PLANT FOR MANGAHAO.

Shannon News, 30 December 1921, Page 4

PLANT FOR MANGAHAO.

BIG TENDERS ACCEPTED FROM BRITISH FIRMS. Tenders for the supply of about £IOO,OOO worth of plant for Mangahao hydro-electric works have been accepted by the Government, and the successful tenderer in each case is a British firm. Savjen, 4000 k.v.a. transformers of British manufacture are to be purchased from A. D. Riley and Co. at a cost of £16,574; three 6450 b.h.c. (brake horse-power), and two 3250 b.p.h, waterwheels from Roving and Co., at a cost of £23,795; and three 6000 k.v.a. and two 3000 k.v.a. generators from the Metropolitan-Viekers Company, at a cost of £54,968. There were i eleven tenderers for the first contract, twelve for the second, and eight for the third. The plant mentioned is the bulk of the power-house machinery for Mangahao. It is all to be delivered within the next fifteen months. Its receipt, as arranged, within this period will fit in With the announced intention of the Public Works Minister to have the Mangahao source of supply completed if possible by the end of 1923. Among the tenderers were American and Swedish firms. The Government’s choice of British manufacturers, in the face of the great experience which the Americans and the Swedes have had in the development of hydro-elec-tric power may be taken as a strong expression of faith in the quality of British workmanship. The plant referred to above is not all that the Government invited tenders for. Tenders for other machinery are still under consideration. The accepted tender)* were Approved by Cabinet, at a special meeting during the past week-end.