. Annual report 1919. e turbine was manufactured by the Allis-ChalmersCompany of Milwaukee, and will develop 4,000 horse-power when running at720 under 550 feet head. It is direct connected to one 2,810-kv-a. unit will be placed in operation late this year. In order to increase the plantcapacity, piers and stop logs were placed on the spillway of the main dam, therebyincreasing the storage. This work was all carried out by the Construction Depart-ment of the Commission. SEVERN SYSTEM Big~Chute The addition to the Big Chute, rendered necessary by the ever-growingdemand on
. Annual report 1919. e turbine was manufactured by the Allis-ChalmersCompany of Milwaukee, and will develop 4,000 horse-power when running at720 under 550 feet head. It is direct connected to one 2,810-kv-a. unit will be placed in operation late this year. In order to increase the plantcapacity, piers and stop logs were placed on the spillway of the main dam, therebyincreasing the storage. This work was all carried out by the Construction Depart-ment of the Commission. SEVERN SYSTEM Big~Chute The addition to the Big Chute, rendered necessary by the ever-growingdemand on the Severn System, was completed during the past year. The addition consists of a new set of racks and a new gate house, in con-junction with which the forebay walls were raised some two feet in height. Fromthe o-ate house a new 9-feet diameter steel penstock conducts water to the penstock is connected by a cross over, in which is a butter-fly valve, tothe old pipe. 228 TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE No. 49. View of Dam at High Falls, Mississippi River—High Falls Development
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