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The Garfield Thomas Water Tunnel is the facility's largest water tunnel. [7] The 100 feet long, [ 5 ] 32 feet high, [ 5 ] 100,000 [ 1 ] gallons tunnel is a closed-circuit, closed-jet. The system is powered by 1,491 kW (2,000-hp) pump, with a 4-blade adjustable pitch impeller and can produce a maximum water velocity of 18.29 m/s (40.91 mph).
The Garfield Thomas Watertunnel was a counterculture underground newspaper based in University Park, Pennsylvania. It was named after a military research facility at the nearby Pennsylvania State University, named for a Penn State journalism graduate killed in World War II. [1] The first issue was sold January 27, 1969. [2]
"Fight On, State" is the official fight song of The Pennsylvania State University. [1] It is most widely known for being played by the Penn State Blue Band after scores at football games, and during the band's pregame show.
The Garfield Thomas Water Tunnel was constructed shortly after the establishment of the ARL at Penn State in cooperation with the U.S. Navy for further torpedo research. The facility operates one of the largest circulating water tunnels in the world.
The latest form championed by the Democratic governor is a single giant tunnel, down from two tunnels proposed by his predecessor, Jerry Brown. California's water tunnel to cost $20 billion. State ...
A water tunnel is an experimental facility used for testing the hydrodynamic behavior of submerged bodies in flowing water. It functions similar to a recirculating wind tunnel , but uses water as the working fluid, and related phenomena are investigated, such as measuring the forces on scale models of submarines or lift and drag on hydrofoils .
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USS Garfield Thomas (DE-193) was named in his honor. The ship was laid down September 23, 1943 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newark, New Jersey; launched December 12, 1943; sponsored by Lt. Betty K. Thomas, Nurse Corps, United States Army, sister of Lt. (j.g.) W. G. Thomas; and, commissioned January 24, 1944.