. Electrical world. atan angle of 17° to the horizontal, while the west pipe is 195 ft. longand is laid at an angle of 29°. At the lower ends of the pipes andconnecting with the horizontal part of the syphon are specially-constructed, steel-riveted elbows, securely anchored on converter IIS2 ELECTRICAL WORLD and ENGINEER. Vol, XLIII, No. 25. peers. That on the west bank is shown in Fig. 6. Between theseelbows is 418 ft. of straight pipe, the west portion crossing the riveron a 22S-ft. steel three-span bridge (Fig. 2) resting on concrete and?stone piers. Opposite the power house, placed 70 ft.
. Electrical world. atan angle of 17° to the horizontal, while the west pipe is 195 ft. longand is laid at an angle of 29°. At the lower ends of the pipes andconnecting with the horizontal part of the syphon are specially-constructed, steel-riveted elbows, securely anchored on converter IIS2 ELECTRICAL WORLD and ENGINEER. Vol, XLIII, No. 25. peers. That on the west bank is shown in Fig. 6. Between theseelbows is 418 ft. of straight pipe, the west portion crossing the riveron a 22S-ft. steel three-span bridge (Fig. 2) resting on concrete and?stone piers. Opposite the power house, placed 70 ft. apart, are twosteel sections, 15 ft. long, from which steel penstocks, 66 in. indiameter, lead to the turbines in the power house. Figs. 5. 6 and The bottoms of the two canals are on the same level, but it is esti-mated that a difference of head of one foot will produce a flowthrough the pipe of about 320 cu. ft. per second. Thus, if the westcanal be filled to a depth of six ft., and the water in the east canal. FIG. 2.—POWER HOUSE .-^ND SIPHUX. 7 illustrate details of the wooden pipe and also the method of build-ing it. Since these photographs were taken the pressure pipes covered with earth and the horizontal portions are protectedfrom the weather by a wooden sheathing. By means of this arrangement of pipes water f6r the turbines maybe drawn from either canal, or during the irrigation season, if either?canal should break through a retaining wall in the canyon, as some- FIG. 3.—ENTRANCE TO EAST INTAKE AND GATE. Stands at a depth of 5 ft., there should be just enough water passedthrough the syphon to supply all the water which the east canalwill carry at 5 ft. depth. POWER HOUSE. The power house is substantially built of brick on concrete foun-dations carried down to bed rock. The roof is supported by timber
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