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Show i LARGEST VALVE IN V.CRLQ Automobile Driven Through OpeninQ of Monster Device t Niagara Falls. NW-nra Falls, . Y. One of the lmgest valves In the world has Ju-t ! been Installed In n power plant on the I Canadian side of Niagara Falls. This i monster nfTair weighs nine tens nnd was made for commltlng one of three 12,iiHl horsepnwi-r tuillncs. The valve is thirty feet hteh and has a nine loot opening through which, as id n In our illustration, an autnmohPf was driven f .! . 1 j .. .1 ' "' ' , TV 1 - 1Z 'V: ' :' a-M : h:t ; ' 'Zn : wi7)f 1rSliKMiimtA i -41 m v f -vv r" , "" "' x:? ' -v-t ' v j V ' H I i -. II I I Largest Valve in World. Just before the valve was ready for Installation. In-stallation. Tho valve will withstand a pressure of over fi.'iO.Ono pounds. The valve-gate will be moved by u low-Reared low-Reared fifteen horse power motor. |