. American engineer and railroad journal . s available at the hydrants. Electric Power for Seattle. —About fifteen miles fromSeattle, Wash., the Snoqualmie Falls are formed by the de-scent of the Snoqualmie River over a precipice 2()S ft. highinto a gorge which broadens out quite rapidly into a fertilevalky. It is proposed by some wealthy capitalists to run an electriccable from the falls to Seattle. A series of turbine wheelswill be placed at the foot of the falls, to which the water willbe conducted by Humes, and they will transmit the power by means of shafting to an im-mense electric plant
. American engineer and railroad journal . s available at the hydrants. Electric Power for Seattle. —About fifteen miles fromSeattle, Wash., the Snoqualmie Falls are formed by the de-scent of the Snoqualmie River over a precipice 2()S ft. highinto a gorge which broadens out quite rapidly into a fertilevalky. It is proposed by some wealthy capitalists to run an electriccable from the falls to Seattle. A series of turbine wheelswill be placed at the foot of the falls, to which the water willbe conducted by Humes, and they will transmit the power by means of shafting to an im-mense electric plant, where itwill be transformed into a cur-rent and started over the ealileto Seattle fordistribution amongthe saw mills, street railroads,and all the different industriesof the city. The cable will belaid under ground as nearly ina straight line as , onlydiverging to avoid two marshesand any inaccessible mountainswhich may he encountered, andpassing under Lakes Samma-mish and direct tothe eastern limits of the
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