. Cassier's magazine . the forebay anotherconcrete dam, with racks and headgates, has been erected, and from thisstart the 7-foot penstocks, one ofwhich has been installed for each water-wheel. This pipe line is 5,000feet long, the upper 4,000 feet beingof wooden stave construction and thelower 1,000 feet of riveted steel, lead-ing down over a steep bluff to thepower station, which is located onthe river bank below, giving a work-ing head of 378 feet. Water is car-ried into the power house, a fireproofbuilding ample for four wheels anddesigned as about half of what willbe erected when the enti
. Cassier's magazine . the forebay anotherconcrete dam, with racks and headgates, has been erected, and from thisstart the 7-foot penstocks, one ofwhich has been installed for each water-wheel. This pipe line is 5,000feet long, the upper 4,000 feet beingof wooden stave construction and thelower 1,000 feet of riveted steel, lead-ing down over a steep bluff to thepower station, which is located onthe river bank below, giving a work-ing head of 378 feet. Water is car-ried into the power house, a fireproofbuilding ample for four wheels anddesigned as about half of what willbe erected when the entire portion ofthe companys development at thispoint shall have been called for. Itis yy by 181 feet in area, and whencompleted it will be 313 feet long andwill contain eight generating units,each unit consisting of one 13,500-horse-power vertical reaction turbinebuilt by Allis-Chalmers Company,with a 7,500-kilowatt, vertical 3-phase, 25-cycle generator, capable ofdeveloping 25 per cent, overload for HYDRAULIC POWER 403. HEAD OF PENSTOCK AT THE POWER HOUSE OF THE STRAWBERRY VALLEY IRRIGATION SYSTEM, UTAH
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