Sold by Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
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First and only edition. Quarto (9 x 11 1/2 inches). [4] double leaves, [12] double leaves of colorized photographic illustrations. Publisher's quarter brown boars over green boards, green endpaper to match. Head of spine a but bumped, else a bright and fresh copy.The color illustrations are all of P.G. & E works and include; Electra Power House; Cordelia Substation;De-Sabla Power House; Paterson Ranch Pumping Plant; Centerville Power House; Carquinez Straits Crossing; Spillway-Spaulding Damn; Potrero Gas Works; San Rafael Substation; Colgate Power-House; Brown's Valley Ditch; Champion Mine-Nevada County.Ostensibly issued as a keepsake for Christmas of 1914, the real reason was likely to brag about the completion in 1913 of the huge Big Creek plant, the gem of the P.G & E system. It is estimated that there were over 100 hydroelectric plants operational in California by 1914. These ranged from small local plants to large-scale projects supplying power to major cities. This was a very deluxe item so it is probable that PGE presented it only major stockholders, This is borne out by the fact that OCLC only records 9 copies Printing colorized photographs in books in 1914 was a very complex and costly process. Special paper had to be used (thus the french-fold binding here) and the technology was still in its nascent form. But the illustrations fairly burst with color. This was at P.G. & E.'s most muscular; in the 21st century the company filed twice for bankruptcy.
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