The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-17

000 building tile. and lbVuUU,oOo WIFI
fled acidproof brick and tile.
There were over 100000 board feet
of lumber used, more than enough to
replace the frame buildings in the
Tri Cities.
There are more than 165 miles OF
sewerage, water, steam, air, oil and
miscellaneous piping-enough to reach
from Sheffield to birmingham. There
is enough railroad trackage TO reach
from the Sheffield station to Decatur
reinforced concrete reservoir with
q capacity of 65,00O,000 gallons covers
% acres of ground, and drainage ca
nal over a mile long. with maximum
width of 40 feet at the bottom.
These statistics were prepared by
the ordnance department of the Unlte1
States army, and are absolutely au-
thentic.
MAMMOTH POWER HOUSE
The power house, surprising all
other similar plants, when competed
will have a capacity of 10000 morse
power 1t will have the largest outpu-
of any steam power plant in the world.
The bower developed at this plan.
will be 60 per cent of the power now
developed at the Niagara Falls hydro
electric plants, and approximately
equal to the installed capacity of the
Keokuk development.
The Muscle Shoals power house con-
tains the largest steam turbine ever
, built, having a capacity of 10000 morse
power.
The steam will be furnished by Is
Sterling boilers, with normal rating OF
1900 rise power each.
The plant under full load will con-
sumo about 1900 tons of coal per DAY
Because of its economical operation
advantages it will produce power more
cheaply than most water power plants
and more cheaply than any steam
power plant in existence.
1t will have a capacity of 240,O0o,o0o
gallons of water per day passing
through the condensers in summer for
condensinG steam.
DETAILS OF PLANT UNITS
If is the largest nitrate plant in the
world to be successfully operated.
One of the three largest and most
successful operated rotary lime kllns
| in the United States capacity 700 tons
per "a hours.
Twelve carbide furnaces; each re-
curing 10000 horse power electric cur
rent to operate VIII turn out 500 tons
| of carbide per "a hours
| OF the 1900 ovens. 1000 will be always
| in. continuous operation, requiring
1850 600 cubic feet of nitrogen gas per
a hours.
Largest high pressure air compress
| ing plant in the world. The liquid air
plant Is five times larger than any
other installation of its kind in exist
snoe. Nitrogen turned out al rate OF
100000 cubic feet per hour,
| The ammonia gas plant is the largest
in the world turning out 100000 GU
bic feet of nitrogen gas per "A hours.
| The nitric acid plant equals the size
of plant at Old Hickory Powder works,
| in Nashville and most efficient plant
of which any record is known.
| Each of the five ammonium nitrate
| houses has a daily capacity of 100 tons
! Of finished product.
CYANAMID PROCESSES
There are five stages to the manu-
facture of ammonium nitrate. viz
| First-Makins carbide from lime and
| coke
| Second--Making cyanamid or lime
nitrogen from carbide and nitrogen
| Third-Making ammonia gas from
| cyanamid or lime nitrogen.
Notwithstanding nitric acid from
| ammonia gas.
| Fifth-Making ammonium nitrate
| from nitric acid and ammonia gas
| The Muscle Shoals nitrate plant when
| in operation will give employment ii
$500 men in peace times, and running
| "a hours daily two shifts of operating
| forces will be engaged. When it Is
| turned over to the government in May
| it will be complete in every particular
| Arrangements are being worked out by
| government officials for it's full opera
| ton following the completion of the
| construction work.