Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-01-20
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1922
WATER POWER OF THE WORLD

FORTY per cent of the developed wa
ter power Of the world is in the United
States, where water wheels having a
capacity ,994a, 600 horsepower have
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gic4 Survey, Department. Of the Inter
ior.S The leading 8tates in developed
wa$r pos y n ayS Yofk Y siitth l,aoo.
1,111, 600. These state totals compare
favoEably with those for some Of the
1aest progressive countries in water
power development in Europe, where
France leads with 100000 horse
power. Norway has l,35O,00o horse
9twor, Sweden 100000 horsepower,
sad Switzerland ! ,o7o, coo horsepower:
Tae largest percentage Of power. has
heen developed in the New England
Wastes, where the capacity Of the water
wheels installed is 1881 900 horsepow-
or and the estimated potential power
ut how water without storage is 868, 900
horsepower. y: In the Pacific Coast
States Washington, Oregon and Cal.
Hornia-the capacity of water wheels
installed is 100000 horsepower and
the potential power at low water with
out storage is 1l,500,000 horsepower.
The largest water-power development
in the world is at Niagara Falls, where
the plants in operation haye>a capacity
of $40, 900 horsepower, of which 1885,, 500
horsepower is on the United States
side. The capacity Of the plants at
Niagara is being increased by ia 800
horsepower in the United States and
10000 horsepower in Canada. Other
large plants are one of 100000 horse
power on the Mississippi at Keokuk,
Iowa, from which power is transmitted
to- st. Louis, and two plants aggregat-
ing 268, 500 horsepower on st. Maurice
River in Canada, from which power is
transmitted to Montreal, Quebec, and
other cities. Canada ranks next to the
United States in waterpower develop
ment, with 2,4lS,000: horsepower, or
over 10 per cent of the worlds total.
Europe has one-third Of the develop
ed water power in the world. Two
plants at Rjukan, in Norway, have a
total capacity of $4,000 horsepower,
and at Trollhatten Falls, the Swedish
Government has installed plant Of
$4,000 horsepower. AT Lake Fully,
in Switzerland, 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 horse
power, and India, with only 100000
horsepower, are the foremost countries
in water power development.
New Zealand has developed only
$4,000 horsepower but is rapidly in
creasing this amount. Australia has
practically no developed water power.
The island Of Java has .56, 900 horse
power developed or to be developed by
plants under construction: Africa pos
sesses only 1000 horsepower of de-
veloped water power.
The total potential water power of
the world is estimated at 439 million
horsepower at low water, Of which 81.
million horsepower is in North Amer
lea and % million in the United States.
Africa is richest in undeveloped water
power, with 100 million horsepower;
Asia has II million horsepower, South
America 81 million horsepower, and
Europe As million horsepower. III
The World Atlas of Commercial
Geology, Part II, Water Power of the:
World, which has just been published
by: the United States Geological: r Sur
vey, summarize all present knowledge
of that subject, mentions briefly some
Of the worlds largest water-power de-
velopments, and gives estimates by
countries and by continents of the de-
veloped and undeveloped water power.
It includes 81 pages of text and l0}
maps and is sold for ST copy.