The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-18
GREAT FEAST DAY
FORBUSY P0R|A.
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somewnaf less than four feet Tho
sai.,ht ~ the dam from the average
nos1tion az the surface OF the water
IN the tail race to the crest OF the
spillway is thirty-nve ieet. INC
mower i,ouse is t07 Feet long by ~
feet in width, inside measurement. me me
raat m tho front to four feet on the
nack. the back walls. however, are
reinforced BY pil.sters. The floor Is
,hraa yeet thick, and II is also
s,renpthened by arches and is designed
5rathar more to hold the floor down
against an uplift OF water than to
.sunport the same from downward
weight OF machinery. At the time OF
amaximum flood. such as has occurred
n the past, there will be an upward
nrcssuret on this floor capable OF
floating quite respectable sized
ocean -going steamer.
Built for Keeps.
The bed of the river underneath the
mower house Is excavated to depth
OF twelve feet. below the surface OF
the water In order to allow for an easy
exit for the water after cleaning the
draft tubes from the islnners This
seventy feet high from the bed of the
tail race to the top OF the pinnacles.
The power-house. the dam and the
nbutments are heavily strengthened
by the insertion of steel rods at va
rious positions in the concrete. There
arc also several hundred steel bolts
fastened into holes drilled in the bed
rock of the river. which project up
into the concrete and hold the dam
firmly to tn: river bed.
The wheels are OF the horizontal
TUNA ~ furhiue with two rUpperS on
the same SHAFT covered by the sumo
case. These, wheels are capable OF
developing $50 kEowatts each. and
arc designed to run at speed OF 900
revolutions per minute. There are
Eve wheel pits available for use. three
81 which have been equipped at pres
ent. leaving two other wheel pits for
additional power. as may be developed
hereafter.
A Great F1shy Way.
There is on the statute books OF
Virginia law that requires everybody
who builds q dam In the rivers OF the
Commonwealth Tor latter-day Indus
trial purposes to INCLUDE in the struo-
ture fish ladder. so that the finny
tribe can climb over and complete
their voyage to the upper waters,
there to delight the schoolboys and
lazy grown folks who have a fondness
for batting hooks. etc. The statesmen
in passing this law undertook to make
the specifications by which states
manlIke" Ash ladder shall be built The
ladders built after the specifications
OF the statesmen are very much like
some OF the laws the same fellows
Enthusiastically worthless
Engineer Burgwyn and the Emporia
folks determined to build in their
Meherrin River dam a ladder that Is
a ladder. and one that really can be
climbed by the fish In 'the SPRING
time. Gentle Annie" and again safely
descended BY such OF them as manage
to escape the nets and hooks OF the
upstream angler. and a model fish
ladder is very interesting as we'll
as very expensive part OF this dam.
Gmporia is a manufacturing town.
being filled with cotton mills. wood
working plants OF various kinds. saw
mills. box factories. veneer factories,
keg and barrel and basket factories.
grain mills and numerous smaller fac
tories and shops Heretofore all OF
these have been run by steam power.
and the many smokestacks emitted
smoke and SCOT that sometimes gave
the town much OF Pittsburg appear
ance. All OF this is now changed, as
all OF these busy plants will be run
by electric power generated from the
completed water power. The power
now harnessssd and in hand amounts
TO at least 1000 kilowatts OF primary
power and 1000 additional kilowatts Of
secondary power that is good for at
least ESQ days regular work in year.
The town IS brilliantly lighted by this
power. and power for fans, sewing
machines and other household pur-
poses viii always be on tap. No wonder
the whole town OF EmporIa is going
70 celebrate next Tuesday.