The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27

a g. fH porate limits of Sheffield, and Plant No.s2 joints the city ines on the east {; electric car service between the plant and the city K Ss1 <, ,5 X 5Iss Wilson Dam. is f6cAt ted approximately line of Nitrate Plant No. 2, and the power house and operating units will be located on the Sheffield side of the river, in Colbert county, on the out skirts of the city. =
 Plant No. 1 is known as an "ex- perimentaI plant" and was erected at a cost of $13,O00, 900, including the model village. Approximately 2,000 acres comprise Plant No. 1, manufacturing site and village. s.s$N af..
 Plant No. is the largest nitrate plant in the world, and was success fully operated by the government. just prior to the close of the war. The plant cost approximately, $70 ,OOO, 900 1; 2,306 acres comprise the site of nitrate plant No. 2. s.,.4 .sS ts. El5E
 An axuiliary steam power plant was built for the purpose of operating Plant No. 2, while the hydro-electric dam was under construction.
 This power plant has a capacity of 135, ,000 horse power. It has according to its builders the largest output of any steam plant in the world; the power. developed at this steamplant is 60 per cent of the power developed at Niagara Falls hydro-electric plants and approxi- mately equal to the installed capacity of the KeokukF development. The power house contains the largest steam tur- bine ever built. Steam is furnished by fifteen Stirling boilers with normal rating of 1,500 horse power each. Un- der full load the plant will consume 1,5OO tons of coal per day. It will produce power more cheaply, it is said, than most water power plants, and more cheaply than any steam power plant in existence; 2,400,000 gallons of water per day will pass through the condensers in summer forsscondensing the steam; 6,000 tons of structural steel and about 5,0O0,O00 brick have been used in this construction.
 Capacities of Various Units
 1. Plant-Largest plant in the world. Capacity 10000 tons of Am monia- Nitrate annually-yalued at $33 100000.
 ?. One of the three largest and most successfully operated Rotary Lime Kiln plants in the United States. Capacity: 700 tons per 4 hours.
 3. Carbide Furnaces Car bide Furnaces, each requiring 10000 horse power electric current to operate Turn out 500 tons of carbide per 24 hours. D @E
 4. Oven ROOm-1, 500 oyens-1,O00 al- ways in continuous operation. Require 7,350,0O0 cubic feet Of Nitrogen Gas per 24 hours.
 5. Liquid Airs-Largest high pres sure air compressing plant in the world. The liquid air plant is five times larger than any other installa- tion of it's kind in existence. Nitrogen turned out at rate of oRe-half million cubic, feet per hour.
 6. AmOnia Gas PIant-Biggest in the world turning out seven million cubic feet of amonia gas per A hours.
 2. Nitric Acid Plant-Practically same size as plant at Old Hickory, gov ernment powder works, Nashville, Tenn, built by Dupont. Most efficient plant of which any record is known. ! 8. Ammonia Nitrate Plant-Each of the five ammonium houses has a daily capacity of 100. tons of finished am monIum nitrate. I
 Wilson Dam
 When completed, Wilson Dam will be the largest dam in the world in volume of material used. From the river bed to the top of driveway the height will be 133 feet The available power head of water impounded above would be 05 feet. The length of the dam will be 4,600 feet.
 According to army engineers the orig inal plans for the work call for the installation of turbines and electric 900 horse power; more than is repre- sented in the 1921 developments in the states of Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee, g... ....,
 Navigation locks are pianned for the north side of the river.