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...Boulder Dam on the mighty Colorado the gates were closed months ago; a great lake has come into being behind the dam, a lake generating power,* and at this moment the powerful turbines are awaiting the relatively tiny impulse of an electric current which will flow from the touch of my hand on the button which you see beside me on the desk, to stir machinery into life, to stir it into creative activity to generate power." This was pardonable hyperbole, for the first of Boulder Dam's 15 generators of 115,000 h. p. each will...
...Boulder Dam!" he cried, "In the name of the people of the United States, to whom you, Boulder Dam, are a symbol of greater things in the future; in the honored presence of guests from many nations, I call you to life...
...radio behind the President was ready to broadcast the sound of Colorado River water rushing from twelve 7-ft. valves, spilling 180 ft. down into the canyon below the dam. But at first the only response to his noble invocation was silence. Someone had blundered. Secretary Marvin Mclntyre made a hasty exit. Then after a short delay the radio gulped, began a mighty Brrrrrrrrr! A moment later Mr. Mclntyre reported: "Doc Smithers [White House telegrapher] flashed the dam, 'Did you get it?' And they came back 'Yes. There's water all over the place...
...could produce power as cheaply as coal at $3 a ton. Unfortunately the engine "burnt out a bearing" an hour or two before the visitors arrived. President Gano Dunn of J. G. White Engineering Corp. pointed out to them that if the surface of the lake behind Boulder Dam were covered with such engines they would produce as much sun-power as the dam will yield waterpower. Viscount Falmouth looked at the solar engine, said to Mr. Dunn: "I don't think any solar engine will ever work in England. Do you think, sir, you could induce Dr. Abbot...
...citizens between the ages of 16 and 25, Director Williams was glad to accept 'Quoddy as a present. He will use the buildings for schoolrooms and workshops on an NYA project, build furniture and equipment for other NYA units throughout the U. S. If & when the 'Quoddy Dam passes muster with Congress, NYA will have to move out, the Army back...