Official opening of the Queenston-Chippawa Power Development . fir men rr nn rr rn rn nn mrrj:). OUEENSTON—CHIPPAWA DEVELOPMENTFig. 18 Power House at the bottom of the 320 foot Escarpment at Queenston, as it will appear when completed. 85 feet. The width of the finished rock-cutportion of the canal is 48 feet and the depth ofwater is from 35 to 40 feet. The amount of material excavated from thecanal proper is over 1 7,000,000 cubic yards ofearth and rock; the earth excavation amounts to1 3,200,000 cubic yards, and the rock excavationto 4,182,000 cubic yards. Concrete to the amountof 450,000 cu
Official opening of the Queenston-Chippawa Power Development . fir men rr nn rr rn rn nn mrrj:). OUEENSTON—CHIPPAWA DEVELOPMENTFig. 18 Power House at the bottom of the 320 foot Escarpment at Queenston, as it will appear when completed. 85 feet. The width of the finished rock-cutportion of the canal is 48 feet and the depth ofwater is from 35 to 40 feet. The amount of material excavated from thecanal proper is over 1 7,000,000 cubic yards ofearth and rock; the earth excavation amounts to1 3,200,000 cubic yards, and the rock excavationto 4,182,000 cubic yards. Concrete to the amountof 450,000 cubic yards has been used in the con-struction of the canal; in June, 1921, 62,000cubic yards of concrete were poured in 25 work-ing days. Preliminary work on the canal was commencedin May, 1917,. active excavation with the largeshovels in March, 1918. and the canal was com- passes beneath many of the main trunk railwayson the Niagara frontier, the work of excavationwas carried on and bridges were built, withoutany delay to traffic. War Conditions Increase C
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