Worthen, William Ezra, 1819-1897, [from old catalog] ed · New York, Appleton · leaf 464
n be driven ineither direction by being brought in contact with one or other of the friction-bevels on a shaft extending the whole length of the gate-house, and in geardirectly with the small turbine at a. The small turbine draws its supply througha pipe, built in the walls, and opening into the… … Fig. 1055. nuts in the hubs of a pair of horizontal gears driven by a pinion between thetwo on an upright shaft, connected with the gearing of a turbine water-wheel.In late constructions the gates are raised by hydraulic jacks in connectionwith the city water mains. Small gates in canals are…
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