WATER I'OWERS OX MERSEY RIVER. X. S. VORSTOX. 657 



Mill owned by Acadia Pulp and Paper Company, manu- 

 factnres ground pulp. 1500 horse- power developed. Daily 

 output (»f mill 22 to 25 tons. 



Bapid Falls. — Distance from Liverpool 4^ miles. Height 

 of dam 10 feet, built of logs. Available working head, 32 feet. 

 This power was developed by building a dam at the head of 

 Eapid Falls and tliverting the water bv means of a canal 

 excavated in the high ground, to a point about 1400 feet down 

 stream, at which place the mill is situated. Total power 

 developed, 2,827 horse-power. 



This mill is owned by the Acadia Pulp and Paper Co., 

 and manufactures ground pulp. Daily output, 50 to 60 tons. 

 In both these pulp-mills more power could be developed for a 

 large part of the year if additional wheels were installed. 



Guzzle Falls. — Town of Liverpool electric power station. 

 Distance from Liverpool al)out 6^ miles. Height of dam 6 to 8 

 feet, built of logs. The dam at Rapid Falls backs water up 

 to the tail-race of this plant. 



This power was developed by placing a dam at the head of 

 Guzzle Falls and diverting the water by means of a natural 

 channel nearly one-half mile lo'ng, into a basin or reservoir with 

 earth embankments from 2 to 18 feet in height. A timber 

 flume, 350 feet in length, passes the water to the wheels. This 

 plant is laid out for further development, the penstock is built 

 for three sets of wheels, only one of which is yet installed. 

 Head 20 feet. 750 horse-power developed. Power stations 

 contain two 250 K. W. Bullock electric dynamos. 



The above are all the water-powers so far developed. They 

 occupy a total length along the river of 3^ miles, and the total 

 of all the different heads, together with an allowance made for 

 some fall that is unavoidably lost to prevent the flowage of one 

 dam interfering with the tail-water of the mill above it, wall be 

 in the vicinity of 100 feet. As before mentioned the Mersey 

 river has a total fall iii about 16 miles of 260 feet, so it will 



