In the Rhone Valley there, is a hydroelectric plant that has a working head of 5412 feet, believ«d to be greater than that of any other water power development in the world. Tho water is. led to each of four turbine -wheels twelve feet in diameter by a ten-inch pipe, and each wheel, running at 500 revolutions a minute, develops 300,000 horse-power.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 27, 1 February 1924, Page 2
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62Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 27, 1 February 1924, Page 2
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