NOW, Volume 8, Number 23, October 22, 1943 Page: 4
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Last May Peoria had a flood. Plant
#1 was partly engulfed by the IllinoisWefuhtrtsoerwihuT
River; shut down almost entirely. If, pul rcrvlige h leve p
instead of valiantly sandbagging the tnsn ito e'sea hyhn e po
water out, we had let it m, impounded
it and had pumped the entire plant .-
and all its auxiliary buildings full to-
the roof and overflowing, we would
have had just about enough water to ,
meet our Peoria needs for one month. Lots t es nt o cre- in
But we couldn't operate plant #1 as
both a water tank and a factory. And
there would be definite objections to
using river water in drinking foun-
tains, for soup, for jello; even for
coffee, although the color would not
be far off. Norm Dirks wouldn't want
it for heat treat quenching, nor Pop "
Cook for soluble oil for his machine Photography washes photo prints in rock-
shops. Dan Coric would never let it ers with running water.
into his heating plant boilers and it
would hardly do for washrooms. a
So we will continue to let the Illi- teria #2 by hand, at #1 by machine.
nois River drift by, keep on with our
levee building to shut it out at high
water time and look to our 3 wells and "
Peoria Water Works Co. for supply.
We buy about 2,700,000 gallons from
the water works monthly and pump
an unmetered volume from our wells.
Knowing each well's gpm, we can very
roughly estimate our total consump-
tion at around 8,500,000 gallons per
month, or enough to overflow every As steam t keeps food hot.
building at plant #1.
We wash vegetables .-
day to keep milk and pop cool on cafeteria iwarms the ofice and plant employes
counters, and occasionally for first aid ice We wash hands and faces; take showers capacity of 2,000 hp produce stearm Steam
.n it. is used, too, for cleaning greasy equipment.
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R.G. LeTourneau, Inc. NOW, Volume 8, Number 23, October 22, 1943, periodical, October 22, 1943; Peoria, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1526367/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library.