Arizona Power Company Beauties, Labor Day 1927
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Arizona Power Company Beauties Labor Day 1927 at Irving Hydro Power Plant. Shown from left to right are: Earl La Rue, Ross Layne, Bob Connell, Ed Marshall, Crosby Payne, Don Wells, Frank Gertin, Herman Kasper and Ed Peacock with a dog, Colonel.
The APS Childs-Irving Hydroelectric Power Plant was located between Strawberry and Camp Verde, Arizona, and was constructed in 1908 at the base of the Mogollon Rim, harnessing water from Fossil Springs. It went online on June 21, 1909. During the 1920s, it supplied all of the power needs for Yavapai County and 70% of Phoenix's electricity needs. APS stands for: Arizona Power Company. The Childs Plant was completed in 1909; the Irving Plant in 1916.
At the time of the plant's construction, Arizona was still four years from becoming a state, the closest railroad was in Mayer, and the area was largely undeveloped and lacking roads. Transportation of materials involved a two-day horseback trip through mountains and canyons. Crews of 450, primarily Mexican and Native American laborers (and horses), worked for over one year to construct 40 miles of roads, a dam, a powerhouse, and almost 8,000 feet of concrete flumes.
Source: APS Childs-Irving Records Collection MS-2, Sharlot Hall Museum Research Center.
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