New Britain herald., 1925-07-18
ON or about December 15, a


 V man will pull a switch in a power house at Rainbow, in the town of Poquonock, on the Pennington river, and energy representing 12,oO0 horse pow CT will be at the disposal of the Stanley Works and it's Stanley Rule and Level division in this city. The event will mark the completion of a new dam at Rainbow for the Pennington River Power Co, of which r.. Allen Moore, chairman of the board of directors of the Stan icy Works, is president. Work was started last February.
 Taking its place in the front ranks of human achievement the conS'ruc- ton Of tho dam is considered one of the biggest jobs in Connecticut in the hydro electric field, Months of planning and toll, a small army Of workmen and mountain Of ce- ment. crushed stone, sand and steel Rs well as intellgently directed su- pervison arc the elements of which the job is composed. From the rise Of the Pennington river to its ming ling with the waters of the mighty Connecticut, nothing approaching tph IoT ei in Gip IF usefulness to mankind graCes the stream. Miles back there are dams used for the promotion of industrial enterprises. To one who has fol- lowed the course of the Pennington river 1t seems as If there is an end less chain Of man-built Instructions but the Rainbow dam will stand alone in size and might. At other places the river has been enchained for nearby manufacturing plants or for the creation of electric power but the Rainbow dam makes the others seem liIlipution. It Is the boss of the Pennington.
 4 Quiet Man With a Pipe
 AS in all big undertakings, there must first be the vision, then the planning and then the execution of the plans. Officers of the Stanley Works had the vision-they have proved to be men of broad vision in every step they have taken to pro- mote the interests of the corpora tion. The actually planning and the execution of the idea was left to the Power Construction and Engineering Corporation of Worcester, Mass, a subsidiary Of the New England com pany. Tho president of the corpora tior, G. s. Hewins, is one of those quiet pipc-smoliins men combining mental and physical energy .'e tct ,rv NNkat,}o bYt spera tic time otAer men devote to maEine words 10 thinking and acting Months a-o, when the eo.nDcr tol th., r-pr& vas awarded 10 his com ranr. hc said. it will be comp'Ct' ty Decrmbar IS, 1925" Asked h. Herald rcnrasn7t"'isr . few dayi a=o whcH inc job would be donc h, ryrIird. "'rhc contract calls for it' c9ulpir'itU on December 17 And i''s Goiu: to ho complete by th"r' That 7"a8 all hrt tIf.rr was < final ivy. about his words that loft nc room for conjecture as to his mean Ing.
 There arc at least two other mcr who arc jus' a- determined a' President Hcvma that tho Schcdul' shall bc carried out. They arc Johr V. Downing, tho tall. rangy suncrin tendent, and ]. r.. Do~ncy, resjd"n engineer representing the ]. w Jones Co, which is collaborating with the Tower Construction an' Engineering company in the writiuj of this impressive epic of inlustria progress. Downing and Downcy ar as unlike in phlSc7l build as would he possible 10 imasiu" hu they are two souls with q sInSl idea, which is expressed hy q rr circle around the figure 15 for in month cf December.
 Tour Separate Problems
 The task Is dNi1od into four di clsiors, the hrildtNE of tlc Jam it self, the throwing up of dN. along the north %horr cf 'h' pNc1 the digging of 2 tui'r7ro 'hronE which the water used in th' crrT ton of electricity can escape hac to the main stream aud tho "r'ctio of the rovcr hou-o and trans formers.
 statisnos that ral, ou luH ,u obtainahle ahou' tho 1tn. II "j be 4no fco' long and {" tor' Hg' Special construction uij mako possible for tro va.,r io hay" . foot head in tho Scucu ling o' ''rr tricity as ,t npssoe through th" i'm hlnes in tnc roror 'ouS'. N'tor the dam is nw,l,d "".ur1 ''""r|s , cement a0l "o.o"n 'or. ,1 Du." stone, not 'o w,"'rnu -'r,'. "jU T. usrd. Tn co0r',fjon "i'h th. vol' the engineers la'.c r'".-'.l .G t'''' s.'lnE rror'vy fer 1.7i|r- ''. 'ot crete with I5ae' wrstp ..r ,.ffor'. '"'