Water-Power at Niagara Falls to Be Successfully Utilized: The Niagara River Hydraulic Tunnel, Power and Sewer Co;; Its Objects, Facilities and ... for Manufacturers, Etc (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The Niagara River Hydraulic Tunnel, Power and Sewer Company has been organized for the purpose of utilizing the enormous power of Niagara River by constructing a subterranean tunnel from the water-level below the Falls, about 200 feet under the high bank of the river, extending through the rock to'the upper Niagara River at a point about one mile above the Falls, where a head of 120 feet is obtained. The tunnel thence extends parallel with the shore of the river one and one-half miles at an average depth of 100 feet below the surface of the earth, and at a distance of about 400 feet from the navigable waters of the river, with which it is connected by means of conduits or lateral tunnels, as shown by the accompanying maps.

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