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Show IENGUNO PLANS TO GET POWER FROMTIOES Schedule to Harness Severn River Approved By Ministry Min-istry of Transport LONDON, Jan. ! Tli British ministry of transport ha Jut made I public ii scheme to harness the tidal ', water f Hi river Beveru at a i-ost .f 30.000.0(00 and to erect p power plant (faster than ihat ot Niagara fail". The Severn divides England t, from Wales. IMMI -i TOW BR VXITSKD The project la n outcome of the fforts of sir Alexander Oibb, chief ngtnecr of ports construction In the Hi-ltlsh army durlnK the war arid builder of the great naVal dockyards t Kosylh. It is calculated that the power plant could produce 1,000,000 horsepower -at Us peak load capacity und thai it would savs 1,000,000 to 4.000,'iOU tons of coal u year. It Is ' lalmed that It would revolutionize 1 he whole industry of the west of England and even supply London with heap electric eurrehL win LD iM fi 1 Rl VM ; A concrete dam would be placed ' across the river creating; a locked 1. nun JT miles In extent Into which , esMs ould pass through a chan nel. It is estimated that he undertaking under-taking would provide work for -jl.-J00 men for seven ears. In the Hprlnu tides, the Severn rises 18 feet, the second hlKht tld after hi b:i of Fund) The fact that tidal waters have never yet been used for lie generation of electricity on such a : ,at scale, coupled with the hi csrtl- 1 mated cost of the scheme, make en gineering experts cautious In exprcsa-nk' exprcsa-nk' views aa to its feasibility. The Times editorially refers to the project as "somewhat flamboyant." j The consent of parliament must be ob-i tained before the scheme can be put Into operation. |