Identifier: commercialinte1921p1cana (find matches)
Title: COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE JOURNAL (CANADA) 1921 pt. 1
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: CANADA. DEPT. OF TRADE AND COMMERCE
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Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Guelph, University of Windsor and University of Toronto Libraries

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ut by the Civil Engineering Department of the British Ministry ofTransport. The scheme provides for the construction of a great barrage in theestuary of the river Severn from which it is estimated about 500,000 electrical horse-power per day could be generated at a cost of little more than a halfpenny per Boardof Trade unit. This plan has not been definitely decided upon as it will be necessaryto get the opinions of independent experts and take all matters into consideration,but it would appear to be the first scheme worked out in detail and brought to alogical conclusion for using the rotating forces of the earth in conjunction with theattractive powers of the sun and moon for the use and benefit of mankind. UNIQUE CONDITIONS ON THE SEVERN RIVER The following sketch plan, which the London Daily Mail has kindly given permis-sion to use, will give an idea of the proposed scheme. The inset map will indicatethe situation of the barrage in relation to Bristol, Gloucester and other cities.
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The Ministry of Transport, in putting forward their Severn Barrage, Road andRailway Scheme, state that the power available in the Severn river dwarfs intoinsignificance all the other potential sources of inland water power within the UnitedKingdom put together. The Severn is unique in combining in itself all the condi-tions essential to the economic development of tidal water-power on a large scale. N0. g87—January 31, 1921 WEEKLY BULLETIN 185 These consist of:— An exceptionally high range of tide.An estuary of large capacity. An ideal geographical situation, in relation to the industrial centres of thecountry. Suitable land along the banks of the estuary for the development of industrialism. POWER AVAILABLE AS COMPARED WITH OTHER INSTALLATIONS The necessity for increased railway communication between South Wales andother parts of the kingdom, the long-felt need of access over the Severn estuary forvehicular traffic, and the possibility of combining these with a large scheme forch

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