TO HARNESS THE RHONE
A GREAT FRENCH,SCHEME
POWER, NAVIGATION, AND IRRL
GATION,
| CBSITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPSRIQHT.) (AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLB ASSOCIATION.) (Received August 7, 9 a.m.) ' PARIS, sth August. The shortage of coal has turned the attention of scientists to the possibilities of obtaining water-power from the Rhone. The Government has planned a gigantic hydw>-electric scheme to develop 750,000 horse-power. The damming, of the river will render it navigable for ships of 1200 tons to Switzerland, and will also irrigate vast fertile tracts. The project will take fifteen years to complete, and the cost will be a hundred millions sterling.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 32, 7 August 1919, Page 7
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98TO HARNESS THE RHONE Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 32, 7 August 1919, Page 7
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