Power House No. 1
San Francisquito Canyon

Pablo Araujo's string team pulling into Power House No. 1 in about 1910. In 1919, Araujo, who is obscured by the pole in this photo, is said to have had 54 mules on the string, hitched four abreast, for moving heavy equipment from the Saugus Train Station to the Power House in San Francisquito Canyon. Photograph from Mrs. Frances Araujo Anderson. Identification by A.B. Perkins.
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