EFFICIENCY TEST OF WATER WORKS PUMPING MACHINERY
Two Fort Smith, Ark., Pumping Units and Turbines Tested for Speed and Capacity-Excellent Showing of Units
TESTS for efficiency of water works pumping machinery are always interesting and instructive and a series of acceptance tests recently conducted under the supervision of the consulting engineer of Fort Smith, Ark., at the municipal plant of the city of two new Lea-Courtenay 5,560 g. p. m. pumps, show some significant results that may be of some use to other water departments. The pumps are direct connected to two Terry steam turbines with normal rated speed of respectively 4,402 and 4,530 r. p. m.
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