Article: Rutenberg and the Jordan River: a revolution in hydro-electricity. (engineer Pinchas Rutenberg)(Special Issue: Israel)

The first practical scheme of Jordan River development is intimately connected with the name of one man: Pinchas Rutenberg. The succession of events that led to the approval of the massive hydroelectric scheme for Palestine was not his doing alone, but his actions helped make things happen and therefore the focus is on his activities. Rutenberg formulated the idea of Jordan River development, but without a power figure in government ready to push the idea through, the plan would have floundered. The influential figure in this case was Winston S. Churchill, then Colonial Secretary of Great Britain (1921-22). What we have therefore is the conjunction of two needs and two men, ...

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