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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thuridar, August 1, 1957 Irrigation Power' r i 1 i -vy S ,4' , z s f r POWER PLANT EQUIPMENT Copco employees George Bryant and Don House stand beside the 132.000 volt trans former that will soon be installed at the Eagle Point power plant now being built by Copco in the Nichols' gap area. Also pictured is the turbine that will be powered by the 435 loot head of water from an -irrigation canal. The plant will operate under a constant flow of water and will provide part of the company's "base" power load. IS . 4 ft- ... jSsr i .i ... . UPPER END OF PENSTOCK At this point, more than 400 feet higher than the new Eagle Point power plant, water will be collected in a small forebay for its 1,880-foot shoot to the turbine at the boltom. Workmen, above, who are completing forms at the opening of the penstock, had to board up the hole to keep back the gale of hot air that escaped from the pipe during the day. The penstock disappears from sight in the picture where it starts down the hill at a steeper angle. 5 tr, ytVN VH Wr?d LOWER END OF PENSTOCK Like a giant snake lying on the steep hillside, the 42-inch steel penstock will carry water to the new generating plant in the Nichols gap area north of Eagle Point. The water will come from an irrigation canal owned by the Eas;le Point Irrigation company. Energy from the water had formerly gone to waste as it cascaded down a series of drops to reach distribution laterals at a lower level. Permission to use the water was granted to Copco in ex change for maintenance of the ditch above the site. The water comes from Big Butte creek. Loggers' Championships yuincy, Calif. Prizes total ing S3. 000 wjll be awarded win ners of the Pacific Coast Log ger's championships to be staged at the Plumas county fair the evening of Aug; 10 at Quincy. Martin Heddick, who has held the all-round woodman's cham pionship ior the past 'two years, Slated at Plumas Fair is expected to defend his title. Competition will be in one man saw bucking, hand chop ping, limbing, axe throw, and other classes. Information is available by writing O. B. Brown, Plumas County Fair office, Quincy. Deadline for entries is 9 a.m Aua. 7, he said. i .'. .V. I ft 4 --4i I ' " , ' - n J 1 , . , ' . . - - i. 3 v j f -' a - I r t ! . ,r,, . , w , Copco Project in EaglePoinf Area Will Cost $500, Irrigation water that formerly spilled uselessly hundreds of feet through ravines to get to laterals on the valley floor, will soon be used to provide power for a 2.813 kw generating plant in the Eagle Point area accord ing to Frank Benesh, district manager of California Oregon Power company. The $500,000 project will use the water from a high-level ditch which croses Nichol's gap about four miles north of Eagle Point, owned by the Eagle Point Irrigation company. The right to utilize the water was granted to Copco in exchange for mainte nance of the ditch above the power plant site to the source of the water on Big Butte creek. 1.880-Foot Penstock The water will be collected in a small forebay high on the hill side and will be carried through a 42-inch steel pipe, or penstock, to the generating plant below. The penstock is 1,880 feet long, with a total drop of 435 feet. It is plainly visible from the Camp White area. The water turbine, rated at 3,900 horsepower, is a Francis horizontal-type and will turn a 2,813 kw generator. Power will be generated at 2,400 volts and will be "stepped up" to 132.000 volts through a three-phase transformer, to connect -with a nearby transmission line, ac cording to Benesh. Automatic Unit The unit will operate on a constant flow of water and will be unattended except for peri odic inspection. Automatic fea tures will shut it down in case of malfunction. After the water is used to gen erate the power it will be fed back into the irrigation laterals. In order to get the water to an advantageous point for the downhill shoot, it was necessary for Copco, to build seven miles of ditches in addition to. the re location of 1,800 feet of canal at the bottom. Construction was begun last fall, Benesh said, and it will be completed about Oct. 1. POWER PLANT BASE This concrete found ation block, at the foot of the 1,880 for, pen stock, will support the new power plant being built by Copco in the Nichols gap area north of Eagle Point. A horizontal type turbine will be moufited directly to the penstock and discharge water will be carried to a back bay, or small storage reservoir, before going into, irrigation ditches for distribution. Elec trical power will be generated at 2.400 volts sndwill be transformed to 132,000 volts to connect with a nearby Copco transmission line. Below Normal Temperatures in August Predicted Washington -HP) The Weath er Bureau forecasts below nor mal temperatures and normal or above rainfall for most of the nation during August. The 30-day outlook calls for temperatures to average below seasonal normals from the Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys eastward to the Atlantic seaboard. Below normal is also predicted for central and northern areas west of the Continental Divide. Hotter Than Usual But it will be hotter than usual in the central third of the nation with the greatest departures over the northern plains. Near nor mal is indicated elsewhere. Over most areas east of the Appalachians normal or above normal precipitation is forecast. This should bring relief from the drought in this area, the bureau said. More than usual rainfall also is anticipated over the southern plateau and coastal areas of the Pacific Northwest. Subnormal rainfall is indicated for the cen tral and southern plains. Else where rain will be about normal. Weather Conditions Cause Delay of Test Las Vegas. Nev (IP) Deto nation of a "below normal" nu clear device from" a 500-foot tower has been delayed another 24 hours because of weather conditions. "N The Atomic. Energy Commis sion Wednesday for the third time re-scheduled the shot . 11th in the summer test series for 4:45 a.m. p.d.t. Friday. Scientists said predicted, winds' today would - have carried fall out over the populated areas of Pioche and -Alamo, Nev. With an area or about 386,000 square miles, Egypt is more than- three times tha size of the Brit ish Isles. Dietitian Appointed At Camp White Camp White Gladys J. Mc Cracken has been appointed dietitian of the VA Domiciliary at Camp White to succeed Mrs. Helen L. Tearson, who has been transferred to the VA hospital at Murfreesboro, Tenn. Miss McCracken comes to Camp White from the VA hospital- at Perry Point, Md., and will assume her new duties Aug. 11. She plans to live in Med ford. Mrs. Pearson has been in charge of the dietetic service for the past two and a half years, following the resignation of Mrs. Franklin Girard. Use Mail Tribunt Want Ada Items You. No txjnser Need be sure..v j "( f , Arcane V sugar ike fUl'iB W MflA kid Drought Conditions! Could Be Trouble ! For Soviet Leader j Washington (IP! Drought j and other unfavorable weather conditions may make deep cuts in Russia's farm crops this year, experts said today. If rains don't come soon to wide areas of the Soviet Union1 the farm situation could mean considerable trouble for Soviet Communist Party Leader Nikita Khrushchev. He has been brag ging about rising Soviet farm' output and predicted big things in Soviet agriculture for this year. Experts have seen trouble signs for Soviet agriculture cropping up in the Soviet press in recent weeks. The Russians have been complaining about poor planning to provide com bines and other farm machinery for duty in grain fields. U. S. experts on Soviet agri cultural problems are watching and studying a. variety of reports that Soviet crops also are being hurt by drought and heat waves. Shortage of Rainfall There seems to be a shortage of rainfall in important farm areas of the northern Caucasus, southern Ukraine, Volga area and in Kazakhstan. A poor year on Soviet collec tive farms could hurt Khrush chev politically. For years he has been overlord of Soviet agricul ture. There were widespread re ports that differences over agri cultural policies was brought up prior to the recent Kremlin shakeup. An agriculture setback now would give Khrushchev's opponents powerful new argu ments against him. GARDEN FRESH PRODUCE ' From the South Celery t! c 11 si m 0ei Large Bunch Another Shipment Football Size CANTALOUPE 00 3 to 4-Ib. average wt. From Chico WATERMELONS lb. . AW The Best We've Seen This Year Juice anges Bucket Full .... Persona! 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