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Show Powerful Water Jet The fastest man has ever traveled on land, somewhat better than 200 miles an hour, Is exceeded by the speed of the water jet that drives the ---wheels in the new Big Creek plant of the Southern California Edison company, com-pany, says Topular Mechanics Magazine. Maga-zine. Falling 2,300 feet down the mountainside moun-tainside through a big conduit, the water jet, passing through an 8H-inch pipe, strikes each bucket of the wheels with a velocity of 255 miles an hour, exerting an impact force of 90,000 pounds. |