Discussion on power plant design and on the paper trenton channel station

H. W. Eales: Cahokia Station of the Union Electric Light & Power Company is on a site of 51.6 acres on the Illinois bank of the Mississippi River ¾ mi. south of the Municipal Bridge and within 2½ mi. of the City Hall of St. Louis. There are available to it unlimited quantities of cooling water, both rail and river transportation for fuel, and unrestricted egress for either submarine or overhead circuits of any practicable voltage. Its location is, therefore, strategic from both the standpoint of economical production and distribution of power. The lack of all restrictions on the character of the electrical circuits affords all physical opportunity for high-voltage interconnection at the plant with any other system in Illinois.