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Plant at Kemano, British Columbia, will serve world's largest aluminum smelter; main underground cavern 81.5 ft wide; height of excavation 140 ft; length for 16 106,000-kva generator development will be 1134 ft; steel lined penstock tunnels 11 ft in diam connect power tunnel at elevation 2600 with underground plant at elevation 210; rapid excavation by blasting due to recent development of drill bits with tungsten carbide steel inserts.
Plant at Kemano, British Columbia, will serve world's largest aluminum smelter; main underground cavern 81.5 ft wide; height of excavation 140 ft; length for 16 106,000-kva generator development will be 1134 ft; steel lined penstock tunnels 11 ft in diam connect power tunnel at elevation 2600 with underground plant at elevation 210; rapid excavation by blasting due to recent development of drill bits with tungsten carbide steel inserts.
World's largest underground power plant
Eng News-Rec
Wise, L.L. (author)
Engineering News-Record ; 149
1952
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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