Hydroelectric practises and equipment of the South

UNTIL a short time ago little thought was given to the hydroelectric possibilities in the South and still less was its economic value appreciated. Coal was cheap and easily obtainable. Consequently, power could be generated cheaper with coal than by water. It is, therefore, an everlasting tribute to those pioneers with vision and courage, who in the face of such adverse conditions ventured into developing water powers and laid the foundations for the great hydroelectric developments that we have today in the South.