Hydraulic engineering; a practical treatise on the principles of water pressure and flow and their application to the development of water power, including the calculation, design and construction of water wheels, turbines, and other details of hydraulic power plants (1909)
American School (Chicago, Ill.), Black, Adolph, Turneaure, Frederick Eugene, 1866- · Chicago American School of Correspondence · leaf 309
ollect. 198. The Tail-Race Tunnel. Thetail-race tunnel, from a point near thewheel-pit of Power-House Xo. 1 to the portal at the lower river, wasbuilt in a straight line for construction and hydraulic reasons. Sur-veys for this purpose, which were started in the latter part ofiNIarch, 1890, marked… … Pipe Tap Fig. 175. Penstock Expansion JointNiagara Fulls Power Company. WATER-POWER DEVELOPMENT 219 The tunnel is lined throughout with brickwork, partly on accountof the poor character of the rock, and also because of the decreasedfriction to the flow of water thereby secured. The invert was…
