. Cutler's guide to Niagara Falls, and adjacent points of interest. --. ,mn,,fmiJMr_. rrzrrrr-T^---- Cut No. 3-—Penstock and Power House. of cast iron center, the hub of which is keved to the shaft ofhammered iron twenty feet in length. Surrounding the outside of the runner is a cylinder in whichthe gates are titted. The gates are about twentv per cent lessin number than the buckets. They are hung on steel pins andopen by lifting one edge so that the direction in which the waterenters the wheel is nearly tangential to the runner. Each gate has two arms which are connected to the rings bvmeans
. Cutler's guide to Niagara Falls, and adjacent points of interest. --. ,mn,,fmiJMr_. rrzrrrr-T^---- Cut No. 3-—Penstock and Power House. of cast iron center, the hub of which is keved to the shaft ofhammered iron twenty feet in length. Surrounding the outside of the runner is a cylinder in whichthe gates are titted. The gates are about twentv per cent lessin number than the buckets. They are hung on steel pins andopen by lifting one edge so that the direction in which the waterenters the wheel is nearly tangential to the runner. Each gate has two arms which are connected to the rings bvmeans of which they are opened and closed. This work is enclosed in a cylindrical case eleven feet indiameter and four feet long, which is connected to the penstock by a supply pipe five feet in On the side of this caseelbows are fitted, to which the draft tubes are connected. Theshaft passes out through these elbows through stuffing boxes. Onthe inside of the boxes lignum vita; steps are fastened, againstwhich rings on the shaft work to prevent any motion in the shaft. Eac
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