. Pick, shovel and pluck; further experiences "With men who do things". TAIL B^YV—OUTSIDE LINE^ OF DRAFT W»t 5tHtATM-V informed us, and the generator-room will be big enoughto hold a hundred and thirty-five thousand people, or thewhole population of the State of Wyoming. We walked through the concrete galleries that led to theturbine were scroll-shaped, somethinglike a snail shell,and Mr. Johnsonexplained how thewater would rushdown into the scrollchambers, strike theblades of the tur-bines, whirhng themaround at high speed,and escape throughthe center of theturbine wheels tothe
. Pick, shovel and pluck; further experiences "With men who do things". TAIL B^YV—OUTSIDE LINE^ OF DRAFT W»t 5tHtATM-V informed us, and the generator-room will be big enoughto hold a hundred and thirty-five thousand people, or thewhole population of the State of Wyoming. We walked through the concrete galleries that led to theturbine were scroll-shaped, somethinglike a snail shell,and Mr. Johnsonexplained how thewater would rushdown into the scrollchambers, strike theblades of the tur-bines, whirhng themaround at high speed,and escape throughthe center of theturbine wheels tothe tail-race. More water willpour through theturbines of this oneplant every hourthan New York con-sumes in two days,said Mr. Johnson. Fast to the turbine. FIG. 9. SECTIONAL VIEW SHOWING THE SPIRALCOURSE OF THE WATER TO THE TURBINE. 120 Pick, Shovel and Pluck. shafts will be the revolving fields of the -electric generators,and each generator will produce about ten thousand electricalhorse-power. We are going to send the current as far asSt. Louis, one hundred and forty-four miles away, to runthe street-cars of that city. And furthermore, to give youan idea of how much this project will do for mankind,let me tell you that it will save eight million tons of coalevery year.* After we had made a hasty survey of the foundationwork, we cHmbed to the top of the cofFer-dam, and gotthere just in time to see an enormous floe detach itself fromthe ice-field above and bear down upon us. ^There you are, boys, cried Mr. Johnson; *now seewhat happens. ^Shes a whopper, isnt she! I exclaimed. In another moment, it struck with a tremendous crunch-ing blow. But the coflPer-dam held firm, and the ice buckled,broke, and ground itself into thousands of pieces
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