Water-power; an outline of the development and application of the energy of flowing water . mate andheavy ice is formed, although the formidable effects observedin rivers running northward are not to be apprehended. Theoverflow or spillway has a length of 497 feet. The dam, inconnection with a canal about 1300 feet long, creates a fall of16 feet, which, it is said, can by the aid of flashboards beincreased to 19 or a little more. It is stated that, preliminaryto the construction of the spillway, a line of log cribs wasplaced across the stream, 32 feet apart, to support a roadwayfor transport o
Water-power; an outline of the development and application of the energy of flowing water . mate andheavy ice is formed, although the formidable effects observedin rivers running northward are not to be apprehended. Theoverflow or spillway has a length of 497 feet. The dam, inconnection with a canal about 1300 feet long, creates a fall of16 feet, which, it is said, can by the aid of flashboards beincreased to 19 or a little more. It is stated that, preliminaryto the construction of the spillway, a line of log cribs wasplaced across the stream, 32 feet apart, to support a roadwayfor transport of materials, and in part to sustain the low coffer-dam required to turn the water through the sluices. Afterconstructing the abutments, which were of rough masonry, thespillway was put in in sections, commencing at the abutmentsand working toward the centre. The first two sections, oneMn each side of the river, were each about 140 feet wide and;)ntained the sluices for discharging the water during construc- * Engineering News, vol. p. 326: April 19, 1894. 8o CONSTRUCTION OF
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