. Annual report 1919. stalled. This is so designed that it is capable of full load rejection withoutoverflow. It was placed in operation on May 22nd. All the construction work was handled by the Construction Department ofthe Commission. Queenston-Chippawa Development During the year construction on the new development from Chippawa toQueenston as outlined in last years Eeport has gone ahead rapidly. Intensivestudies are being made with regard to entry conditions and extensive experimentshave been conducted with various types and designs of intakes. This constitutesa complex problem inasmuch as
. Annual report 1919. stalled. This is so designed that it is capable of full load rejection withoutoverflow. It was placed in operation on May 22nd. All the construction work was handled by the Construction Department ofthe Commission. Queenston-Chippawa Development During the year construction on the new development from Chippawa toQueenston as outlined in last years Eeport has gone ahead rapidly. Intensivestudies are being made with regard to entry conditions and extensive experimentshave been conducted with various types and designs of intakes. This constitutesa complex problem inasmuch as it must be so designed that it will operate success-fully with bad ice conditions on the upper river. It is also necessary that as lockgate be provided at this point. The river section is rapidly being deepened and widened by means of dredgesand cableway. To date there have been 244,000 cubic yards of material removedfrom the intake and 492,000 from the river section. 16 h. (i) 218 TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE No. 49. V-c OOh 1920 HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION 219
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