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Show of water on the turbine wheels at Niagara Ni-agara is 180 feet, the California perpendicular perpen-dicular ranges from 600 to 1800 feet, from sources extending to 6000 feet altitude. alti-tude. The life of a man struck with a bullet would be In far less danger than If struck with a 1000-foot vertical stream of water the diameter of the bullet Such a stream pulverises bowlders bowl-ders and splinters large timbers. It is controlled with difficulty In pipes, but when these pipes are a foot or two In diameter they must be made of the stoutest tested steel, held down by solid sol-id masonry, all of which must be replaced re-placed frequently about the lower termini, ter-mini, where the wear Is Incredibly swift and certain. TRANSMITTING ' " '' ELECTRIC POWER. The longest system of electric power transmission In the world has been ln- stalled In California: The vertical fall |