RIVER JORDAN.
ELECTRICAL SCHEMES
PROGRESS OF WORK. RUGBY, Aug. 14. Work has been started on the Jor-dan-Yamuk section of the big scheme for utilising the river Jordan for the generation of electrical energy. The Jaffa, 'Haifa, and Tiberias sections are already complete. It is anticipated that the Palestine Government will be a big consumer, that the railways will be eventually electrified, and that electric power will be extensively used for irrigational pumping. A supplementary part of the scheme, which is estimated to produce 130,000,000 kilowatts, provides for the harnessing of the waters of the Yamuk, which flow into the Jordan five miles south of Lake Tiberias. —British official wireless.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 221, 16 August 1927, Page 7
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109RIVER JORDAN. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 221, 16 August 1927, Page 7
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