Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1898 — Harnessing Niagara. [ARTICLE]

Harnessing Niagara.

. The engineering works for connecting and distributing the energy of Niagara are partly finished on the American side of the falls. One of the features Is Sttae'gigantic wheel pit, cut out of the Bo||d rock, for housing the 5,000-horse power turbines. The enormous dynamos are marvels of construction. When simile works are complettfl* an the ; Canadian side, it Is anticipated that 350,000-horse power will tje gvajlabjpj L for motive force, yet this ispffiy about one-twentieth of the energy latent in the falls. Its dlstributiofij ndwdver, ’ Will have a marked 1 efffdt- ‘on U the industry of the territory ! through h which’lt will spread.—lnverness Courier. . Jii-.uij , j;< ; Jtjij