. Diversion of water from the Great Lakes and Niagara River. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports by Col. J. G. Warren, Corps of Engineers, and the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, of an investigation authorized by Public Resolution no. 8, sixty-fifth Congress, of the subject of water diversion from the Great Lakes and the Niagara River, including navigation, sanitary, and power purposes, and the preservation of the scenic beauty of Niagara Falls and the rapids of Niagara River. DIVERSION OF WATER FROM GREAT LAKES AND NIAGAR
. Diversion of water from the Great Lakes and Niagara River. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports by Col. J. G. Warren, Corps of Engineers, and the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, of an investigation authorized by Public Resolution no. 8, sixty-fifth Congress, of the subject of water diversion from the Great Lakes and the Niagara River, including navigation, sanitary, and power purposes, and the preservation of the scenic beauty of Niagara Falls and the rapids of Niagara River. DIVERSION OF WATER FROM GREAT LAKES AND NIAGARA RIVER. 129 should be navigated by self-propelled barges of 1,000 tons cargocapacity. The locks, as finally built, were considered adapted for theuse of a self-propelled barge of 1,500 tons cargo capacity in tandenriwith a tow barge of equal capacity. Thus 8,000 tons of freight couldbe passed at a lockage. Six of the old Erie Canal boats of 250 tonscapacity each can be accommodated at a time in a single lock. Con-tracts for 21 concrete tow barges to be used on the canal have beenlet by the inland waterways committee of the Eailroad Administra-tion. These barges are to be 150 feet long, 21 feet beam, and of 12feet molded depth. The loaded draft is to be 9^ feet, loaded dis-placement 756 tons, and cargo capacity 489 tons. Four of thesebarges may be locked at a time, and it is intended to tow them ingroups of four. They are of open hull construction, and will costabout $25,000 each. No figures are available on the cost of operationor mainten
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