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January 3, 1890
Sullivan Republican
Laporte, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
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Chicago engineer Mr. M. Maginn awarded gold medal for device to harness Niagara Falls' water power with a movable 60-foot overshot wheel generating over 16,000 horsepower, transmittable via electricity to distant locations.
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Utilizing Niagara,
New plans for utilizing the water power of Niagara are being proposed every little while. According to the Chicago News, a Chicago man, Mr. M. Maginn, a mechanical engineer, has been awarded a gold medal by the Buffalo International Fair Association for his device for utilizing the power of Niagara Falls.
Mr. Maginn proposes to have excavated a cavity or drift at the foot of the falls, in front of which the flow of water will be continuous and of sufficient depth to carry over all flow of ice without striking the device. In this recess, upon stone foundations, will be a stationary iron truss frame, upon which, on wheels, will be a traveling truss frame sufficiently heavy to carry the water-wheel and other paraphernalia, this consisting of an overshot wheel sixty feet in diameter, several dynamos, and the gearing necessary to work them.
The traveling frame will be moved by hydraulic pressure to engage or disengage the water wheel with the falling water. This is said to be entirely feasible, hydraulic pressure being used to move the heaviest ordnance and other great weights. Such a machine is calculated to develop over 16,000 horse power, and the electricity generated might be transmitted to considerable distances for use in running machinery and lighting.
New plans for utilizing the water power of Niagara are being proposed every little while. According to the Chicago News, a Chicago man, Mr. M. Maginn, a mechanical engineer, has been awarded a gold medal by the Buffalo International Fair Association for his device for utilizing the power of Niagara Falls.
Mr. Maginn proposes to have excavated a cavity or drift at the foot of the falls, in front of which the flow of water will be continuous and of sufficient depth to carry over all flow of ice without striking the device. In this recess, upon stone foundations, will be a stationary iron truss frame, upon which, on wheels, will be a traveling truss frame sufficiently heavy to carry the water-wheel and other paraphernalia, this consisting of an overshot wheel sixty feet in diameter, several dynamos, and the gearing necessary to work them.
The traveling frame will be moved by hydraulic pressure to engage or disengage the water wheel with the falling water. This is said to be entirely feasible, hydraulic pressure being used to move the heaviest ordnance and other great weights. Such a machine is calculated to develop over 16,000 horse power, and the electricity generated might be transmitted to considerable distances for use in running machinery and lighting.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Nature
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Niagara Falls
Water Power
Invention
Maginn Device
Electricity Transmission
Hydraulic Pressure
Overshot Wheel
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. M. Maginn
Where did it happen?
Niagara Falls
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Key Persons
Mr. M. Maginn
Location
Niagara Falls
Story Details
Mr. M. Maginn proposes excavating a cavity at the foot of Niagara Falls for a stationary truss frame supporting a movable overshot water wheel, dynamos, and gearing to generate over 16,000 horsepower, with electricity transmittable to distant locations; the device won a gold medal from the Buffalo International Fair Association.