. Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey . ft bank fromtwo levels, the upper canal being 4,200 feet long and the lower canal1,600 feet long. The city of Lewiston has the right to 450 horsepowernet for pumping its water supply from the river, and to 150 horse-power net for the purpose of electric street lighting. The water-power company also maintains on the lower level a mill from whichit leases considerable quantities of power. The main employment ofpower, however, is by large cotton mills (comprising the Continental,the Androscoggin, the Bates, the Hill, th
. Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey . ft bank fromtwo levels, the upper canal being 4,200 feet long and the lower canal1,600 feet long. The city of Lewiston has the right to 450 horsepowernet for pumping its water supply from the river, and to 150 horse-power net for the purpose of electric street lighting. The water-power company also maintains on the lower level a mill from whichit leases considerable quantities of power. The main employment ofpower, however, is by large cotton mills (comprising the Continental,the Androscoggin, the Bates, the Hill, the Lewiston, the Lincoln, andthe Avon), the Lewiston bieachery and dye works, and the Cowan &Company, the Columbia, and the Cumberland woolen mills. Poweris leased by the water-power company at rates varying from $5 to$ per horsepower per annum, the cheaper rates being for theoriginal corporations. The price applies to net power on the shaft,assuming the latter to be 75 per cent of the gross power of a given U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVE1 WATER-SUPPLY PAPER NO. 69 PL. XII. miM A. UPPER DAM AT RUMFORD FALLS.
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