Newspaper clippings - Cities and Towns in Yakima County - transcript (part 2).
Date
1907
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UNKNOWN
Abstract
"The large 34 foot Trump water wheel to be used in the electrical plant of the government at Naches City on the Tieton canal was taken from the Northern Pacific tracks Tuesday morning and shipped to Naches City on the Yakima Valley railroad. The wheel weighs 37,000 pounds and the casing is eight feet in diameter. The wheel will develop 550 horse power and will be placed in the main electrical plant. It will be placed in a concrete foundation. The foundation is now under construction. The wheel was manufactured in Ohio. It is the largest water wheel ever used in this section of the country."
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16 page typed transcription, created by Click Relander.