Water Power Development at Iowa Falls, Iowa

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Excerpt from Water Power Development at Iowa Falls, Iowa: A ThesisThe object of this Thesis is thetprofitable development of the available water power at Iowa Falls. A.small fraction of the power is developed by a fourteen foot log dam.built in 1857. This old dam.gives a ten foot head under favorable conditions of moderately lov'vater, and furnishes power to run a flour mill. It leaks a large amount of tater and requires costly repairs annually. The owners have decided to abandon the mill, and enter upon the construction of a much larger dam.farther down stream, ewhere additional fall can be obtainer, and with the water power obtained, operate a hydroeelectric plant. It is with the design and construction of this project, that we Wish to confine ourselves.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.