Industrial Niagara 



to transmit a very great power to a considerable distance, and the 1897 

 discussion by electricians the world over of the problems involved 

 in its construction, have all contributed to make it the most inter- 

 testing development of the electric arts. 



Niagara power. (Elec. rev., July 7, 1897. 31:10.) 1897 



A lecture delivered before the National Electric Light Association at 

 Niagara Falls June 9, 1897, by L. B. Stillwell. He calls Niagara "a 

 great solar engine," and deals with the actual and potential types of trans- 

 mission and its limitations. 



Niagara power in Buffalo. (Elec. rev., Dec. 29, 1897. 31 :309.) 1897 



Two of the largest grain elevators in the world, built in 

 Buffalo, New York, during the summer, at a cost of nearly 

 $ 1 ,000,000 are now successfully using vast quantities of the new 

 Niagara Falls power, and within a few weeks, and as soon as 

 the necessary electric machinery can be installed, the wheels and 

 machinery of the Union Drydock, one of the leading shipbuilding 

 plants on the Great Lakes, will also be turned by the Falls cur- 

 rent. . . . The Great Northern Elevator receives 1 ,000 

 horse-power and the new Electric Elevator 450 horse-power, 

 while the Union Drydock Company will use between 500 and 

 1 ,000 horse-power. 



Calcium carbide. (Elec. wld., June 5, 1897. 29:733-734.) 1897 



A feature of peculiar interest in connection with this process 

 for the manufacture of the so-called rival to the incandescent 

 light is that the calcium carbide, upon which its commercial 

 manufacture largely depends, is the product of the electric 

 furnace, and can only be commercially manufactured by the aid 

 of electricity. 



KENNEDY, WlLLIAM, Jr. Canadian water powers. With special 1897 

 reference to the utilization for electrical purposes. (British assoc. for the Kennedy 

 advancement of science. Toronto meeting, 1897. Handbook of Canada. 

 Toronto: 1897. Chap. 8, pp. 385-387.) 



A brief consideration of the charter and equipment of the Canadian 

 Niagara Power Company projects. 



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