. The future water supply of San Francisco; a report to the Honorable the secretary of the interior and the Advisory board of engineers of the United States army . suceHE Dieiveo/Ch DIAGRAM OF COMPARATIVE DISCHARGE CURVES COMPUTED BY H. SCHUSSLER, SHOWING GROSS SEa. Sl!0Oe CKOSS SKCTION «««. ItXIO- ,aWEHS BimBBfOt. NAL RUN-OFF OF ALAMEDA CREEK OVER NILES AND SUNOL DAMS FROM 1889-90 TO 1907-08. 110a NILES DAM BUILT TO HOLD VALLEJO LOCATION. Ill The Niles dam was built for the purpose ofholding the original General Vallejo locationof intake to the former mill race, and, secondly,to divert the wa
. The future water supply of San Francisco; a report to the Honorable the secretary of the interior and the Advisory board of engineers of the United States army . suceHE Dieiveo/Ch DIAGRAM OF COMPARATIVE DISCHARGE CURVES COMPUTED BY H. SCHUSSLER, SHOWING GROSS SEa. Sl!0Oe CKOSS SKCTION «««. ItXIO- ,aWEHS BimBBfOt. NAL RUN-OFF OF ALAMEDA CREEK OVER NILES AND SUNOL DAMS FROM 1889-90 TO 1907-08. 110a NILES DAM BUILT TO HOLD VALLEJO LOCATION. Ill The Niles dam was built for the purpose ofholding the original General Vallejo locationof intake to the former mill race, and, secondly,to divert the water of the Creek into the Nilesaqueduct of the Spring Valley Water Works. The dam was not built with the view of act-ing as a weir for the purpose of measuring thewater flowing over it. I know from personalobservation that this low diverting dam (be-ing built no higher than necessary in order todivert the water from the creek into the com-paratively small Niles aqueduct), would,during flood seasons on the creek, be so over-whelmed by the large volume of water rushingwith great velocity down the steep Niles Can-yon, that it would only be noticed during highwater by a comparatively small parabolic drop,thus apparently disposing of any attempt toascertain th
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