Niagara Falls 



1896 exchange motors, just as they might mules or locomotives, and go 

 Martin on without delay. . . . 



The American company has also preempted the great utilisa- 

 tion of the Canadian share of Niagara's energy. The plan for 

 this work proposes the erection of two power houses of a total 

 ultimate capacity of 125,000 horsepower. Each power house is 

 fed by its own canal and is therefore an independent unit. Owing 

 to the better lay of the land, the tunnels carrying off the water 

 discharged from the turbines on the Canadian side will have 

 lengths respectively of only 300 and 800 feet, thus avoiding the 

 extreme length and cost unavoidable on the American side. With 

 both the Canadian and American plants fully developed, no less 

 than 350,000 horsepower will be available. The stationary 

 engines now in use in New York State represent only 500,000 

 horsepower. Yet the 350,000 horsepower are but one twentieth 

 of the 7,000,000 horsepower which Professor Unwin has esti- 

 mated the falls to represent theoretically. If the 350,000 horse- 

 power were estimated at £4 per year per horsepower, and should 

 replace the same amount of steam power at £10 the annual saving 

 for power in New York State alone would be more than 

 £2,000,000 per year. 



MARTIN, THOMAS COMMERFORD. The utilization of Niagara. (Ann. 

 rep'ts Smith, inst. 1896. 5 1 :pt. 1 , 223-232.) 



1896 The new water power development below Niagara Falls. (Eng. news, 



Mar. 26, 1896. 35:201.) 



A description of the new plant of the Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power 

 and Manufacturing Company. 



1896 Niagara Falls hydraulic power plant. (Sci. Am., April 4, 1896. 



74:215.) 



Description of the turbine water wheels. 



1896 Power interests at Niagara Falls. (W. elec, Mar. 14, 1896. 



18:127.) 



Editorial on proposed legislation in favor of the power companies and 

 regarding power transmission from Canada. 



