Harnessing the Mississippi. Water Power Used for World’s Largest Hydro-Electric Generating Station

Series

Series Name
Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.
993
Date Released
27 Sep 1920
Date Other
21 Sep 1920
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Baby Aeroplane - The Inventor Claims That This All Metal Machine is as Easy to Manage as a Motor Car
  2. 2Diamond Polishing. Demonstration of Cutting and Polishing by Disabled Ex-Servicemen at Oppenheimer Diamond Works, Brighton.
  3. 3Out of the Deep - Two Large Conger Eels Caught by a Diver in a Sunken Wreck
  4. 4France’s New President - M Millerand to Become Head of French Republic
  5. 5Ancient Order of Druids - Present Another Bed, Making 8 in All, to Battersea General Hospital. The Money is Raised by Collecting Tin Foil
  6. 6Harnessing the Mississippi. Water Power Used for World’s Largest Hydro-Electric Generating Station
  7. 7Salvage Lighter Breaks Her Moorings and Runs Ashore on Grid Near Dover

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 7
Summary
Hydro-electric power station; river; different sections of the dam and power plant; technician in boat; arches in dam - filmed from moving boat. (Keoroke, LA). (United States of America).
Keywords
Ships and boats; Engineering; Energy resources
Written sources
Newsfilm Online   Used for alternative date
Library number GR
4185
Length of story (in feet)
68
Story extras:
Film clip

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