Industrial Niagara 



1915 



Dunn, E . Intermittent water-fall. (Sci. Am., Dec. 4, 1915. 1915 



113:492-493.) Dunn 



An account of Professor Norton's project for the utilization of the Falls 

 without impairing their beauty. The article is written by a coworker of 

 Professor Norton's and embodies the ideas for the intermittent use of the 

 fall which appear in Professor Norton's article in the Popular Science 

 Monthly of February, 1916. 



1916 



, . Niagara on tap. (Lit. dig., April, 1916. 1916 



52:963-964.) 



A review with extracts of the article of Professor Thomas H. Norton in 

 the Popular Science Monthly for February, 1916. 



Norton, Thomas H. Niagara on tap. (Pop. sci. mo., Feb., 1916. 1916 



88:180-184.) Norton 



" Professor Thomas H. Norton, in a paper which he read before the 

 American Electro Chemical Society, outlined a scheme whereby it would be 

 possible to satisfy those who see only the beauty of Niagara, and those 

 who see only power going to waste. The following article by Professor 

 Norton is an abstract from the paper in question especially revised for this 

 issue of the Popular Science Monthly by its author. — Editor." 



The article seems worthy of quotation as embodying the latest scheme 

 for a compromise between the power interests at Niagara, and the efforts 

 to preserve its scenic beauty. 



There must be some practicable, workable thesis, according to 

 the terms of which, on our own continent for example, the rights 

 of its inhabitants shall suffer no material diminution in the oppor- 

 tunity to fully enjoy the splendor of Niagara, while conditions 

 are created which permit the utilization, on a satisfactory scale, 

 of the tremendous source of power — one of the nation's grandest 

 assets. 



The principle of an intermittent Tvaterfall would appear to 

 offer a simple, but thoroughly practicable solution. It may be 

 briefly formulated as follows: 



During somewhat more than half of the twenty-four hours, 

 especially during the night time, a waterfall is completely har- 

 nessed. Every kilowatt which it is capable of creating is devoted 



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