PCAD - Pacific Electric Railway Company, Power Station, Echo Mountain, CA

Pacific Electric Railway Company "Sight-Seeing Trolley Trips" brochure map, 1912. From the author's collection

Postcard of the Pacific Electric Railway Company Power Station, Echo Mountain, c. 1907; postcard by Edward H. Mitchell, San Francisco, CA, #1796, from the author's collection

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Echo Mountain, CA

Overview

This small power station stood near the top of Echo Mountain, above Altadena, CA. It had some Mission Revival Style elements--most notably its arched openings and red tile roof--as well as a castellated tower rising from its middle that accommodated a klieg light.

PCAD id: 21817