Tennessee Valley Authority, Hearings Before the Subcommittee in Charge of Deficiency Appropriations, 76th Congress, 3d Session: Expansion of Facilities, H.J. Res.5831940 - 34 pages |
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... reservoir and with an empty reservoir you cannot get power even if your machinery is all installed . Mr. O'NEAL . I know you have looked into the possibility of more rapid development along that line , but I understand at Grand Coulee ...
... reservoir and with an empty reservoir you cannot get power even if your machinery is all installed . Mr. O'NEAL . I know you have looked into the possibility of more rapid development along that line , but I understand at Grand Coulee ...
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... Reservoir is also discharged with accompanying power , which would not be the case if the Holston Dam stood alone by itself . By this particular development of the Tennessee Valley it may be said that we get two kilowatts of power for ...
... Reservoir is also discharged with accompanying power , which would not be the case if the Holston Dam stood alone by itself . By this particular development of the Tennessee Valley it may be said that we get two kilowatts of power for ...
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... reservoir with the spring floods . With respect to the steam expansion , we are informed that , provided orders are place for the machinery prior to July 15 and provided authorization is given to employ negotiated contracts instead of ...
... reservoir with the spring floods . With respect to the steam expansion , we are informed that , provided orders are place for the machinery prior to July 15 and provided authorization is given to employ negotiated contracts instead of ...
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... reservoir . Mr. TABER . How big ? Mr. DUNN . Very large . I understand it is about the size of the Norris Reservoir . It is a very large one , and at the time when the flow of the river is very , very small , practically all the water ...
... reservoir . Mr. TABER . How big ? Mr. DUNN . Very large . I understand it is about the size of the Norris Reservoir . It is a very large one , and at the time when the flow of the river is very , very small , practically all the water ...
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... reservoir is largely farm land of a secondary character . The country slopes down almost to the banks of the river , so whatever land that is flooded is not very valuable . Mr. TABER . The slope is rather precipitous ? Colonel PARKER ...
... reservoir is largely farm land of a secondary character . The country slopes down almost to the banks of the river , so whatever land that is flooded is not very valuable . Mr. TABER . The slope is rather precipitous ? Colonel PARKER ...
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additional Aluminum Co aluminum plant aluminum production amount of power approved Bonneville BUELL SNYDER CAPACITY OF T. V. A. Chairman Cherokee Dam Colonel PARKER COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS construction Defense Commission demands DITTER electric generating facilities EMMET O'NEAL engineers fiscal year 1941 Gano Dunn Government water power Holston Dam HOLSTON RIVER DAM hydro increased power installed capacity JOHN TABER JOHNSON of West July kilowatt-hour kilowatts KNUDSEN land LILIENTHAL LOUIS LUDLOW LUDLOW mean normal growth O'NEAL Pickwick units plane pounds of coal power capacity power increase power plant power supply present capacity private industry production of aluminum purchase question requirements reservoir statement Steam electric steam plant steam power STETTINIUS TABER Tenn Tennessee River Tennessee Valley Authority thing tion Total estimated cost transmission facilities ultimate capacity units at Wilson WESSENAUER West Virginia WIGGLESWORTH WILLIAM DITTER Willkie Wilson and Pickwick Wilson Dam WOODRUM
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Page 30 - Tennessee Valley Authority fund, 1941": Provided further, That purchases may be made by the Authority during the fiscal year 1942 without regard to the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes and section 9 (b) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, as amended, when in the judgment of the Board of Directors of the Authority such a procedure will expedite the completion of projects determined by the President to...