Pacific service magazine . Drum Power House, installed capacity 50,268 horsepower,voltage 110,000 volts. Transmission Pacific Service Magazine 287. interior of Pit River No. Three Power House, atypical medium head development v?ith hydrau-lic turbines operating under ahead of 315 feet. ley of California, 400 miles in length and 50to 75 miles in width. On the east side ofthe great valley rises the magnificent SierraNevada range with summit elevations from7000 feet upwards to Mt. Whitney whose14,500 feet mark the highest elevation inUnited States. The Sierras are a graniterange with deep glacial
Pacific service magazine . Drum Power House, installed capacity 50,268 horsepower,voltage 110,000 volts. Transmission Pacific Service Magazine 287. interior of Pit River No. Three Power House, atypical medium head development v?ith hydrau-lic turbines operating under ahead of 315 feet. ley of California, 400 miles in length and 50to 75 miles in width. On the east side ofthe great valley rises the magnificent SierraNevada range with summit elevations from7000 feet upwards to Mt. Whitney whose14,500 feet mark the highest elevation inUnited States. The Sierras are a graniterange with deep glacial canyons. At the head of the greatvalley the granite Sierrasjoin the volcanic Cascaderange which extends northinto British range contains manysplendid volcanic peaks ofwhich Mt. Shasta, 14,380feet, in northern Cali-fornia, is one of the mostimpressive. The only water powersites of importance liealong the streams on thewest slope of the Sierras,and on the streams drain-ing the Cascades to thewest. Fed by the meltingsnows of the Sierras andthe wonderful springs ofthe Cascades, thesestreams descend to the val- leys with rapid drop
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