. Electrical world. n the banks of thiscreek that the old Irondale Iron Company had its mills. The skeletonof the pig-casting house is still standing; it was almost entirely ofwood, as were the two jib cranes that served the casting floor. Thesecranes, in their bare simplicity, are silent witnesses of the methodsof fifty years ago. The old blast house is now occupied by the plantthat forms the subject of this notice. The blowing engines weredriven by two overshot wheels located in the very pit in which theirmore modern successors have been installed. The Irondale Electric Light, Heat & Power C
. Electrical world. n the banks of thiscreek that the old Irondale Iron Company had its mills. The skeletonof the pig-casting house is still standing; it was almost entirely ofwood, as were the two jib cranes that served the casting floor. Thesecranes, in their bare simplicity, are silent witnesses of the methodsof fifty years ago. The old blast house is now occupied by the plantthat forms the subject of this notice. The blowing engines weredriven by two overshot wheels located in the very pit in which theirmore modern successors have been installed. The Irondale Electric Light, Heat & Power Company was incor-porated on April 7, 1902, with a capital of $50,000. This company wasorganized for the purpose of using the Fishing Creek Falls for electricpower generation, the existing service being inadequate. The fallsare situated about two miles from the center of the town, and aboutone and a quarter miles above the power house. The old dam atthis point was repaired and raised to a height of 15 ft. The im-. FIG. I.—PLAN or STATION. pounded water is conveyed to the power house by means of the oldcanal, as the latter required very little repair to put it into good shape. The power house is a building 108 ft. x 40 ft., and is two stories inheight. Only the ground floor is used for power purposes, the objectbeing to rent the upper floor for factory purposes. Reference to theplan diagram in Fig. I will show the location of the turbine-There are two horizontal wheels 30 in. in diameter of the Victor operate under a head of 29 ft., and develop 250 hp at a speedof 250 Regulation is effected by means of a Snow governor,which serves both turbines through a countershaft. Power is deliv-ered to the main shaft through Candee lo-ply canvas belts. As an auxiliary in times of low water, ice jams, etc., a 300-hpengine is installed. This was built by Russell & Co., Massillon, is of the simple automatic type, cylinder 19 in. x 22 in., speed When require
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