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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,-1941
ENGINEERING PAGE
NEW HYDRO-ELECTRIC The Bridge UNDERTAKING IN CANADA Of New ss.
By NORMAN MARR
The increase in demands for electric energy in Canada since the war has
necessitated an unprecedented programme of hydro-electric develop ment throughout the Dominion,“
A second unit of
Himalaya
For greater ease of observa- tion, the wings of the bridge of the new P. & 0; liner Himalaya chases some one million hp, on extend beyond the ship's side. contract. The commission has abreast of the wheel house, the experienced "dificiencies in supply wings are fitted with wind de- during the post-war period, is engaged in a very large protectors, and the windows of
gramme of construction to the situation.
end
Licet
"A second unit of 10,000 h.D. 13 added in 1947 to the commissivm's
under Deer Fails plant in the Nigara area. Three large projects are construction in Eastern Ontario.
the wheelhouse itself include two revolving clear - view surerens of glass for visibility during rain.
Contrary to the widely held expectation that a de- cline in power consumption would occur in ear- ly post-war years, the tremendous demand is due to the high level of industrial activity, the rapid rise in commercial and domestic loods, and large extensioris to rural services. Water power supplies more than development on the Campbeli 971 per cent of the electricity River, Vancouver Island, into Cretion from his source increasing initial unit of 25.000 Par capacity therated in Canada. With pre-operation late in 1917 with an
Inside the wheelhouse of this by 4.700 million kilowatt boars in
28,000 ton vessel-the largest ship the two years 1946 and 1947 to a is planned for operation this year
At Stewartville, on the Mada- to be completed anywhere in the total of 2,900 million kilowatt and two other units are expected o hours, existing generating capacity be installed in 1943. The plant is waska River, an 81,000 hp. deve-world during 1949 are housed was being fully utilised in most designed for an ultimate capacitylopment started in 1945 will be three types of steering gear: the
this year. completed
At Des parts of the Dominion and addi- of 163,000 h.p. in six units,
De hand-operated telemotor gear for tional capacity was urgently requir-"
use by the "man at the wheel” in
af asro-pilot which holds her in
the electric control which
gyro-pilot can also be operated although used by the automatic
manually,
New installations in 1946 and Campbell River to Nanaimo and
at
and
Ostawa River A transmission line of more than R. On the ed to meet growing demands. 100 miles carrias power from the construction began in 1846 on atrow waters; the automatic?
450,000 b.p. development, designed 1947 totalled only a little more than Port Alberni The commission is for eight 60,000 B.P service in open sea to any set course;
waits, which four will be ix 1950 and four more in 1951. struction was began in 1946 of
Ako on the Ottawa River, con year the commission started new 160,000 hp. development at be brought construction of 30,000 hp develop-Chenaux planned to ment at Whatshan Lake, in central into operation in 1931.
In Northern Ontario the com British Columbia, to serve the
This
200,000 horse power, but construc-constructing a storage dam tion was begun on wamerous Large Ladore Falls, epstream from the undertakings which will add more power development, to regulate the than 500,000 hp. this year and Bow of the river. bring the total water power fastal- lation in Canada to 11 million hp. From developments now in hand it is expected that this total will be increased by at least 1,600,000 b.p. in the next three years.
The following is a summary of the principal undertakings in this post-war programme:----
British Columbia The British Columbia Power Commission, established in 1945 and charged with the acquisition, operation, development, and tension of power facilities in the province, brought its first major
CX-
Sound Equipment For Churches
the Okanagan-Kamloops area. This mission has added a unit of 7,500
Indicators
The wheelhouse also contains is expected to be completed in 1950. [2p._to_its. Ear Falls plant
tributary on the English River. The 58,000 the Himalaya's many navigational On the Bridge River, of the Fraser, about 130 mitesh.p. Tuncel
begun in 1947, | and speed indicators · connected North East of Vancouver, the Bri Mississagi River, regent on the sidis, among them the distance submerged log. the tish Columbia Electric Railway will be completed this year and with the Company is constructing a major construction has been started on a
engine revolution and helm in- hydro-electric development which development of 160,000 p. caps. is expected ultimately to produce city at Pine Porterage, on the dicators, and an indicator, used 600,000
Nipigon River, which is planned when the ship is docking, to show whether her propellers are clear for initial operation in 1950. The first stast of this develop The Great Lakes Fower Cox or not in the wheelhouse, too, ment is well advanced-and-the- initial writ of 62.000 h.p. is expect-pany in the Sault Ste. Marie area are the chronometers, the magne od to go into operation shortly, is preparing to enlarge its plant optic coupess, a gyro-repeater and with two other similar pits the Michipicoten River by adding following soon
The principal elements involved
in the initial stage include diver-
a unit of 13,500 hp. in 1960,
Quebec
The Shawinigan Water and sion dam on the Bridge River, a Power Company, serving a large 13,2001, tunnel through Missionarea in central, Quebec fic room is provided by electric
generating plants and purchased power totalling 1,250,000 p., haa 195,000 b. de- completed a velopment at Shawanan Fals, on
construction of a new development The company has also started at La Trenche, on the St. Maurice River, which will have an initial capacity of 320,000 b.p. and an sitimate capacity of 384,000 hp Operation is expected to begin in 1951.
the St. Maurice River! Falls, on the upper Bridge
microphone connected with special circuits for passing orders to boals in case of emergency.
Communication with the engine The use of electrical sound Mountain, and penstocks leading to
telephs and there are tele reproducing equipment in power station on Seton Lake.
A transmission line 130 miles
phone connections with all the churches is a branch of electro-
Van- acoustics to which the General long will carry power to
working parts of the ship and a bridge connection with the radia Electric Company, Ltd., of Eng-couver, and a storage dam at La land. has given special atten- River is being built to regulate
bridge wings are the electric telephone equipment. Out on the tion, and two interesting instal-the flow.
lozd-bailers and gyro-repeaters lations, from those entrusted to At Brilliant, on the Kootenay the Company are those at St. River, the Consolidated Mining and
on each side and, inside the wheel Faul's Church, Portman Square. Smelting Company of Canada is
house, the alarm switches for use London. and the Baptist adding a unit of 37,000 h.p. to the
in energency and the and sinen controls. Church at Muswell Hill, Lon-plant epnstructed during the war.
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similar units arc. -don.
now in The Quesce Hydro-Fectric Com
Housed in Chart Room In St. Paul's Church, loud- operation at the plant. The new.
mission, serving chiefy the city of speakers are placed in the beltry unit is expected to be completed Montres and environs, is com
Other sensitive recording and and choir gallery and can be fed this Also on the Kootenay pleting power-basse No. 1 st transmitting instruments
chart room the Beauharnois, on the St. Lawrence housed in the was amplifier and record-player, Bonnington plant this year. separately or together from a 30- River, the City of Nelson
unit of 6,700 h.p. to its Upper River, by adding the 14th unit of most important of them, perhaps, Peais
or beils and appropriata The Powel River Company com-
$3,000 h.p.
the radar equipment Here too musical recordings are broadcast,
Work has also begun on the can-are the fire-delecting cabinets, and the installation has proved to pleted the raising of the Scanlonstruction of power-house No. 2, the echo-sounding apparatus for be of value in attracting passers-dam in Lois River in 1947 and in-which will have a capacity of come electrical depth-recording, the by and local residents to the stalled a second unit of 25,000 hp. 600,000 up. It is planned to have gyro compass-recorder, speed and Church
in its Stillwater power station.
the first two units of 53,000 h.p. direction indicators and a micros each inalled-In-1951 and two additional units in 1952.
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tres.
a
year.
North-West Territories
adding
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whistle
arc
phone which can connect up with the public
address
system throughout the ship.
In addition, there are cabinets
for and drawers
the Charts, for the navigational books, tables
and
automatic- voice pipes, sprinkler and fire-alarm Ziz dicators, and the ship's electric master-clock. 1.
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Tel. 26658.
WORTHINGTON
At the Baptist "The equippient "at" Church, Muswell Hill,
used in different way, 11 cens slightly
As Administrator for the Quebec around a 60-watt amplifier The Tominion Government, Government's Baple VII plant on and record-player which can be through the Department of Mines the Ottawa River, the commission sed to provide music for Loud- and Resources, is building an 8,000 is installing a fourth unit ef speakers in the helfry, church or havdro-electric development on 18,000 hp. for operation this Tear church hall, or the amplifier can the Snare River north-west of and is building a storage dam chronometers, further telephones be connected to microphone Yellowknife, North-West Terri Lake Dozois to afford better re- suspended near a rack of tubular tories, to apply power at cost overrulation of the flow of the Ottawa bells on which peals and hymna 90-mile transmission line to mines River. tunes can be played: and ampli-¦and other users in the Yellowknife Gatineau Power Company com- fed and arranged to amplify area. Construction in this isolat-pleted the installation of the fit Finally, on the upper bridge them for broadcasting from louca location started in 1946 and ds and final unit of 24,000 h.p. in it is the 10-inch daylight-signalling speakers on the root of the tower, livery of power began on October 4, Farmers Rapids plant, on the apparatus, the standard magnetic
The beautiful tone of these last year.
Gatineau River, in the spring of compass and the direction-finding WORTHINGTON PUMP AND MACHINERY CORP. bells has been widely commented
Alberta
1947 and has work under way at and radar aerials. on in the district
Calgary Power, Limited, which it Bryson plant, of the Offaws serves a large part of Albert with 4,000 Hp. this year-
Thus, in the 98 feet wide: bridge of the ship are assembled instruments power from a number of hydro The Northern Quebec Porer the many sensitive electric plants on the Bow River Company has work in progress at by whose guidance the Himalaya and tributaries, completed and its Quirre, Biver development in will sail when she makes her brought into operation in 1947 north-western, Quebec,
United ANDERSEN, MEYER & COMPANY, LTD. which will maiden voyage new development of
18.500 h.p. at sad 10,000 .. to the capacity in on October 6, 1948.
Kingdom-India/Australia Service Barrier, on the Kananaskis River 1949 and 34,500 It.p 1960; s tributary of the Bow. The com pany is planning other develop ments in the "Bow Basin to meet its rapidly growing loads, -
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Saskatchewan
The Churchill River Power Co- pany added a sixth unit of 21,000 tp. to its Islands Falls plant last year bringing the total capacity
which will a unit of
The Lower St Lawrence Fower. Company last year. completed the construction of a 6,000 h.p. de- velopment, on the lower Metis River
The Nova Scotia Power Com mission expects to brine's new de velopment of 3,700 hp, in Dickie Brook imo operation before the
to 108,500 h.p. Power, is trans New Year, and has initiated con mitted to mining areas at Flinstruction of a 12,000 h.D. develop- Flon, Sherridon, and Snow Lake, in Manitoba.
the
Manitoba The City of Winnipes Hydro Electric System completed e Slave Falle power development on Winnipeg River by adding four-42,000 b.p. units, two in 1946, one in 1947, and one in 1948, these bringing the total capacity to $6,000 h.p.
The
Winnipeg
actively investi.
ment on the Mersey River, com pletion of which is planned by 1950. The possibility of developing River, is alec b 5.300 h.p. at Bad Falls, on
on Tisket
gated.
The Nova Scotia Light and Power Company scheduled = 4,600 h.D. development on Methals Brook for completion in 1949 and an ad dition af 4,500 h.p. to the com This named for this year.
Black River plant pany's has work in progress at its Seven This review has mentioned, in Sisters plant on the Winniper brief outline only, new hydro River to provide for raising the electric undertakings which have. head to the final limit of Gift, and
Electric
is
the intallation of two additional been built or actively under units, one in 1949 and the constresstion, vel
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1950. These unite are of 37,500. hp.
capacity, and when completed win fecrete are, so well, large pro
bring the installation to 187,509
Ontario~-~~-
under Investigation in various Dominion, some of parts of the which these years. There is anted, will be under- every prospect therefore, that de
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on the
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