WATER-POWERS OF ALABAMA. 33 



The Tallassee Falls dam and canal, which are six miles 

 above Milstead, utilize a fall of 64 feet, with the whole river. 

 This power and its large cotton manufacturing plant recently 

 completed, is described in the Twentieth Annual Report, U. 

 S. Geological Survey, Part IV, Pages 192-193. This power 

 was capable of realizing 8,90x3 net H. P. without storage dur- 

 ing low water of October, 1901. A break which occurred in 

 the dam on December 29, 1901, has decreased the present 

 available head, but does not stop the machinery. 



The Montgomery Power Company dam has a 4O-foot dam, 

 nine and a half miles above Milstead. It backs the water six 

 and a half miles up the river, and forms an immense storage 

 basin. This being almost completed in December, 1901, was 

 partly washed out by a great flood December 29, 1901. The 

 water wheels, dynamos, pole line and wiring to Montgomery 

 are all installed, and ready for work as soon as the dam is re- 

 paired. The distance to Montgomery is about 27 miles. 



With river at stage of lowest water during October, 1901, 

 this plant will develop at the wheels 5.572 net H. P. from the 

 run of the river without drawing on the storage. 



The equalizing storage of this dam will add fully 25 per 

 cent, to this power and to the power at Tallassee for continu- 

 ous running without materially lowering the head at either 

 plant. 



The following list of distances and elevations or water and 

 bench marks shows the fall of the river from point to point. 

 The total fall in 56 cf the 64 miles surveyed is 364 feet. 



