Butt Valley Reservoir May 2016

Ponderosa Flats CampgroundDSC_1418DSC_1419DSC_1420DSC_1429Swallows On Dead Tree in middle of LakeDSC_1412Trip to Ghost Town, old mining town SENECA, started in 1851

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Huge, probably 12 foot diameter pipe the goes through the mountain to Lake Almanor.  Water then travels to North end of Butt Valley Reservoir.  A power plant generates electricity.  Water then travels through Butt Valley Reservoir, drops down Caribou Canyon to another power plant, the across Caribou Canyon through a giant siphon and ultimately to the Beldon Power Plant

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Water Fall in Highway 70 Canyon Butt Valley_Seneca

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