A GREAT SCHEME.
ELECTRICITY FOR BOMBAY. COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK. By TcWraph-Prcss Association- Copyriir'nt (Rec. February 9, 9.55 p.m.) Bombay, February 9. Kir Sydenham Clarko, Governor of Bombay, lias laid tho foundation of hydro-elcclrio works which will dam the valleys in flip Western Ghats. Dams, will be constructed 8900 feet in length, somo seventy feet high, whicli will create lakes covering 2251 acres; ami transmitting 40,000 horse-power to the Bombay cottoumills, a distanco of 43 miles.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1048, 10 February 1911, Page 5
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76A GREAT SCHEME. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1048, 10 February 1911, Page 5
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