WATER-POWERS OF ALABAMA. 



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Surveys have been made for a large dam, 35 or 40 feet in 

 height, at or near Double Bridge Ferry, to back the water be- 

 yond Robinson's Ferrv, z distance of about 8 ^jles up the 

 river. There is an excellent site for a dam, and the project 

 is entirely feasible. The horse power in proportion to head 

 \\Mild be the same as that available at the Montgomery Power 

 Company's dam. 



From the mouth of Big Sandy Creek to a point one mile 

 above Griffin's Ferry, a distance of 32 miles, the fall of the 

 Tallapoosa River is 176.5 feet. Nearly all of this fall can be 

 utilized for power by developments similar to those which 

 have been made, and proposed below. A study of the profile 

 and of the above table of distances and elevations will give 

 the distribution of the fall, showing the distance to which 

 dams of certain height will back the water, at the various 

 shoals, but the question of the best power sites, and the proper 

 plan of development, height and location of dams, etc., for 

 any point will depend on the special conditions favorable or 

 unfavorable for dams and canals, the width .of river bed, or 

 flooded areas above, and the value of farming lands which 



