Electrical news and engineering . the junction of the creek with the Jordan and eleven milesfrom the beach. Here has been constructed a hydraulictill dam 50 feet in height. This will impound about 300,-000,000 cu. ft. of water, ample to supply any deficiency ofthe natural stream in meeting the companys present re-quirements. The dam is 725 feet long at the crest, hasa width at top of 10 feet; water slope of 2J/^ to 1 and dryslope of 2 to 1; volume of earth to be placed, about 120,000cubic yards; flowage area of storage basin, about 270acres. As the demands upon the company for power increasean
Electrical news and engineering . the junction of the creek with the Jordan and eleven milesfrom the beach. Here has been constructed a hydraulictill dam 50 feet in height. This will impound about 300,-000,000 cu. ft. of water, ample to supply any deficiency ofthe natural stream in meeting the companys present re-quirements. The dam is 725 feet long at the crest, hasa width at top of 10 feet; water slope of 2J/^ to 1 and dryslope of 2 to 1; volume of earth to be placed, about 120,000cubic yards; flowage area of storage basin, about 270acres. As the demands upon the company for power increaseand additional units are installed at the power house thisdam will be raised to a height of 70 feet, increasing its im-pounding capacity to 500,000,000 cu. ft. and the area of itsbasin to 400 acres. The crest of the dam will then be1320 feet in length and 300,000 cu. yds. of earth will berequired for the additional filling. The diversion dam is located on the Jordan river at apoint about eight miles from its mouth. This dam is con-. Flume and Flume Railway—Vancouver Power Co. Nlructc<l of timljer crib work, Ijack filled with stone andwith a plank facing both up and down stream. Its heightis only sufficient to meet the requirements of the intake basin is sufficient to provide for the companysultimate plans for power and the usual rack bars are in-stalled to prevent floating debris passing into the the diversion dam the water is conducted by alimber flume, six miles in length, to the forebay reservoir,the fall being about five feet to the mile. The flume is ofthe two post rectangular box type, providing for a box THE ELECTRICAL NEWS 53
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