Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-01-26
WATER POWER OF THE WORLD

Forty per cent of the developed
water power of the world is IN the
| United States, where water wheels
having a capacity of 8, ,243,OOO horse
power have been installed, accord
ling to a recent statement OF the
United States Geological Survey De-
partment Of the Interior. The lead
ling states in developed water power
are New York, with 100000 horse
mower. and California, with 1,lll,-
900. These state totals compare
lfavorably with those for some OF the
most progressive countries in wa
ter-power developed in Europe,
where France leads with 100000
horsepower, Norway has 1,350, 1000
horsepower, Sweden 100000
horsepower, and Switzerland l.
100000 horsepower. Inc largest
percentage of power has been de-
iveloped in the New England states,
where the capacity of the water
wheels installed is / $4,000 horse
power and the estimated potential
power at low water without storage
lis S6S,000 horsepower. In the Pa
cific coast Washington, Ore
gon. and California-the capacity OF
water wheels installed is 1893 900
horsepower and the potential pow
er at low water without storage is
II, 100000 horsepower The larg-
est Water-power development in the
world is at Niagara Falls, where the
plants in operation have capacity
of $4,000 horsepower, OF which
1855. 500 horsepower is Cn the
United States SIDE. The capacity OF
the plants at Niagara is being in
4 h n N
the United States and 100000
horsepower in Canada Other large
plants are one Of ITO. 600 horse
power on the Mississippi and Keo-
kulx, Iowa, from which power is
transmitted to st. Louis. and two
plants aggregating 268,500 horse
power ,on St Maurice river in Can
ada. from which power is trans
mitted to Montreal Quebec, and
other cities Canada ranks next TO
the United States in water-power de-
velopment, with 2,418,000 horse
power, or over 10 per cent Of the
worlds total
Europe has one-third Of the de
veloped water-power in the world.
Two plants at Rjukan, in Norway
have a total capacity of 239 600
horsepower and at Trollhattan
Falls the Swedish Government has
installed a plant of 155, 600 horse
power. At Lake Fully, in Switzer-
land, the remarkably high head OF
5,413 feet is utilized France, Italy
Germany, Norway, Sweden. and
Switzerland have each developed
more than 100000 horsepower
IN Asia, Japan, with 100000
horsepower, and India with only
10000 horsepower, are the fore
most countries in water-power de-
velopment.
New Zealand has developed only
45 600 horsepower but is rapidly
increasing this amount. Australia
has practically no developed water
power. The Island OF lava has
Sc, 600 horsepower developed on to
be developed by plants under con
struction. Africa possesses only
1900 horsepower Of developed
water-power
The total potential water-power Of
the world is estimated at 439 mil
lion horse power at low water. of
which 62 million horsepower is in
North America and 2S million in the
United States. Africa is richest in
undeveloped water-poWer, with 100
million horsepower; Asia has II
million horsepower, South America
+. 54 million horsepower, and Europe
IS million horsepower.
The world Atlas of Commercial
Geology. Part IL. Water Power of
the world which has just been pub