ELECTRIC POWER
■; FROM FUNDY TIDES l-UNITED STATES PROJECT i- —— SAINT JOHN, X. 8., June 4. . The Bay of Fundy. an inlet of the Atlantic that bathes the shore* of New Brunswick and of the State of Maine, {n the United States, is noted for its MfJrtrdes.- Two large bays, the. Passuhiaquoddy and the Uobseook, are eonnoted with one another and with lunidy • i'-sell' Fundy tides empty and till both, ivith a- maximum rise of 27ft., a mini* |rium of 16ft., and an average of 18.6 ft. : { Some years ago Mr. Dexter Cooper, rtn engineer, originated a plan for harnessing this tidal force lor the production of .-electric power. lie proposed to xjiipound tin; waters that rush into FassamatpWldy at high tide, let them flow oUt through turbines in dams and fill Cobseook, .producing power at a minimum of cost. The estimated cost £20,000,000. Canadian authorities were not convinced it was feasible, and refused permission to proceed. At very similar plan now has been approved in Washington under the public t works relief organisation. £2,000,000 has been voted for a start on' the project, and perhaps in due course—as a Canadian writer puts it—the Man in the Moon will ho running trams and carpet cleaners and milking Jbaeb&e? in the State of Maine.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18756, 12 July 1935, Page 10
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212ELECTRIC POWER Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18756, 12 July 1935, Page 10
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