Industrial Niagara 



Niagara Commission, and the electrical and mechanical problems 1895 

 encountered in the transmission of Niagara power.) Stetson 



THOMSON, SYLVANUS P. Utilizing Niagara. (Sat. rev., Aug. 3, 1895 



1895. 134-135.) Thomson 



A sketch of pioneer work in electrical transmission, the power 

 machinery, and the uses and price of Niagara power. 



UNWIN, W. CawTHORNE. . . . Mechanical energy and industrial 1895 

 progress. (Cass., July, 1 895. 8:195-200.) Unwin 



The author is " one of the best known engineers, authors and teachers 

 of engineering science in England, as well as in America. He was a 

 member of the International Niagara Falls Commission." 



" Writing however on the European side of the Atlantic, it will be 

 wisest, — not to say most modest, — to avoid details and to deal, in prefer- 

 ence, with some general considerations bearing on the question of utilizing 

 and distributing power." 



So the author says and so he does. The article is a very brief account 

 of the cost of power as an item in the cost of production, and the economic 

 advantage of water power over steam. According to Professor Unwin, 

 " in the best steam engines the limit of possible economy has been nearly 

 reached. . . . Nor is there much hope of considerable economy from 

 the improvement of other heat engines. Short of going to Iceland, there 

 is only one widely distributed, easily uulizable source of mechanical energy, 

 and that is water power." 



BURBANK, GEORGE B. The construction of the Niagara tunnel, wheel 1395 

 pit and canal. (Cass., July, 1895. 8:213-224.) Burbank 



A detailed description of the masonry lining of the tunnel, wheel pit, 

 and canal by the resident consulting engineer and later chief engineer of 

 the construction company. 



1896 



Coe, Ben F. Evolution of Niagara power. (Coll. w., May 28, 1896 



1896. Pp. 11-12.) Coe 



Sketches of the Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing 

 Company and the Niagara Falls Power Company developments, and of 

 some of the concerns using the power. 



Dumas, A. L'utilisation des chutes du Niagara pour la production de 1896 

 l'energieelectrique. (Le Genre civil. Feb. 8, 1896. 28:225-228.) Dumas 



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