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Show GREAT POM DAI I "ACROSS MISSISSIPPI : AT KEOXHi IOWA i To Supply Electric Current for St Louis and Other Cities. ST. LOUIS." Aug. 1 The great dam across the Mississippi rhrer from Keokuk. Is., to Hamilton. III., for the Mississippi River Power company soon win b asm-pleted asm-pleted and work now le In piogissa on th construction of th lctrto transmission Unas Into 8t. Louis, Thee will be built through Hnmtltflsi aad Quinsy. OL. to Alton, Al-ton, OL. wbr tbey will cross th Mississippi Missis-sippi rtver by means of bus staal towar. BL Louis will he the first large ettr m the eountry to be supplied by power from a water power plant. Aa aoon the the transmission tinse tnto this city ar completed, com-pleted, other line will be built Into St. Paul and Mlnneapolla. Minn., and Chicago. Chi-cago. Intermediate amaller cities also will be supplied with electric current. The totsl capacity of the huge plant will be too.eoO-norBcpowor. |