. The street railway review . intake of the Iligel Smniil Iower Co. Here the waternecess,iry for the opeiation of its is <liverted by a low, solidlyconstructed ilain, through a tnasoury iut,iki tn a lliuiie which is con- 608 STRI-:i£T RAILWAY KEVllIW. I Vol \I\. NV 0. on the southwest side of llic river (or a distance o( tenmiles. Ihe dam or omvcrtinR weir i- joo fi long and 5 ft. hi^h andcovers the lied of the river lonKitndinally for a ilistance of do ft .exclusive of the dov»n-slream apron. It is huilt ilown lo an im-pervions hottom of clay hardpan ami i« made tiRhl
. The street railway review . intake of the Iligel Smniil Iower Co. Here the waternecess,iry for the opeiation of its is <liverted by a low, solidlyconstructed ilain, through a tnasoury iut,iki tn a lliuiie which is con- 608 STRI-:i£T RAILWAY KEVllIW. I Vol \I\. NV 0. on the southwest side of llic river (or a distance o( tenmiles. Ihe dam or omvcrtinR weir i- joo fi long and 5 ft. hi^h andcovers the lied of the river lonKitndinally for a ilistance of do ft .exclusive of the dov»n-slream apron. It is huilt ilown lo an im-pervions hottom of clay hardpan ami i« made tiRhl three rows ofIriple Inp sheet piling set into hardpan liollcini .ind bedded in ron head works to reservoir, a distance of alxmi ten mile«, thewater is carried in a flnmc which as now constriictcrl is 8 ft wideand s ft liixh inn a lowtrestle work which follows the contour of the land, this trestle work. LINE TllKULClI KuC Iv CANVUN OF ri\ .\ Crete; it is faced with 6 x 12-in. timber covered at tlie crest with/i-in. boiler plates. While the whole dam is a spillway, there isa lower spillway 30 ft. wide to localize scour at the intake end. Theintake is set at right angles to the dam and is constructed of concretemasonry. It is 62 ft. wide at the river bank and is protected by ascreen grating made of iron bars 4 in. x 4 in. x 6 ft. spaced 2f/S in.
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