The North Star Mine and Powerhouse are located on Lafayette Hill a short distance south of Grass Valley in the U.S. state of California. It was the second...
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established in 1976 North Star Mine and Powerhouse, Grass Valley, California, USA North Star Mall, a shopping center in San Antonio, Texas North Star Hotel, a hotel...
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events. It has a very active volunteer group.[citation needed] North Star Mine and Powerhouse List of California state parks California Historical Landmarks...
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Lester Allan Pelton (section Death, legacy and awards)
accomplished at the North Star Mine Powerhouse, Grass Valley, California, by the engineer Arthur De Wint Foote, who designed and installed an over-sized...
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late 1890s, he designed and built the North Star Mine Powerhouse, the highest capacity impulse-turbine power-plant of the time, and now a California historic...
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William Bowers Bourn II (category Pacific Gas and Electric Company)
built in 1888, by architect Willis Polk. North Star Mine and Powerhouse – owned by Bourn II between 1884 and 1887. Sunol Water Temple – a structure commissioned...
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powerhouse and by the mine winder engine. The powerhouse housed alternators, air compressors, and the air blowers for the water-jacket furnaces and converters;...
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List of museums in California (section North Coast)
underwear worn by famous stars, information Children's Discovery Museum of North San Diego County, Carlsbad, closed in 2006 Copia, Napa, closed in 2008 Exotic...
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above a roof of dazzling iron". The powerhouse supplied electricity to the town and its houses as well as to the mine until the opening of the Mica Creek...
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Woodsmith Mine Tunnel (also known as a Mineral Transport System [MTS]) is a 23-mile (37 km) long tunnel that will stretch between Woodsmith Mine at Sneatonthorpe...
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