The Prairie Provinces of Canada : their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources . n 251500. Theelevation of the sills of the canal headgatesis 254963. It was desired to raise thewater to give a depth of 11 ft. above thesesills, making normal water-level at the dam2560-63. The dam is a composite structure, con-sisting of a long and high earthen em-bankment on the south bank of the riverand a reinforced concrete spillway in theexisting river channel, connected at itsnortherly end with the canal headgates. just above the site of the dam the rivermakes a long bend in the shape of a ho
The Prairie Provinces of Canada : their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources . n 251500. Theelevation of the sills of the canal headgatesis 254963. It was desired to raise thewater to give a depth of 11 ft. above thesesills, making normal water-level at the dam2560-63. The dam is a composite structure, con-sisting of a long and high earthen em-bankment on the south bank of the riverand a reinforced concrete spillway in theexisting river channel, connected at itsnortherly end with the canal headgates. just above the site of the dam the rivermakes a long bend in the shape of a horse-shoe, which gives the locality its dam is situated at the toe of the horse-shoe. At this point the river is approxi-mately 600 ft. wide. The north or leftbank of the river has a narrow beachimmediately at the waters edge and only afew feet above it, beyond which is a cutbank rising over 100 ft. above the bed ofthe stream. The south or right bank has a gravelbeach rising gradually until it forms atongue between the two legs of the horse-shoe. This tongue has a broad fiat top N*. I it / Ail -%-•
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