WATER-POWERS OF ALABAMA. 



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Minimum monthly discharge of Big Sandy Creek at Dadeville, Ala., 

 with corresponding net horsepower per foot of fall on a water 

 wheel realizing 80 per cent of the theoretical power. 



[Drainage area, 195 square miles.] 



*NOTE. To find the minimum net horse power available at a shoal 

 on this stream, near this station, for any month, multiply the total 

 fall of the shoal by the "Net H. P. per foot of fall" in this table for 

 that month. 



*See foot note under gage heights for 1901. 



A survey made in July, 1900, of Big Sandy Creek from its 

 mouth to the new Bridge near Dadeville, Ala., showed a total 

 fall of 157 feet in a distance of 65,000 feet, or about 12 miles. 



