Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . into a forebay of 400 acrefeet capacity without excessive cost, and willthus provide sufficient water to run the entireplant for twenty-four hours, and will amplyprovide for peak load and other power fluct- uations—a most valuable adjunct to a plantof this size and importance. The forebay will be constructed by excav-ating the earth and loose material from thebasin, forming a dam about 35 feet in heighton the south or lower side of the slope. Theearth embankment will be made according tothe most approved methods, namely, byplacing the material in thin layers
Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . into a forebay of 400 acrefeet capacity without excessive cost, and willthus provide sufficient water to run the entireplant for twenty-four hours, and will amplyprovide for peak load and other power fluct- uations—a most valuable adjunct to a plantof this size and importance. The forebay will be constructed by excav-ating the earth and loose material from thebasin, forming a dam about 35 feet in heighton the south or lower side of the slope. Theearth embankment will be made according tothe most approved methods, namely, byplacing the material in thin layers, thoroughlydampening, rolling and compacting, thusmaking the dam absolutely impervious. Tworiveted steel pipe lines leading from this regu-lating reservoir will be 6,300 feet long and72 inches in diameter at the upper lower end will be provided with Ybranches, castings and suitable gates and noz-zles for conducting the water to the eightwater wheels, each with a capacity of 9,000horsepower. The pressure at the nozzle of. Where the tnunel will end aud the caual begin Hi
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