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Electric switchboard, Bodie Mill
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Bodie, California, USA. As I mentioned, Bodie was one of the first camps to electrify, in the 1890s. They built a hydropower plant on Green Creek in the Sierra Nevada, about 15 straight-line miles away, and ran a line straight to Bodie. "Straight" literally--the state of electrical knowledge was so primitive they thought they had to keep the powerline as straight as possible, so electricity wouldn't spill off at the corners!
Bodie, California, USA. As I mentioned, Bodie was one of the first camps to electrify, in the 1890s. They built a hydropower plant on Green Creek in the Sierra Nevada, about 15 straight-line miles away, and ran a line straight to Bodie. "Straight" literally--the state of electrical knowledge was so primitive they thought they had to keep the powerline as straight as possible, so electricity wouldn't spill off at the corners!
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