Official opening of the Queenston-Chippawa Power Development . 17. 18 The control room will eventually be locatedabove the generator room over Units Nos. 4, 5and 6, but as this portion of the building is notyet erected, it has been necessary to provide a tem-porary control room in the service section for pres-ent needs. Access to the pov^er house will be provided bymeans of a high-speed elevator running from thescreen house, and by a tunnel which will enter thepower house near the top. A second elevator inthe station will give access to all floors. Some Striking Features The total length of th
Official opening of the Queenston-Chippawa Power Development . 17. 18 The control room will eventually be locatedabove the generator room over Units Nos. 4, 5and 6, but as this portion of the building is notyet erected, it has been necessary to provide a tem-porary control room in the service section for pres-ent needs. Access to the pov^er house will be provided bymeans of a high-speed elevator running from thescreen house, and by a tunnel which will enter thepower house near the top. A second elevator inthe station will give access to all floors. Some Striking Features The total length of the canal is 12% one point the bottom of the canal is 145 feetbelow the original ground level. The maximumdepth of cutting in earth was 80 feet and in rock. pleted in December, 1921. At one time 8,100men were employed on the construction work. The carrying out of operations of such magni-tude necessitated the creation of new engineeringappliances, such as large shovels and special con-crete forms. To handle excavated material 82miles of standard gauge rai
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