. The Street railway journal . aken on this account to passthe water through a specialdepositing chamber beforeadmitting it to the chambers are cleanedout from time to time. The fall of water utilized bythe Servoz station is after-wards employed hy the elec-trochemical works at Chedde,for which purpose the fall wasat first constructed by theSociete des Forces Motricesde IArve. total heightof the fall is 178 m (584 ft.). The first 39 m (126 ft.) is used bythe Servoz station of the Paris-Lyons-Mediterranean Com-pany, while the remaining 139 m (458 ft. ) is employed by theChe
. The Street railway journal . aken on this account to passthe water through a specialdepositing chamber beforeadmitting it to the chambers are cleanedout from time to time. The fall of water utilized bythe Servoz station is after-wards employed hy the elec-trochemical works at Chedde,for which purpose the fall wasat first constructed by theSociete des Forces Motricesde IArve. total heightof the fall is 178 m (584 ft.). The first 39 m (126 ft.) is used bythe Servoz station of the Paris-Lyons-Mediterranean Com-pany, while the remaining 139 m (458 ft. ) is employed by theChedde electrochemical works, as above stated. The normal 2o8 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXL No. 6. flow is 12 cu. m (423 cu. ft.) per second, while the minimumflow is 6 cu. m (212 cu. ft.) per second. The normal horse-power available for the Servoz station is 4560 on turbineblades, and the minimum power available on the turbine bladesof the Servoz station is 2280 hp. The low water season exactly coincides with the stoppage of. PASSENGER STATION AT CHAMONIX the Operation of the railway, so that there is no shortage ofpower, although now that the service is proposed for the wholeyear there may be trouble from this cause. The Chavantsstation, however, is well supplied with water and can make upthe deficiency at Servoz. The waterfall supplying the Chavants station has been in-stalled in its entirety by the Paris-Lyons-Mediterranean Company. Thefigures corresponding to those given forthe Servoz station above are as follows:Height of fall, 94 m (288 ft.) ; maximumflow of water, iij/^ cu. m (406 cu. ft.) insunnner; minimum flow, 5 cu. m to 6 in winter. The same system of hydraulic con-struction has been followed in bothstations, and one description will servefor both. The dams were at first builtwith wooden beams, but they were car-ried away, and solid masonry dams havebeen substituted. The depositing chambers renderednecessary by the muddy character of thewater are 230 m (754 f
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