Abstract
A REPORT from Washington states that “Dneprostroy” was dedicated on Aug. 25. This hydro-electric power project on the Dnieper River, with a capacity of 756,000 h.p., is the largest in the world. The power will be available for metallurgical and chemical industries and to irrigate the rich but droughty steppes. Ships from the Black Sea will now be able to penetrate hundreds of miles farther inland. The cost is approximately 110,000,000 dollars, and the dam, the largest ever constructed, was constructed ahead of the schedule. The dam is 3350 feet long and 140 feet high to the crest of the spillway, above which water may rise 30 feet during floods. The structure impounds a flow varying from 6300 to 835,000 cu. ft. a second at times of large freshets. Six of the nine power units are now being installed. The turbines have a rated capacity of 84,000 h.p., and 100,000 h.p. under a maximum head of water. The maximum or high-water capacity is 900,000 h.p., but owing to irregular flow, only three of the units can be operated during the entire year.
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