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Shasta Dam 1962
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The power production facilities just below the dam was huge and clearly meant business.

Power Plants   •  Shasta Dam, Sacramento River, California   •  (Photo posted Wednesday 18 March 2009)   •  (Photo taken in 1962, scanned 2009)   •  (Photographer unknown)   •  © 2009 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #Scanned2009_0268BCX
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Canal de la Somme, France 2006
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The canal boat drift slowly past old towns and gorgeous scenery. And then the boat approached and passed a power plant located directly adjacent to the canal.

Power Plants   •  Canal de la Somme, France   •  (Photo posted Sunday 27 May 2006)   •  (Photo taken in 2006)   •  © 2006 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #CanalSomme_33
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Moss Landing 2010
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The classic twin smokestacks of a hydrocarbon burning power plant. The view here was from a tour boat on Elkhorn Slough.

Power Plants   •  Elkhorn Slough Safari internal link   •  Moss Landing, California   •  (Photo posted Monday 16 August 2010)   •  (Photo taken 11:23:46 Friday 12 March 2010)   •  © 2010 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #CA_2919BCX
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Moss Landing 2010
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A close view of the power plant exhibited its rats nest of pipes. Perhaps the original power plant was lost somewhere inside the tangle of pipes.

Power Plants   •  Elkhorn Slough Safari internal link   •  Moss Landing, California   •  (Photo posted Monday 16 August 2010)   •  (Photo taken 11:24:00 Friday 12 March 2010)   •  © 2010 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #CA_2920BCX
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