The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-10-06
al SHOALS.
aTl{ &kOWER PLANT JUST
COMpLETED.
PERFECT in Every Detail,
lfSWOnderfuI POSSibiI-
iti8S--- Great Financial
I'D Economical Enter

I'LL power plant at n al Shoals
ha list been finished. 1t is a
m&&Hel of mechanical. construc-
tiol Ind financial enterprise
thai is practical and paying
The is an old saying-in Union
the lis strength, but the crea-
tioIt f the Neal Shoals plant has
tran 4ormed this old saying into
-inDnion there is power.
Three years ago the spot where
the geeat dam and the power
house now stand was an uninter.
estingstretch of hills and swamps
bordering along the placid Broad
! river. The rocks jutting from
the surface of the sluggish stream
were the only features that made
the place p. Iminent or different
from others.
| Now, the entire aspect of the
place has been changed. A ire
mendous liam, 600 feet across
spans the river, and beyond is
the large and capacious power
house. All around are tempo
rary buildings and several dwell
ing houses have been erected.
The silence of the place has beer
4 broken by the sound of the ham.
met and the mighty heart throbs
ofpowerful engines. The river
that once meandered idly by nov
| das6es IN Imprisonment agains
e the eplid psrapets of the mighty
been isasais naturally suitee
up apes answ5t not spreaut utq6 q6ydli which b. it ha
adioining territory as it might !
the land on each side We're NOR
level. ;ol ,,,ox
has been going on for months
nomnlete in every detail. 1t
about thirty-five to fifty feet fro
!. tbe base which is under the wat
e. level to the top. Inc low ",
l. structure is wholly concrete a.
ss of rock, quarried from the 81
n If If a neighboring hill. The to
N most layer is of strong ceme'
sn III 1 Tbe dam starts on one side a
he runs almost to the other wneI
at curves off and leads the wafer
of the power-house units wner'
Nv turns the wheels that .send
w nower to Union, ten miles aw
The total cost of building
l a don, alone was $400, 600:
is large force of workmen n
for been steadily at work on lts
struction. -. ,+os
voy ~ o,osnd Goes over the top OF
aph dam in one long and peau
sess fall. The water is gcverne ne
s,,r- al ven gates-five OF them
Sar J sand Gates and the others arr
,anv @ Gates which admit the wat
' h,;} fhe wheel pits where the po"
seri- first generated. The sano
rier. prevent the accumulation OIL
aoainst the gates which
fbe water to the units. The
Sfer. about eight feet in depth,
The dam is almost level {
and it can therefore be
er is traversed by a pedestrian.
; the the federal law which pr
hold that every dam shall have
time these have been built in on
after tion of the dam so that
It. A navigation may not be prev
, bale The law, which seems
mo- to and which is here wholly Il
start t;cable, is thus responsit
., two the weakest point in the
up to which however IS sIrohe
, head of itself. ..o,e
and he The power-house itself
liver. .nd roomy. 1t is about ]
inn be- long and about 80 feet wide
made the upper platform, are 0
nj been the switches which turn
off the power used IN VI
,e resi- Buffalo mills. Just a
els was the wrist, a quick shittin
of the switch, and the mills ma
he con- away cease running q
tn table magic. The power is t
number ted over strong aiumin'
apparel which is sustained on
rried off. the ordinary size and
e to the The insulating. differs,
d theft, from that used on teiegr
,mmitted which is glass. On Tn.
hour, as norcelain insulators .
efore IL The aluminium wire Il
account Of it's great ligh