The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-17
THROW WORKS
Open TO VISITORS
People Who Come to the Dam cele.
bratIon VIII be Given Every
Opportunity TO Sec
tho Dam.
OPEN FOR FOUR DAYS
Under Proper Restrictions for Safety,
Visitors viii be Enabled
to See All the
Works.

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view of all parts of the largest water
power in the world and the lock in the |
Panama class is assured through ar.
rangement made by the Mississippi
River Power company for taking care
of the tens of thousands of visitors
who are coming here during the ce!e.
bration of the completion Of the
| works.
On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, August 25, 26, u and
Is, from o'clock in the morning
until o'clock in the afternoon tbs.
adult public will be admitted freely
without passes to all parts of the
works.
Children under sixteen years Of age
are positively excluded, and parents
would not want them admitted il they
knew the conditions to which they
would be exposed, especially as chill
dren can see all they can understand
| from the observation platform built
by the company on top of the bluff
Il 10 All OVef TIC WOVk6s
1 Visitors should go first to this Oh
servation platform to get birds-eye
view of the concrete work in the
river. 1t is located at the head Of
Second street where are the st ,ps
down the high bluff After going
down these steps the people will cross
over to the sea wall and walk along
It's top to the colossal government
lock as wide as those at Panama and
/ with higher lift.
4 They may walk all over the top OF
the lock walls which have been clear
i ed and protected with heavy iron
railing. Then they will pass over te
the south end of the power house an
walk along a wide causeway on the
!. river side Of the uncompleted portion
from which they will get a perfec
view Of the water running over the
dam and of the long stretch of ina
structure built across the river. Al
, the upper end Of this causeway they
!. will enter the power house and go VI
|. to an observation platform wh;ci
gives perfect view of the entire
generator floor. From this platform
they will go out upon a walk along thu
top of the power house sub-structurs
, above the tail race which leads then
over on top the big dam.
MAY Walk Across the Dam.
! They may walk nine-tenths of :
: mile on top the dam across to Illinois
$ and back again if they choose. ant
: those who enter the works at the I'LL
= nois entrance may walk across tn
dam from that end. From the ives
end of the dam everybody will wall
around the north end OF the powe
s house to rallied concrete walk whic
s. will take them over the forebay whcr
J, the water enters the power hous
II basement. At the lower end of tn
g completed half of the power hous
t they will cross over to the wide cause
way running along the incomplet
half of the power house and go bac
to the lock to leave the works.
d This route is about mile and
e half long, and twice that distance
one walks across the dam and bacl
All along the route will be statione
e guides wearing badges to keep tn
N line of people moving in one directio
only and to keep them In motion OF
ward during times of congestion. Tn
arrangement given above affords pc
:, feet facility for seeing everythin
worth while and the crowds whic
will be there make necessary the 0
ders that no deviation from these a
: rangements, such as walking in tn
opposite direction or wandering ava
" from the prescribed route will be a
n, lowed.
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