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International Harvester n INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER HORIZONS VOL. 8 • NO. 3 fe& ?fr <* • ,, • - ii • •:•- •- • "• POWER FOR AUSTRALIA • Page 3 + * ttliti++il+ liiE FRENCH LEGION OF HONOR is one of the world's pre­ Teminent governmental awards presented to civilians as well as to military personages. Napoleon Bonaparte, in May 1802 when he was First Consul, proposed the idea of a Legion of Honor, and the Legislative Assembly passed the bill creating the Order. The law stipulated that members of the Legion of Honor were to be soldiers who had rendered exceptional service to France, and civilians who — through outstanding talent and knowledge — had advanced the country's welfare. So great had the prestige of the Legion of Honor grown when the Empire fell in 1814 that Lord Byron, British poet, dedicated a sentimental farewell ode to it. However, the Order survived the turn of events, and its principles were reaffirmed by Napoleon the Third in 1852, and remain unaltered to this day. The Order of the Legion is now an integral part of the life of the nation. It is administered by a Grand Chancellor and consists of five grades: Chevalier, Officier, Commandeur, Grand Officier, and Grand-Croix. These distinctions are granted after consultation with the The Council of the Order by the President of the Republic, who is Grand Master of the Order. International Harvester Company and its chairman, John L. Legion McCaffrey, were signally honored during the summer of 1956, when Mr. McCaffrey was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. In a ceremony in the IH General Offices, in Chicago, Illinois, France's consul general, Jean Strauss, presented Mr. McCaffrey of Honor with the Cross of the Legion of Honor, and praised the contribu­ tion that the company and its chairman are making toward the greater mechanization of French agriculture. "French agriculture now produces much more than it did in 1939,'' Mr. Strauss stated, "and Mr. McCaffrey has helped most efficiently in the recovery which has taken place in France after the war, and we are very grateful to him." Since the close of World War II, Mr. McCaffrey has traveled extensively in Europe and has paid continuing attention to France, where International Harvester has one of its largest overseas affiliates — CIMA (Compagnie Internationale des Machines Agricoles). CIMA operates farm machinery works at Croix, Montataire, and St. Dizier, a twine mill at Croix, and has 12 sales branches in France and North Africa. International Harvester has been doing business in France since 1855, when Cyrus Hall McCormick's reaper won the Grand Gold Medal of Honor of the Paris International Exposition. -* • • Consul Genera! Strauss pins Legion of Honor on lapel of IH Chairman McCaffrey. Outlet tower of new Eildon Dam stands out sharply in this view. Part of dam wall is in background. *Big Eildon' and Upper Yarra AUSTRALIA BUILDS TWO NEW DAM -r *- AST OF THE six CONTINENTS to be touched by modern civi­ more than one million persons from the United Kingdom and L lization, Australia is also the driest of the world's great other European countries, and no one can foresee when this land divisions. A steadily-increasing population makes it a tide of immigration will recede. Latest population figures give matter of vital necessity for the country to conserve its precious the nation 9,090,738 inhabitants. water resources for the continued growth of agriculture and An important agricultural and livestock producing country industry. More irrigation and electrical power now are two of almost from its earliest days of settlement, Australia has become the most pressing needs. one of the globe's highly-industralized nations. But there is Since the end of 1947, Australia has welcomed to its shores still room for expansion of tremendous proportions. The "Big Eildon" Dam was completed late in 1955. This photograph of the structure was made in the final stages of construction. The dam is supplying both irrigation and power. AUSTRALIA Powerhouse of new Eildon Dam during its initial building period. With com­ pletion of dam, an extra 120,000 kilowatts have been added to system. country is a veritable treasure-trove, with much of its mineral About 88 miles northeast of Melbourne is an area contain­ wealth still awaiting a full exploitation. ing some of the most scenic bushland in Australia. In the midst Since water is one of the keys to Australia's continued of this attractive region is the town of Eildon, one of Victoria's prosperity, the country has undertaken hydraulic development best-known fishing and tourist resorts. And here is located programs of vast magnitude in recent years. "Big Eildon"— the new dam on the Goulburn River, Victoria's Overshadowing all other such projects is the gargantuan largest watercourse. Snowy Mountains Scheme — the greatest engineering feat ever Rising 260 feet above the bed of the river, Eildon is the attempted in Australia and one that ranks with anything of a largest earthen dam in the Southern Hemisphere. This Cyclo­ similar nature ever tried elsewhere around the world. pean wall of earth and rock is more than a mile and one-half Begun in 1949, this 25-year task involves an area of 5,500 long, contains 13 million cubic yards of earth and rock fill, square miles in the Australian Alps, 300 miles from Sydney and its spillway and outlet works required more than 200,000 and 400 miles from Melbourne. Fourteen dams and 17 power cubic yards of concrete. stations are essential features of The Snowy Mountains Scheme. Located immediately below the old Eildon Dam, the new Benefits to be gained from the Scheme include increased structure has a water storage capacity of 2,750,000 acre-feet irrigation for the fertile Murray and Murrumbidgee Valleys, — a quantity four times greater than that contained in Sydney and the production of three million kilowatts of electricity — Harbor. The original Eildon reservoir held back 306,000 acre- an amount greater than the 1954 capacity of all generating feet of water. stations in Australia. Water impounded by the new dam now is bringing wide­ Of lesser stature than the Snowy Mountains Scheme, but spread benefits to an area where the annual rainfall is only of great importance in the nation's economy, are the new 18 inches. Eildon and the Upper Yarra Dams. The former was completed This water provides for many years of security against late in 1955, and the latter is scheduled to be in operation by drought restrictions for water users in all the irrigation districts the end of 1957. of Northern Victoria, and gives increased impetus to the development of 1,250,000 acres of land already served by the Prospect of town of Eildon from Tank Goulburn Irrigation System. Hill. Population of municipality has Primary production from this irrigated land now is valued i\ risen from 200 to nearly 3,000 persons at 19 million Australian pounds a year, and this figure soon is since finishing of "Big Eildon" Dam. SSHSt^nrmi tS« ^- ..." A > r, —" Three International L-l 92 trucks await loads of concrete at mix­ ing plant near new Eildon Dam. International dump and utility trucks were widely used there. expected to be doubled. More dairy produce, beef, mutton, measures 1,256 feet in length and has a diameter of 23 feet. lamb, pork, fresh fruit and vegetables will come to Australian Before the new dam was built, the town of Eildon numbered tables and be available for export. 200 people. Today, there are 2,700 inhabitants and the site The Goulbutn Valley is an important factor in the Aus­ has become Victoria's newest industrial center. Large firms tralian canned fruit industry. Annual output from canneries have purchased more than 200 prefabricated houses and at Shepparton, Kyabram and Mooropna, together with that of factories and have begun the full-scale development of the metropolitan canneries using the valley's produce, represents area's numerous timber resources. 70 per cent of the country's total production of canned peaches, When Eildon's construction scars have healed, the area will pears and apricots. provide even greater lure for the angler and tourist. Some "Big Eildon" was built for the Victorian State Rivers and 34,000 acres of water well stocked with fish will await the Water Supply Commission, at a cost of 22 million Australian fisherman's line, and boating and sightseeing enthusiasts will pounds, by the Utah Construction Company of the United have additional facilities for their diversion. States of Ametica. Work began in January 1951. Approximately While the Goulburn Valley is beginning to reap the benefits 2,000 men were needed to construct the dam and the associated of the new Eildon Dam, work is proceeding on the Upper wotks. International dump and utility trucks of Australian Yarra Dam situated on the Yarra River, 52 miles east of manufacture were included among the vast array of construc­ Melbourne. tion equipment used for the dam. The equipment cost an The Upper Yarra Dam will rise 293 feet above the river estimated 3,340,000 Australian pounds. bed — 33 feet higher than Eildon Dam — and will be 2,000 The State Electricity Commission operates hydro-electric feet long — compared with Eildon's length of more than works at Eildon, and the new reservoir has made possible the 7,900 feet. addition of a futther 120,000 kilowatts of power generating Work began on the Upper Yarra Dam in 1947 and is capacity to the State electricity system. Water is diverted expected to be completed at the end of 10 years. One thousand to the power station from the reservoir through a tunnel which men are working on the earth and rock structure, which will # Rocks for fill material for Upper Yarra Dam are piled up in quarry by International TD-24 crawler trac­ tor.
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