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Interior of Jamison Creek Power Station

Jamison Creek Hydro-Electric Power Station

The Jamison Creek Power Station, located in the northern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, is similar to many small plants built at the turn of the century in the mountainous regions of the western United States. This power plant used a 6' diameter Pelton waterwheel to drive a 550 kW Allis Chalmers dynamo to supply electric power to a 40 stamp gold mill and the surrounding community of Johnsville. Large openings at either end of the structure (for ventilation of equipment) allow easy viewing of the interior. Four dozen highly detailed white metal castings include a Pelton waterwheel, 6' diameter "wood" pulley, complete dynamo with exciter, power panel, bearings, footings, etc. The building is assembled from basswood and has a removable corrugated metal roof. The 38-page instruction booklet includes 23 figures, full size instructions of machinery with exploded views, and a description of machine operation and a short history of electricity in mining.

Critical Praise

"This is an outstanding kit so detailed and accurate that it will look right at home in a glass case on your mantle or in the foreground of your layout."

Bob Brown, Narrow Gauge Gazette, March, 1993, p. 13

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