (2) in the development of eastern California, and 93) in the development of long-distance electrical power transmission and distribution.
Survey number: HAER CA-145
Building/structure dates: 1913 Initial Construction

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1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Nevada Power, Mining & Milling Company
Maul, David, transmitter
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