. The railroad and engineering journal . derable distance, has an average fall of i in 10, andat the bridge of Cornets, where the water is taken, thelevel is 70 m. ( ft.) above the power-house, to which itis conveyed by a wrought-iron pipe having a total lengthof 700 m. (2,296 ft.). It was necessary to give this pipe afoundation sufficiently solid to prevent it from being dis-turbed by the frequent Hoods. The present arrangementis only temporary, and when more power is needed waterwill be taken from a point which will give a total fall of130 m. ( ft.) to the power-house. Above this p
. The railroad and engineering journal . derable distance, has an average fall of i in 10, andat the bridge of Cornets, where the water is taken, thelevel is 70 m. ( ft.) above the power-house, to which itis conveyed by a wrought-iron pipe having a total lengthof 700 m. (2,296 ft.). It was necessary to give this pipe afoundation sufficiently solid to prevent it from being dis-turbed by the frequent Hoods. The present arrangementis only temporary, and when more power is needed waterwill be taken from a point which will give a total fall of130 m. ( ft.) to the power-house. Above this pointthere are two small hamlets and several houses, and uponthe right bank there comes in an important tributarystream, the Dhuys, which is fed by a considerable rockywater-shed, and which brings to the Domenon a supplywithout which the water in winter would be too low tosupply the necessary power. A little further up, upon theopposite bank, there is also a small stream which flowsfrom Robert, and which is fed somewhat irregularly. Fig. I. by the melting snows from the Petite Bodene. Above thispoint the mountain rises abruptly, and there are severalsmall falls ending in the Cascade of IOursiere, where at asingle leap the stream falls 60 m. ( ft.), and in thespring the flow of the stream is from 13 to 15 cubic meters(458 to 530 cub ft.) per second. Above this cascade theforest ceases and the mountain is rocky and desolate ; andhere are found the sources of the stream in several littlelakes where are gathered the waters derived from themelting of the snows, and of a glacier which is found onthe southwestern slope of the mountain. At the power-house, which has been named La Force,the generating dynamo, which is driven by a turbine witha horizontal shaft, is joined by two wires carried on poles,which convey the power to the receiver at Moutier fromLa Force. The line runs directly out some distance fromthe stream to the village of Revel, whence it follows theroad well kno
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