Pacific service magazine . of the conduit on the ridge aboveTiger Creek there will be con-structed a small forebay fromwhich penstock pipes varying indiameter from 90 in. at the topto 52 in. at the bottom will leadto the power-house, developing astatic head of 1247 ft. The totalinstallation proposed at TigerCreek plant is 35,000 This plant willbe connected to the existing sj^stem by atransmission line on steel towers from TigerCreek to Electra Power House. It is to beoperated at 110,000 volts. The value of this water storage will beunderstood when it is explained t^iat notalone for powe
Pacific service magazine . of the conduit on the ridge aboveTiger Creek there will be con-structed a small forebay fromwhich penstock pipes varying indiameter from 90 in. at the topto 52 in. at the bottom will leadto the power-house, developing astatic head of 1247 ft. The totalinstallation proposed at TigerCreek plant is 35,000 This plant willbe connected to the existing sj^stem by atransmission line on steel towers from TigerCreek to Electra Power House. It is to beoperated at 110,000 volts. The value of this water storage will beunderstood when it is explained t^iat notalone for power purposes will it be used,for, when the proposed projected develop-ment has been completed there will bewater in plenty for the irrigation of landson the lower Mokelumne, including thetown of Lodi and the surrounding country. From the Salt Springs dam the waterwill be conveyed by open concrete-lined con-duit and tunnel (where necessary) a dis-tance of twenty-five miles to the pointwhich marks the confluence of Tiger Creek.
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