NATURE'S LATENT FORCES.
PROPOSED HARNESSING OF VIC-
TORIA FALLS
Received November 10^ 0.3 a.ra
CAPETOWN, <November 9r?-
A scheme has >be»n mooted to utilise the Victoria Falls for the transmission of power to the Witwaterand. Expert opinion is favourable to estimated ■minimum supply of half-»-million horsepower, in the driest season. Actually the Rand consumes 150,000 horse power, costing three millions per ■'annum. The cutting of a canal at a point "below the falls would increase the supply to a million horsa power.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12649, 10 November 1905, Page 5
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82NATURE'S LATENT FORCES. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12649, 10 November 1905, Page 5
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