The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-25
GREAT WATER POWER PLANT
IS NEARING COMPLETION

thick and extending across the width
OF the dam; the stone being tied together
over each Joint with three steel cramps.
The power house Is built of stone and
placed on the downstream side of the
dam, the bulkhead wall forming the north
side wall of the building. The size of
the power house Is IS feet by 40 feet.
The south half of the building is the
generator room, and is one story. with
fifteen-ton travelling crane overhead. The
north half of the building Is two stories
on the lower floor the turbines and on
the second floor the step-up transform
ers, store room and office. The roof 10
a fiat one of steel and covered with gal
vanized iron, sloping from the bulkhead
wall (Which Is three feet higher than the
| rood to the south wall of the building.
y The penstocks Of the generator turbines are
I2 feet in diameter. and combinations of
hs wheel cases. extending through the bulk
h, U wall to the forebay reservoir. At the
N, e. bay end wooden gates are provided. and
in Z, o. ut Of the rack bars stop logs are placed.
sumo r, ed by buttresses extending out from
the b, III head wall. that in case of any
nisbap to rack bars or CRATES. the water can
be shut Oh from them and repairs made. The
cate hoi sts are supported upon steel beams
resting IL DON the top of the buttress walls.
In the ,,ona truction of the dam and power
house use WA made of two and half
inch steel cable, which spaAned the river 100
feet above the b. a and carried material across
the river. and al 80 TO points located ~lthin
the lines of col ,strt ctlon'
Two ouarries wene opened in the bed Of
the river. from WHICH considerable portions Of
the rock were tai tenA me WORK OF auarrying'
means OF a timber Golfer dam fifteen feet
thick. fourteen feet hi IN. h3ied wan cay ana
braced ON the inside v nth timber cribs filled
with rock. 80. -.
The first Golfer dam exa a1ded over half way
ACROSS the river be5. in which were placed
derricks, hoisting engines WAGES ui"iis' run
ming by steam and compres YEA ar, s'c,, a.
ranged to carry on the work u'iio'es'eN u"' ms
flood waters.
Developing the = vWer.
The power is 10 be eveioped W the use Oh
42-inch S. Morgan Smith Com Vaay NC
Cormick turbines. placed in pairs oiily 'nise
units or three pairs of turbines. ar sihstaiieu'
although the power house is pianne,t i1i iou,
units. 1900 electric horsepower. d, 'h'efea
in Montgomery
The distance from the tail water to the
first floor of the power house is twenty 1 ecu
and from the first floor to the crest OF ne
dam twenty feet.
The electrical machinery consists OF thrsA
$50 kHo-watt Stanley generators. directly ,
connected with the turbine shafts by means 4
of flexible insulated couplings. There are also 4
two excters direct connected with eighteen
inch turbines having Independent penstocks
The step-up transformers are on the second
floor and placed TO be below low water
line of the reservoir. they may he cooled
by means of continuous flow Of water from
the reservoir.
The switchboard gallery IL placed about nine
feet above the generator floor and up against
the partition wall which separates the wheel
room from the generator room.
The wires from the transformers pass to a
cupola the roof, and from there through
insulated hard rubber tubes to the pole line
and along the pole line to Montgomery.
The pole line consists of six hard drawn No
copper wires. placed upon triple petticoated
porcelain insulators. The wires placed
in two sets. and in each set the wires are
thirty inches apart.
The poles are thirty five feet in length and
placed 90 feet apart There are two sets of
made Of Georgia pine dipped in
boiling oil. The top set. carrying two wires.
is inches by inches by feet inches.
and the lower set carrying four wires. are
5 inches by inches 9 feet long.
The lines are to carry 10000 volts. The
power is to be disposed Of to a sub-center in
Montgomery. where will he located the step
down transformers and the distribution station.
Mr. Vandver intimated yesterday that when
the line s ready for commercial operation
the occasion will be fttingly celebrated.