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mtgoat666
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In the lower right you can see same 2 buildings in this circa 1892 picture.
here is an interesting article: http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/84winter/ensenada.htm
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This new photo may help to determine stuff. Please note the building at the far right
Yes Dennis...........the 55 gallon drums I pointed out...you must be right. I bet this was the main power house for the entire area.
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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Such great photos. Amazing.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by willardguy
what always trips me out is it sat right on the beach, today its a fair walk before you hit water. I thought the oceans were supposed to be rising
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That's called "fill" or land reclamation
Bob Durrell
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How many of you "ol' salts" remember this :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edge_and_corner_wear/5512753566...
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
This new photo may help to determine stuff. Please note the building at the far right
Yes Dennis...........the 55 gallon drums I pointed out...you must be right. I bet this was the main power house for the entire area.
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3 drums in front of a small building without a stack does not look like an elec plant for town on 1k or 2k people. In the late 1800s and early 1900s
so cal and Baja were using heavy oil for electric plants and feed stock for manufactured gas. Perhaps some minimally refined oils were burned in elec
plants. For a bit of the late 1800s coal was used, but coal use stopped after oil began being mass produced in LA.
If you like Baja historical pics, spend some time on the san diego hist soc website. If you really like hist pics, visit the soc in balboa park, they
got great photo archives, the material on line is but a fraction of their collection. Perhaps there are similar archives in Baja??
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still, if the original photo was taken in 1906, how does it clearly show the hotel del pacifica (riviera) that was built in the late 20's? an early
example of primitive photoshopping?
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
3 drums in front of a small building without a stack does not look like an elec plant for town on 1k or 2k people. In the late 1800s and early 1900s
so cal and Baja were using heavy oil for electric plants and feed stock for manufactured gas. Perhaps some minimally refined oils were burned in elec
plants. For a bit of the late 1800s coal was used, but coal use stopped after oil began being mass produced in LA.
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The generator for the pier was merely a suggestion based on the inaccurate assumption that the year was 1906.
Your point, however, is well taken.
All other points you have made, or will make in the future, are awaiting critical consideration.
Thank you for your contribution.
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