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...turbine's initial steam pressure of 2,300 lb. per sq. in surpasses highest previous pressures for U.S. central stations by a good 900 lb. Superheated to 940° F., the blasting steam operates the turbine at 3,600 r.p.m., can turn out 76,500 kilowatts. It converts one pound of mediocre Indiana soft coal (11,500 B.t.u.) into one kilowatt hour of electricity...
...each kilowatt hour demanded six to eight lb. of coal...
...water power: Federal Power Commission reports show Alcoa's power facilities growing, but it controls only 360,000 kilowatt hours of an estimated 117 billion U.S. capacity-"an insignificant portion...
...President was expected to win in Congress although he claimed that Daylight Saving Time would save only 736,282,000 kilowatt-hours of power for defense. This amount of power totals exactly five-tenths of 1% of U.S. power production, is only about enough to run the 2,500,000 new electric refrigerators sold to citizens in the first six months...
...Knoxville a golden-blonde hung lanterns in the display window of Walgreen's drugstore, candles glowed on cafeteria tables (see cut), the City Utilities Building displayed a miniature hangar in which a new airplane appeared every time 50,000 kilowatt-hours were saved...