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The 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.
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The 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.
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