Pacific service magazine . er, thatthe electric pumping plants are doing yeo-man service and are increasing in horse- The Pacific Portland Cement Companys great plant in the foothillsback of Suisun. power capacity. In Reclamation DistrictNo. 108 there is a plant with an installedcapacity of 3000 horsepower, while in Rec-lamation District No. 1500 the installedcapacity is 4800 horsepower. These plantsbetween them drain an area of approxi-mately 100,000 acres on opposite sides ofthe Sacramento river in Yolo and Suttercounties. Another installation worth men-tioning is the 1650 horsepower plant o
Pacific service magazine . er, thatthe electric pumping plants are doing yeo-man service and are increasing in horse- The Pacific Portland Cement Companys great plant in the foothillsback of Suisun. power capacity. In Reclamation DistrictNo. 108 there is a plant with an installedcapacity of 3000 horsepower, while in Rec-lamation District No. 1500 the installedcapacity is 4800 horsepower. These plantsbetween them drain an area of approxi-mately 100,000 acres on opposite sides ofthe Sacramento river in Yolo and Suttercounties. Another installation worth men-tioning is the 1650 horsepower plant of theSutter Basin Company. It can be readily seen that to not onlycheap but dependable electric power servicemany of these industries owe their uninter-rupted activity. The valleys of Californiaare particularly fortunate in this respect,for the reason that the interconnected high-tension lines from the various mountainpower plants traverse their length upontheir errand of service to the main centersof population and
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