HYDRAULIC POWER FOR DREDGES.
TO THfc EDITOR. Sir, I see it reported in your mining columns that a trial is to lie made to drive a dredge at Waipori hy hydraulic nower. J he cost of coal has always been a big item there, but owing to the recent discovery at Broad Creek it will in future be able to be obtained for less money than has hitherto been paid for cartage. Added to this is the fact that water engines enn never be u success, as when the hydraulic blow has been struck in the cylinder the water cannot escape quickly enough to make room for the back stroke of the piston. The experiment will be watched with interest, hut I hone that companies will refrain from similar undertakings until the result of ibis one is known. —I am, etc., Emitnkkb, June 13.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19000613.2.40.1
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 11266, 13 June 1900, Page 5
Word Count
144HYDRAULIC POWER FOR DREDGES. Evening Star, Issue 11266, 13 June 1900, Page 5
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in