Word: damse
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Choosing Partners. When the program was drawn up two years ago, it was only natural that Japan's construction firms turned to Koehring Co. for equipment. Koehring provides much of the concrete-handling equipment for giant dams in the U.S. (the company's estimate: 50% to 90%), as...
Changing Designs. The huge earth-moving projects planned by the Japanese should assure the magnanimity of the gods for years to come. The hydroelectric-program called for adding 3,900,000 kilowatts in five years (equal to 36% of Japanese capacity at that time), by building new dams as well...
In a spacious ballroom of Seattle's Olympic Hotel last week gathered the Pacific Northwest's electric-power men to take up a vast regional problem. Even without any large new industrial expansion, the Northwest by 1970 will need a minimum of 6,450,000 kw. of new...
There were still some problems to overcome, however, before work could start on the utility companies' dams. No sites have been picked. Moreover, public-power enthusiasts are determined that the utilities get none, unless their plans fit in with a program for full development of the Columbia River Basin...
For the Northwest, where the private v. public power fight is the bitterest, Interior Secretary Douglas McKay last week made a significant decision; he gave the private companies a better break. For the first time, they were permitted to sign 20-year contracts with the Bonneville Power Administration, giving the...