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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
 You could be right Gastorical. I had forgotten about the 'mini-me' gas-holder.
After reading your comment (above), I was searching further north.
I found this intriguing image that shows several tanks in Santa Monica, but none appear to be a gas-holder.
http://hdl.huntington.org/
Here's a closer view. (note the carriage waiting at the bottom of the stairs, and someone has hung their laundry out to dry)
I couldn't help but notice Shoup's Tavern. (the building is uncharacteristically long for a tavern. note the impressive flagpole, sans flag)
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This was the electric works side of the Edison Company. Little is known about this part of our history but it appears there was a "Gas Works" and a "Electric Works" and they seem to have been in different places in Santa Monica. This is probably the steam plant if I were to guess. You are correct that those holders are definitely not for what would have been manufactured gas at this time period. Gas holders were not constructed in a solid fashion till later in time.