Pacific service magazine . s, submergedorifices, water-wheels. In the way of meas-uring devices there are from twelve tofifteen different kinds. The Agricultural Engineering Buildingat the Farm is a regular farm appliancewarehouse where may be found every formof pumping device known to man. There isa very extensive irrigation system on a tractof 140 acres where four different pumpingplants and a gravity system are intercon-nected so that a part or the whole systemmay be operated at any one time. Electricmotors are directly connected to the pumps,which are located at different places on thetrac
Pacific service magazine . s, submergedorifices, water-wheels. In the way of meas-uring devices there are from twelve tofifteen different kinds. The Agricultural Engineering Buildingat the Farm is a regular farm appliancewarehouse where may be found every formof pumping device known to man. There isa very extensive irrigation system on a tractof 140 acres where four different pumpingplants and a gravity system are intercon-nected so that a part or the whole systemmay be operated at any one time. Electricmotors are directly connected to the pumps,which are located at different places on thetract, and their aggregate capacity is over3,000 gallons per minute. It may be said here that Pacific Servicesupplies the electric energy for operation ofall the electrical equipment at the Uni-versity Farm and the demand for thisservice is increasing steadily. Those inauthority at the Farm will tell you whathas been said here already, namely, thatelectric power is the most important factorof modern agricultural development. I. The Dairy Industry Building at the University Farm at Davis. Pacific Service Magazine 73 Progress of Pit Three Development—Boring the Four-Mile Tunnel By O. W. PETERSON Engineer of General Construction, Department of Electrical Construction and Operation The opening of 1925 found the status of construction work at Pit Three development as follows: The diversion dam partly completed, with 60,000 of the total of 80,000 yards of concrete in place. The four-mile tunnel between diversion dam and pozver-house bored and the work ofconcrete lining started. The power-house foundation completed, the steel frame of the power-house in place,the work of pouring the concrete walls started and the assembling of electric generatingmachinery in process. Transmission facilities completed by the construction of a line into Pit Three fromjunction with Pit One line at Haynes Meadow, on the highway near the foot of Burneymountain. The salient features of this hydro-electric pro
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