Ontario Sessional Papers, 1920, . Nipigon Development. Gatehouse entry, chamber, High Falls Development 230 TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE No. 49 The new turbine, constriuted by the Wellman-Seavcr-Morgan Company, ofCleveland, is of 5,U(iO liorse-jiower oapaeity at o6-feet head and 300 revolutionsper minute, is of the double distharge horizontal runner type, and is direct-con-nected to one l,GOO-kv-a. generator. This unit was put in operation on February5, 1919. The power house was eidarged to accommodate the new turbine andgenerator. The surge tank was raised some ten feet in height and


Ontario Sessional Papers, 1920, . Nipigon Development. Gatehouse entry, chamber, High Falls Development 230 TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE No. 49 The new turbine, constriuted by the Wellman-Seavcr-Morgan Company, ofCleveland, is of 5,U(iO liorse-jiower oapaeity at o6-feet head and 300 revolutionsper minute, is of the double distharge horizontal runner type, and is direct-con-nected to one l,GOO-kv-a. generator. This unit was put in operation on February5, 1919. The power house was eidarged to accommodate the new turbine andgenerator. The surge tank was raised some ten feet in height and a diaphragm insertedin order that the tank might approach tlie differential principle in operation. THUNDER BAY SYSTEM Nipigon Development This development is being installed on the Xipigou Eiver at Camerons Falls,about 15 miles above Xipigou Village on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Thedrainage area of the river at this point is 9,100 square miles of which LakeXipigon is 1,530 square miles. Owing to the inaccessibility of the power site, it was found necessa


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