Chicago: its history and its builders; a century of marvelous growth . VIKW OF STATF. STRFFT NORTH FROM VAN RTREN STREET. STATE STREET NORTH FROM MADISON STREET CHICAGO: ITS HISTORY AND ITS BUILDERS 133 rowing in eight hundred and fifty feet to one hundred and sixty feet, and a mini-mum depth of nineteen and seven-tenths feet. These dimensions are held for sixthousand feet to a junction of the Desplaines river channel, where the depth isonly ten feet; but the total width is four hundred feet. DETAILS OF POWER PLANT The power plant is located on the west side of the channel and the entranceto t
Chicago: its history and its builders; a century of marvelous growth . VIKW OF STATF. STRFFT NORTH FROM VAN RTREN STREET. STATE STREET NORTH FROM MADISON STREET CHICAGO: ITS HISTORY AND ITS BUILDERS 133 rowing in eight hundred and fifty feet to one hundred and sixty feet, and a mini-mum depth of nineteen and seven-tenths feet. These dimensions are held for sixthousand feet to a junction of the Desplaines river channel, where the depth isonly ten feet; but the total width is four hundred feet. DETAILS OF POWER PLANT The power plant is located on the west side of the channel and the entranceto the forebay is protected by an ice fender consisting of a massive concrete wallcarried upon fourteen submerged concrete arches of nineteen feet span, built on askew. The entrance to the penstocks is guarded by the usual iron gratings. Thereare nine penstocks thirty-two feet wide, seventy-four feet long and twenty-eightfeet high from floor to intrados of arch. The central penstock is devoted to the exciter equipment containing three ex-citer units. They have thirty-inch Jolly-McCormick wheels. The installation inthe f
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