. Morton memorial; a history of the Stevens institute of technology, with biographies of the trustees, faculty, and alumni, and a record of the achievements of the Stevens family of engineers. nstruction department, a positionhe held until 1891. Some of this specialwork was the installation, in June, 1890, ofthe first two large generators for the Pitts-burg Reduction Co., of Pittsburg, for thereduction of aluminum, the beginning of thegreat plant now operated at Niagara Fallsby this company. In 1890 he was engagedin the installation of several Westinghouseplants to operate coal-cutting machine
. Morton memorial; a history of the Stevens institute of technology, with biographies of the trustees, faculty, and alumni, and a record of the achievements of the Stevens family of engineers. nstruction department, a positionhe held until 1891. Some of this specialwork was the installation, in June, 1890, ofthe first two large generators for the Pitts-burg Reduction Co., of Pittsburg, for thereduction of aluminum, the beginning of thegreat plant now operated at Niagara Fallsby this company. In 1890 he was engagedin the installation of several Westinghouseplants to operate coal-cutting machinery inthe soft-coal mines of West Virginia, and in1891 he installed an electrical apparatus forthe concentration of magnetic iron ore at themill of the New Jersey Magnetic Concen-trating Co., located in the AdirondackMountains, in New York State. He waschief electrician at the Newark branch of theWestinghouse Co., 1891-92; special salesagent for Stanley transformers with the An-sonia Electric Co., of Chicago, 1892-93; incharge of the standardizing department ofthe Weston Electrical Instrument Co., 1893-94; engineer and salesman in the New Yorkoffice of the Stanley Electric Manufacturing. T. E. Theberath Co., 1894-96; and engineer in the PacificCoast agency of the Stanley Co., at SanFrancisco, 1896-99. Mr. Theberath came prominently before 578 THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY the electric transmission interests of thePacific Coast through his electrical engineer-ing services in the construction of the trans-mission plant of the Blue Lakes Water Co.,and as electrical engineer, later, for theYuba Power transmission to Marys-ville. The latter installation consisted ofthree 500-horse-power generators driven byimpulse wheels under a 300-foot head. Thetransmission was 21 miles at 16,000 March, 1899, the Yuba Electric PowerCo. was organized and absorbed the YubaPower Co. In May of the same year actualwork was commenced on the construction ofa 60-mile line for 40,000 vol
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