Engineering and Contracting . Fig. 1. General Plan of Hydro-Electric Power Plant at Ballville, Ohis. U3. The river has its source in Northernhio and flows for about 115 miles throughricli agricultural country, emptying into San-nsky Bay. It drains approximately 1,581juare miles above the power development atremont, O., an area containing only a fewnail lakes, consequently the precipitation and:sulting run-off collects more or less rapidly1 the tributaries. Much of the land is of ach loamy quality underlaid with lime-rocknd shale. As a result of these conditions,f good farm drainage, and of the
Engineering and Contracting . Fig. 1. General Plan of Hydro-Electric Power Plant at Ballville, Ohis. U3. The river has its source in Northernhio and flows for about 115 miles throughricli agricultural country, emptying into San-nsky Bay. It drains approximately 1,581juare miles above the power development atremont, O., an area containing only a fewnail lakes, consequently the precipitation and:sulting run-off collects more or less rapidly1 the tributaries. Much of the land is of ach loamy quality underlaid with lime-rocknd shale. As a result of these conditions,f good farm drainage, and of the generalat character of the entire water-shed, muchf the annual rainfall of about 35 ins. findss way to the main stream. ^-- I,- , J 100Batter. :i5300 Ig. 2. Section of Dam, Ballville Hydro-Electric Plant. Tlic work of developing this water poweras begun early in 1909, when the FremontT—.or & Light Co. was incorporated with ail of $l,000,0in». In the preliminary stage;i study and investigation was given toevations, dimensions, volume of dischargender variable conditions, and floods, and)nsidcrable outlay was incurred in securingle power and water rights. About 115 acresf river land with the flowage rights werejrchascd, including the sites of three millsid two tanneries. One of these known asle Old Stone Mill, ground away forore than 50 years, taking its power fromle old mill race. Meanwhile the market for PL.\NT. As originally planned and as constructedthe dam was 285 ft. long, extending from thesouth bank to a point which is now about themiddle of the river. From this point an earthbacked concrete wall or dike extended up-stream at an angle of about 45°, and met thenorth bank in a high hill. From the s
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