Publication:
National Register of Historic Places 1976
Editor:
Greenberg, Ronald M.
Publication Type:
Monograph
Publisher:
U.S. Department of the Interior
Date:
1976
Pages:
68
Notes:
Hydroelectric generating plant including powerhouse, intake canal and forebay, intake gates, penstocks, turbines, generators, and transformers. Complex constructed at the instigation of Horation P. Livermore who realizedthat turbines in Folsom could be used to harness power of the American River to generate electric power for Sacramento, 2 mi. downstream.
PCAD id:
2789