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    xxuan.vm Intake pumps consist of six Peerless deep veil turbine pumps, covered by 400 HP. 4150 volt General Electric motors. Pump columns are 18 Inches Q.D. with flanged Joints, and measure 196 feet % Inches from motor base to bottom of strainers. Pumps are set In tvo rows of three, and each three discharge through 16 Inch pipes to a 28 Inch manifold. The tvo discharge manifolds oonneot to the 40 inch W.S.P. pressure main. An 8 Inch Pelton Surge Suppressor is mounted at the dlsoharge of each pump* Motors are controlled by float switches located at the Booster Station Reseryoir. the discharge capacity of the intake pumps will vary in accordance with the lake level, and can operate between the following maximum and minimum ranges. 1 of Pumps atlng Lake Level at SLev. 1050,00 Lake Level at Slav. 1229.00 1 2 4,120 8,180 gg* 5,500 10,950 ®S" 3 12,040 • 16,320 w 4 15,5?0 n 21,480 e 5 19,040 0 26,380 B 0 22,100 0 31,010 » these tvo elevations represent the highest possible and lowest probable elevations of the lake surface. Within my knowledge the lake surface has not been lower than Elevation 1150.00. INTAKE POMPxEQUSIHG the Intake Pump Housing Is constructed of A.P.M. siding and roof mounted on steel frame, the pump house Is equipped with a 15 ton motor operated hoist, mounted on a hand operated bridge crane for pulling the pump columns and handling the motors. INTAKE CONTROL HOUSE the Intake control house is a one-story, concrete building, 19 feet 11 Inches wide by @0 feet long. It is divided into a circuit breaker room, a battery room and storage space. Control panel for the Intake pumps la located In this building. PRESSURE PIPS USE the pressure Pipe line consists of the following principal partes Pipe. Air Relief Valves. Blow-off Valves. Expansion Joints. . . . Anchorage. 2