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Title: The design of a hydro-electric plant at Ottawa, Illinois
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Burnett, William
Subjects: Hydroelectric power plants Theses
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Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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tead of flooding large areas of land. The assumption that the UnitedStates enginners made was that land could be bought for $100.no an acreand if this is true it can be used for a basis and the total overflowland would boat $481,000.00. This estimate is very low however and thecost will be based on costs obtained from the McKinley System on land thatwas bought for r^c- Marseilles plant. As to the islands some of then wouldbe entirely submerged when the river is raisec but will affect the banksvery little. The present development will in no way int-r>rfere with the work ofthe deep water way proposal. It would rather help things and the govermentwould have all to gain and nothing to lose.because of this installation* The present installation of the McKinley people at Marseilleshowever must be moved down the river to the proposed site. Some of themachinery can be used in the nev plant and part of it will have to besold to plants operating under an eleven foot head. It is very possible
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that the 2500 kilo-v/att unit outfit that is being used can be so arrangedas to be installed as an exciter for one of the large generators at thenew plant. At least the turbines could be used, the only differencebeing that they would operate at a higher speed. The idea for the movingof the old plant is that it has an auxiliary steam plant in connection v:ithit and of course this makes it very expensive. At the times of the yearwhen the river is lov^ and the sxapply of the river is not great enoughto operate,the steam povrer is used. Now the new plant will not have to havean auxiliary steam plant,because an extra unit v^ill be installed so thatduring the heavy load iid the vrinter time it will be put into use,but duringthe light load months that come in the summer it can stand idle or be usedas a reserve unit. The location of this plant at this site has many points in its favor; 1st, At this postion in the river the shortest dam can be utilized. Thisis a great saving in the expense anddesignofhydroele00burn

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