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:

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