Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-08-12
new POWER LINE
WILL SOON Be
FINISHED
WILL BE FINEST LINE IN STATE
iF NOT ON THE ENTIRE
PACIFIC COAST

On or about the first of the new year
the people of Yerington and the neigh
boring district will be the subject of
envy for the excellent lighting and
power service which they will have at
their command The new power plant
and transmission line being built by the
Stone & Webster Engineering Co. for
the Truckee River General Electric Co.
will be completed by that time, and Yer
ington will be assured the best lighting
service possible.
This power plant and transmission
line, costing in the neighborhood of
half million. will be one of the best i'll
the West All appliances used will be
of the latest model and the workman
ship will insure frst-class line which
will stand the severe weather of this
State.
The power. house, a brick and con-
crete building, is situated at Verdi, Ne
vada, about II miles from the city of
Reno, along the S. p. r. R. 1t will
contain a 2200 K. w. G. E. generator,
run by an Allis- Chalmers $500 h. p. wa
ter turbine. The water for this turbine
is taken from the Truckee River at Is
foot wooden crib dam, about one-haf
mile below Mar1nol, and is carried by
ditch and hume on the right hand
down stream, side of the river to the
Forebay in Verdi. From the Forebay,
for 1000 feet, leads a 9 foot wooden
stave pipe, which gradually dimnishes
to u feet and is connected to a steel
pipe of s-inch metal, which carries
it to the turbine. The fall obtained will
be close to go feet, and it is estimated
that approximately a flow of 400 feet
will be obtained. The current from the
generator will be run through set of
Westinghouse transformers and the volt
age stepped up to $4,000 volts and then
sent out OH the line at this voltage.
This line will not be tapped before it
gets to the smeter at Thompson, from
where it will be run to the Bluestone
substation about two miles from Yering-
run through another set of transformers
and the voltage stepped down to %, 600
volts and sent down to Yerington and
the adjacent mining districts.
The line is 3, No II. d. strand
wire line and is supported by two pole
structures spaced approximately every
400 feet The insulators used are of the
latest swinging disk type and are
bolted to six-inch 24-foot wooden
beam and so placed as to support the
wires II feet apart. Each insulator is
made of three disks and tested to stand
100, 600 volts. The wires are under a,
tension of about 400 pounds at 0 degrees
Cent The line is doubly supported
every half mile or so by four pole or
frame which guards against any chance
of the line being torn down by winds or
snowstorms Lightning arrestors are
placed at each end of the line on both
primary and secondary sides of the line
to take care of all static charges. The
lightning arrestors are placed i'll separ-
ate buildings at some distance from the
power house and substation and are con-
trolled BY a set of witches.
second set of transformers will be
placed at the Washoe power plant. be-
tween Thompson and Verdi and about
miles above Reno. These transformers
will be able to take the load from the
Washoe power plant should anything
happen to the Verdi plant. Also, as a
further precaution, the transformers at
the Bluestone are SO designed as to take
the power from the old %, 900 line sup
plying Yerington at the present time,
and by stepping the secondary voltage
up to $4,000 volts send it down to
Thompson, thus providing three means
of supplying power to this territory.
This new line, in ALL will be about 81
miles i'll length, and it speaks well for
this country that company should un-
dertake such an enormous expense III
supplying this section with electric
power