Water-power; an outline of the development and application of the energy of flowing water . MECHANICSVILLE OX THE HUDSON. 507 Victor turbines, two pairs on each shaft. On the obtainablehead of 18 feet these run at 114 turns per minute, each wheelbeing rated at 250 and each set of four driving a 750-. generator. Two additional sets of wheels are contem-plated for the future, making a total development of 7000 development of 7000 or even 5000 would in the normal 508 THE POWER-HOUSE. state of the river be subject to serious interruptions. Dataobtained by Mr. Geo. W. Rafter in


Water-power; an outline of the development and application of the energy of flowing water . MECHANICSVILLE OX THE HUDSON. 507 Victor turbines, two pairs on each shaft. On the obtainablehead of 18 feet these run at 114 turns per minute, each wheelbeing rated at 250 and each set of four driving a 750-. generator. Two additional sets of wheels are contem-plated for the future, making a total development of 7000 development of 7000 or even 5000 would in the normal 508 THE POWER-HOUSE. state of the river be subject to serious interruptions. Dataobtained by Mr. Geo. W. Rafter in the course of examinationsrelative to the system of reservoirs proposed by the State ofNew York, showed that the flow of the Hudson at Mechanics-ville was under 1500 cubic feet per second (less than ) for 124 days in the eight years terminating with this account the design of the power-house contemplatedthe possibility of supplementary steam-power to meet thevariations of the stream. To this end a disconnecting couplingis introduced on the dynamo-shaft, and the other end of theshaft is formed with a view to connection with a vertical steam-engine. It is probable, however, that the progress thus farmade in the execution of the States s}stem of reservoirs willobviate any necessity f


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