CHAPTER XXin. 



NIAGARA FALLS POWER APPLIANCES. 



Some years ago a company was formed for 

 the purpose of utilizing, to some extent, this 

 greatest of all water-powers. A tunnel of large 

 capacity was run from a point a short dis- 

 t .11 ico below the falls on a level a little above 

 the river at that point. The general direction 

 of this tumid is up the river; it is about a 

 mile and one-half in length, terminating at a 

 point near the bank of the river a mile or more 

 above the falls. Above the end of this tunnel 

 an upright pit comes to the surface, where 

 a power-house of large dimensions has been 

 constructed of solid masonry. It is long 

 enough at present to contain ten dynamos of 

 mammoth size. Along the side of this power- 

 house a deep broad canal is cut, which commu- 

 nicates with the river at that point, and 

 through which flows the water that is to fur- 

 nish the power. Of course the water level of 

 this canal is the same as that of the river. 



The foundations of the power-house extend 

 to the bottom' of the tunnel, which at that 

 point is 180 feet below the surface of the 

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