The Technical World Magazine, Volume 23Technical World Company, 1915 |
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... feet , the total available head- from the intakes above the Falls to " The Devil's Hole " below , a distance of five miles is 300 feet . The flow of the river is figured at 220,000 cubic feet per sec- ond , giving about 5,500,000 horse ...
... feet , the total available head- from the intakes above the Falls to " The Devil's Hole " below , a distance of five miles is 300 feet . The flow of the river is figured at 220,000 cubic feet per sec- ond , giving about 5,500,000 horse ...
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... feet . The average height of the abrupt portion of the falls is probably less than that of Niagara , but tremendous rapids above and below make it likely that in fifteen miles a much greater head is available than at the latter . As the ...
... feet . The average height of the abrupt portion of the falls is probably less than that of Niagara , but tremendous rapids above and below make it likely that in fifteen miles a much greater head is available than at the latter . As the ...
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... feet . With a fall of 400 feet in ten miles , and a flow estimated at from 300,000 to 350,000 cubic feet per second , it is not improbable that the energy of La Guayra is conservatively figured at 12,000,000 horsepower . Although almost ...
... feet . With a fall of 400 feet in ten miles , and a flow estimated at from 300,000 to 350,000 cubic feet per second , it is not improbable that the energy of La Guayra is conservatively figured at 12,000,000 horsepower . Although almost ...
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... feet apart and the whole route will be at an elevation of about 250 feet above the rapids . The one car that will be drawn back and forth across the tor- rent has already been built in Spain . It will travel on six cables , three on ...
... feet apart and the whole route will be at an elevation of about 250 feet above the rapids . The one car that will be drawn back and forth across the tor- rent has already been built in Spain . It will travel on six cables , three on ...
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... feet on the roof of the tunnel , shove the little boats loaded with coal , for the two- hour journey . The new barges will make the trip in forty minutes . Formerly both men and women found employment in the arduous labor of ...
... feet on the roof of the tunnel , shove the little boats loaded with coal , for the two- hour journey . The new barges will make the trip in forty minutes . Formerly both men and women found employment in the arduous labor of ...
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