To "an even dozen engineering and technical accomplishments of the first order now being completed or undertaken," the Review of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last week pointed with pride.
Dams: 1) The Dnieprostroy, Soviet Russia's much-dramatized dam on the Dnieper River, which will give 70,000 sq. mi. of Russia their electric muscles. 2) The Lloyd Barrage on the River Indus which will send webs of water over six million acres of India. 3) The Alexander Dam on Kauai Island, Hawaii, noteworthy for advanced design, not bigness.
Power: 4) London Power Co.'s 80,000 kilowatt turbogenerator....
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
