ELECTRICAL POWER AT OUR DOOR.
(To the Editor.)
Sir,—lt has long been recognized that one of the greatest sources of power in the world lies in the tides. Millions of h.p. are twice a day running to waste around Auckland- Can this be harnessed? Inventive genius, though much wrought thereon, has so far apparently failed to evolve an effective method of utUjsing the normal rise and fall of this vast body of water. At the very doors of Auckland there is stated to be an abnormal condition in tide levels, that by a little engineering could be set to producing electrical energy. We have put into our hands by Nature a wonderful and probably unique opportunity of tide use. The" waters of east and west, with considerable difference in level, nearly meet in more than one place. This phase of the • canal scheme seems not to have j occurred to its promoters. The sale of 1 electrical energy might pay for the making and up-keep of the canal. —I am, I etc.,
THOS. DAWES.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 171, 19 July 1907, Page 3
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