INTERESTING APPLICATION OF WATER-POWER.
An interesting- application of electro power transmission has been made in France. The district of St. Etienne is largely engaged in the manufacture of ribbons; the looms, being situated in the houses of the weavers, were until lately driven by human agency. Many of these are now driven by electromotors, the generating station being situated at.St. Victor-sur-Loire, nine miles away, where three turbines, each of 300.h.p., have been fixed. The power company now serve 24 communes, the distribution being on the three-phase system. The cables have a total length. of over 68 miles, the electro-motive force on the transmission line is 5200 volts, which is reduced by transformers to 190 volts for the house circuits. About. 2500 looms are now driven in this way.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 274, 18 November 1899, Page 2 (Supplement)
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