. Annual report 1919. Nipigon Development. Gatehouse entry, chamber, High Falls Development 230 TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE No. 49> The new turbine, constructed by the Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company, ofCleveland, is of 2,300 horse-power capacity at 56-feet head and 300 revolutionsper minute, is of the double discharge horizontal runner type, and is direct-con-nected to one 1,600-kv-a. generator. This unit was put in operation on February5, 1919. The power house was enlarged to accommodate the new turbine andgenerator. The surge tank was raised some ten feet in height and a diaphragm inserte
. Annual report 1919. Nipigon Development. Gatehouse entry, chamber, High Falls Development 230 TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE No. 49> The new turbine, constructed by the Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company, ofCleveland, is of 2,300 horse-power capacity at 56-feet head and 300 revolutionsper minute, is of the double discharge horizontal runner type, and is direct-con-nected to one 1,600-kv-a. generator. This unit was put in operation on February5, 1919. The power house was enlarged 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 the differential principle in operation. THUNDER BAY SYSTEM Nipigon Development This development is being installed on the Nipigon Eiver at Camerons Falls,about 15 miles above NipigonVillage on the Canadian Pacific Eailway. Thedrainage area of the river at this point is 9,100 square miles of which LakeNipigon is 1,530 square miles. Owing to the inaccessibility of the power site, it was found necessar
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