. Electrical world. plete set ofindicating and recording instruments. The steam station is called the Jordan station, as it is located onthe bank of the Jordan River. It was erected as a temporary powerhouse to carry the company through its peak loads until a large steamturbine central station now planned by the company can be equipment consists of six 250-hp Babcock & Wilco-x boilers setin three batteries, and a 1,200-hp Hamilton Corliss engine, whichdrives by means of a large belt a 750-kw alternator. This plant isused for a few hours each night to help over the peak of the load.
. Electrical world. plete set ofindicating and recording instruments. The steam station is called the Jordan station, as it is located onthe bank of the Jordan River. It was erected as a temporary powerhouse to carry the company through its peak loads until a large steamturbine central station now planned by the company can be equipment consists of six 250-hp Babcock & Wilco-x boilers setin three batteries, and a 1,200-hp Hamilton Corliss engine, whichdrives by means of a large belt a 750-kw alternator. This plant isused for a few hours each night to help over the peak of the load. It is interesting to note that these six water power and three steamstations are all operated in parallel through the low-tension side,and although some of the stations are nearly 150 miles apart thegenerators operate in perfect synchronism. Fig. 18 is interesting as showing how a high-tension transmissionline from the Cottonwood plants is brought through Fourth South An Object Lesson to the Public in FIG. 18.—HIGH-TENSION LINE, SALT LAKE CITY. Street, one of the principal streets of Salt Lake City, on These poles are set in the center of the street, as are prac-tically all poles in the city on account of the unusual width of thestreets. An interesting transmission system in Utah is that from AmericanFork Canyon to Utah Lake and indicated on the map by crossedlines. This system is a striking illustration of the use of water poweras an aid to irrigation. The power in this case is transmitted elec-trically to the head of Utah Lake, where it is used to drive fourloo-hp pumps, which raise about 500 cu. ft. of water per secondout of the lake into a system of five large canals. These canals irri-gate the Salt Lake Valley. Power for the pumps was formerlysupplied by the Jordan Narrows plant, but the American Fork planthas recently been enlarged and the transformers at the pumping planthave been rearranged for this purpose. The reconstruction workw-as done by
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