Show RIVAL great at lachine that will no be a an important rower Nia garas great rival the power dis plant at the lachine rapids of the st lawrence river aboe mo montreal n will it is hoped be completed by the first ot of the new year says the electrical engineer this is the harnessing of the lachine rapids of the great st lawrence river which presents many engineering difficulties owing to the formation of the river channel at this point and the extreme cold experienced in winter making it necessary so to construct the dam that the floating ice will not interfere with the regular operation of the plant the work his begun by the construction 0 of f an artificial canal along the north shore of 0 the st lawrence river above the lachine rapids and about five miles from montreal the main dam of the work out from the sh shore 0 re consists of a series of isolated piers of masonry and concrete and is constructed about 0 feet down the river from the ice fenders these piers are made to form the flumes blumes to take the turbine wheels and shafting which jen generate crate and deliver the power the sixty turbines will operate under a head bead of twelve feet and will develop horse power each making a total of horse power all the year round there are three power houses in which will be located the electric generators tour four in each po house each of about 1000 horse horsa cr these generators are coupled to jack shaft and six of the turbines are connected to this shaft with bevel cone gears thus transmitting to each generator the power of six turbines or 1200 horse horsa power the building extends the full length of the main dam and is forty two feet wide excepting at the powerhouse power house where it Is ia sixty feet the original idea of tho the company was to generate ge the power merely and dispose of it on the and to lay out a largo large portion ot of the adjoining grounds into factory sites recently however it was decided to bring the power into montreal and dispose ol of it there |