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Show The United States Ltsde. The greatest successes tn the eloo-trlcal eloo-trlcal transmission of water power have been made In the United States, fnrty three companies, having a total capacity of 17 ..3rt horsepower, transmit trans-mit powor over a lino distance of l.M'J miles, on an avermro twenty six miles, with a voltngo which ranges from 10,-1100 10,-1100 to CO.OuO volts. Tho maximum distance dis-tance over which power Is transmitted transmit-ted Is from Colgate to Run Francisco, ISO mll.i. with a loss of 25 per cent. At Colgate the body of water Is small, hut the fall is 16u0 feet. |