The Nome daily nugget., 1934-12-31

the world-famous Dnieprostroy plant in Russia One of these mammoth generators will weigh over 100000 pounds, will measure 40 feet in diameter and stand 32 feet high.
 This power plant will have total capacity of 1885 900 horse power, or four times the amount developed on the American side of Niagara Falls and nearly double the amount developed both at Niagara Falls and Muscle Shoals, even when the latter reaches the peak of It's capacity. It will be operated and maintained by the city of Los Angeles and the Southern California Edison com pany, under the general supervision of director appointed by the secretary of the interior. The city will generate power for the states of Ari- zona and Nevada, a large number of southern California municipalities and for the Metropoli- tan Water district, and the Southern California Edison company will generate power for com. pany purchasers
 An essential part of the project is the con structon of the Al-American canal, so-called because it is entirely within the United States It will begin about 15 miles northeast of Yuma, Ariz., where the new Imperial diversion dam will be built, and will connect with the present sys- tenn of irrigation ditches in the Imperial valley, a distance of about 30 miles. At the same time a 13O-mile extension of this canal will pass east of the Salton sea and carry water to the adja- cent Coachella valley.
 From the beginning of the All-American canal near Yuma it will pass through ridge of shift
 
 100 feet deep. Huge siphons or culverts will be needed in many instances to carry the canal under numerous washes.
 Plans call for ten of these on the main line and 79 on the Coachella branch. Siphons will also be used to carry the water under the Alamo and New rivers. The canal is expected to cost at least $27 100000 and bids will be asked soon by the bureau. Plans contemplate maximum canal capacity of 15O00 second-feet.
 Tvr,ra al don fn hn n will be 1,7OO feet long and will raise the river level p feet The canal will provide irrigation water for S50O00 acres in the Imperial valley and an additional 15OOO0 acres will be brought under cultivation by the Coachella extension. Some distance up the Colorado river will be located the Parker dam intended both as . power plant and as a diversion dam. Designs for this hydroelectric plant are rapidly nearing completion. There. 265 miles directly across the state from Los Angeles will originate the water l supply for the Metropolitan Water district. The Parker reservoir will be located approxi- mately 150 miles downstream from the Hoover dam and is a natural site for diversion barrier l The first 113 miles extending west to AShaver's Summit will require heavy expenditure for con struction and operation, as the line will make | an ascent of 1,5OO feet Power from the Hoover dam will be used to operate pumping lifts. | Although the Metropolitan Water district is l having for the construction of the Parker dam by the reclamation bureau, the project will be | of immense importance to the Southwest. Ulti' mately, it is proposed to build power plant al the dam and then to extend transmission lines on down the river to the Imperial dam, using the power thus delivered to pump water for irrt gation purposes in the vast undeveloped area Tn Arizona. This project will be known as the Gila development
 One unique and interesting phase of the gigan kfic Hoover dam project was the tremendous fob of diverting the flow of the Colorado river before the construction of the dam could |'be started To do this 1t was necessary to drive four tunneTs. bO feet in diameter. through the rock of the canyon walls, two on each side ci