Industrial Niagara 

 TROWBRIDGE, JOHN. Niagara, the motor tor the World's Fair. 1892 



(Chaut., Jan., 1892. 14:441-445.) Trowbridge 



A glance at previous methods of transmitting power by electricity over 

 long distances, and the plan by which a German electrician proposed to 

 transmit 5,000 horse-power from the Falls of Niagara to the World's Fair 

 at Chicago. 



1893 



Construction of the Niagara Falls hydraulic plant. I. (Eng. rec, 1893 

 Jan. 14, 1893. 27:132-136.) 



Test boring, surveys, monuments, tunnel power sites, best railway, etc. 



Construction of the Niagara Falls hydraulic plant. II. (Eng. rec, 

 March 11, 1893. 27:293-294.) 



A map and description of the equipment at shaft no. 2, the arrange- 

 ment of the power house, connections of pressure mains, and operation of 

 air compressors. 



Construction of the Niagara Falls hydraulic plant. III. (Eng. rec, 

 April 22, 1893. 27:415-416.) 



The hoisting engine, shaft cage, hoisting bucket, and system of col- 

 lecting water. 



Construction of the Niagara Falls hydraulic plant. IV. (Eng. rec. 

 May 20, 1893. 27:490-491.) 



Tunnel construction, method of drifting, system of drilling, electric 

 battery, exploder, suspended track, air pipe, and drill column. 



Construction of the Niagara Falls hydraulic plant. V. (Eng. rec, 

 July 8, 1893. 28:87-88.) 



Continues the description of the tunnel construction; describes the 

 timbering and pumps and gives a diagram. 



Construction of the Niagara Falls hydraulic plant. VI. (Eng. rec, 

 Aug. 19, 1893. 28:183-184.) 



Describes the tunnel brick-work with a diagram. 



Construction of the Niagara Falls hydraulic plant. VII. (Eng. rec, 

 Sept. 30, 1893. 28:280-281.) 



Describes the power plant at the inlet canal, the air compressors, coffer- 

 dam, and ice-boom. Contains a diagram. 



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