. Cassier's magazine . untington Falls twoMorgan-Smith turbines of 1,200horse-power each are installed, two750-kilowatt generators and 2,503-kilowatt transformers. Four trans-forming stations distribute the cur-rent to the shops, quarries and electric equipment has been in-stalled by principally the General METHODS OF STONE QUARRYING i35 Electric and the Westinghouse compa-nies. The Allis-Chalmers Companyhave also placed types of their ma-chines in the works. The town of Marble in Coloradois so named because near it is locatedwhat is the largest deposit of thismaterial known to exist
. Cassier's magazine . untington Falls twoMorgan-Smith turbines of 1,200horse-power each are installed, two750-kilowatt generators and 2,503-kilowatt transformers. Four trans-forming stations distribute the cur-rent to the shops, quarries and electric equipment has been in-stalled by principally the General METHODS OF STONE QUARRYING i35 Electric and the Westinghouse compa-nies. The Allis-Chalmers Companyhave also placed types of their ma-chines in the works. The town of Marble in Coloradois so named because near it is locatedwhat is the largest deposit of thismaterial known to exist in the extent of operations of the prin-cipal producing company—the Colo- America, located at an altitude of9,300 feet above sea level. The quarries have an installationof modern drills and channellers,while the cutting and finishing millsare equipped with diamond-set marble is finished largely byabrasion and carborundum plant and quarries are operatedentirely by electric power. A suffi-. CRYSTAL RIVER HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER STATION GENERATING CURRENT FOR THE VERMONT MARBLE WORKS rado Yule Marble Company—willgive an idea of the extent of quarry-ing in this State. The mills andshops alone cover a site 1,300 feetlong and 100 feet in width. In sizethe plant ranks next to the VermontMarble Company in America. Thedeposits now being excavated extenda distance of six and one-half milesand have a thickness of 350 feet insolid marble. About 40 per cent, ofthis is entirely white, as determinedby borings and other tests, while thebalance is of variegated tints. Thebeds are the highest marble beds in cient head of water has been ob-tained from the Crystal River to gen-erate 1,800 horse-power. By anoverhead system the current is trans-mitted to the quarries, also to severalbuildings. The force of employeesof the Colorado Yule Marble Com-pany is about 500. The product ofthe plant is used principally in court-houses and other public buildingsand office building
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