PEACEFUL OCCUPATION
SUBMARINE ENGINES USE FOR STAND-BY PLANTS (Special to the Herald.) WELLINGTON, this day. _ Canterbury will shortly have its ditll- } ilt regarding electrical supply temporarily solved by the installation of a Diesel engine stand-by plant on a ,itc which has yet to be selected. It has been possible tn secure quick delivery of four powerful Diesel engines because they are already manufactured. Their origin is particularly interesting. Built by the Germans for their submarines, they bad not been installed when the war ended, and under the terms of the peace treaty Germany banded over to the Allies all its shipping. including vessels and machinery under construction. Britain's share included a mini her of excellent Diesel engines, intended for submarines. New Zealand secured three for tho Penrose stand-by plant at Auckland, and the. experience in running these -ng.ines on crude oil has enabled the Public Works Department to adapt them effectively for the crude oil supplies available in the Dominion. A modification of the original carburretion methods was necessary, and fo.ir engines now being prepared for shipment to Lyttelton will be provided with sprays which have been found most suitable. Generators have to he manufactured, vut as the design is standard it is not expected that this can delay the equipment of the station. These are being built by the A.S.E.N. Co., a large electric;!! manufacturing ••oncorn with factories in England and Sweden.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17407, 4 November 1930, Page 5
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