Electrical news and engineering . may be of interest, and in this connection the gen-eral design is shown on sketch plan. Originally the circula-ting water was pumped from the well shown in the centre,which drew its supply from a 24 in. intake pipe extendinginto the river, but with increased demands for water this in-stallation became inadequate and the difficulties experiencedfrom shortage of water and the necessity of frequent clean-ing out of well and condensers due to large deposits of sand and foreign matter made it desirable to increase the capacityas well as make arrangements to cope wi
Electrical news and engineering . may be of interest, and in this connection the gen-eral design is shown on sketch plan. Originally the circula-ting water was pumped from the well shown in the centre,which drew its supply from a 24 in. intake pipe extendinginto the river, but with increased demands for water this in-stallation became inadequate and the difficulties experiencedfrom shortage of water and the necessity of frequent clean-ing out of well and condensers due to large deposits of sand and foreign matter made it desirable to increase the capacityas well as make arrangements to cope with the condition ofthe river water which at certain periods of the year carriedlarge quantities of sand and other foreign matter in sus-pension. In order to obviate these troubles an outer well was con-structed and divided into two halves, each half separatelyfed from a new duplicate intake pipe. Gate valves were in-stalled at the entrance to the outer well and openings forvalves and screens were made in the inner well wall at a. Boiler Room, City of Saskatoon Power Plant T n !•: ;(iki(\i. xi-iuS *?? ? ?MB ..,., ? ??^ ? ? /Sj7 JDfJL^^iy aen. *o >-Trv ,Vff,i ,„..-•. 1 ^ fita-^r StPT .ri NOV JfC 1 nil 1 i^BBi rXI, Performance Chan of 3,200Kw. Generator. Saskatoon,Non-stop runs—October , to April 22nd, 1917—June 12th, 1917, to March24th, 1918 point furthest away from tlic intake; suction drop be- level necessitated tliQ underpinning of tlie en>ine roc)ni -II ing also installed so as to pull water directly from the outer by reinforced concrete. wells when desired. .Ml work in connection with the installation of tliis unit By this method the water through each or both was carried out by the power house staff the erection beiu halves of the outer well at a low velocity thus depositing its supervised by the Westinghouse companys erectiiii sand, while foreign matter is caught on the screens before .gineer. entering the inner well. The result has bee
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