https://www.electrifying.collopy.net/files/original/1a0fa729c431043b97234cb4b9c1e353.jpg 9c362fd86ee75e8b35fa502953a66b7f Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Drawing Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 8 x10 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Birdseye View Plan of 18 Powerhouses at Big Creek Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Southern California Edison Company Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Huntington Digital Library https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p16003coll2/id/5451/rec/1 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph of drawing Description An account of the resource Starting in October 1900, John Eastwood was set on creating a power plant in the upper San Joaquin River and created Mammoth Power Company (Jackson 60). By early 1902, Eastwood decided to expand his previous design to include a network of power plants rather than a singular one. Eventually, Eastwood managed to cooperate with the Pacific Light and Power Company (PL&P) to build dams and power plants at Big Creek. This image showcases a design of 18 powerhouses to be built at Big Creek. Although it is only known that this image came from the Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives, it is very likely that Eastwood was the creator as “Eastwood envisioned 18 powerhouses, [though] only half were built” (Johnson). As Johnson mentions, only half of the original 18 planned were built, but Eastwood was gradually removed from the building process as he fell out of favor with the upper management of PL&P (Jackson 78). Currently, the Big Creek Hydroelectric “system consists of nine major powerhouses, six major reservoirs, numerous dams and small diversions, various water conveyance facilities, access roads, electrical transmission lines, and other appurtenant facilities” (California Water Boards). Though it may not be as impressive as the system that Eastwood had designed in this image, it remains a crucial power source and a key player in the development of electricity in Los Angeles. Works Cited: Jackson, Donald C. Building the Ultimate Dam: John S. Eastwood and the Control of Water in the West. University Press of Kansas, 1995. Big Creek Hydroelectric System | California State Water Resources Control Board. https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/water_quality_cert/big_creek/. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026. Johnson, John. “Lights Dim in an Edison Company Town.” Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2000, https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-aug-21-mn-7792-story.html.