WATER-POWERS OF ALABAMA. 



45 



Elevations and bench marks along Big Sandy Creek between its 

 mouth and the new bridge near Dadeville, Ala. 



Description or location. 





 



5.000 

 5.000 

 5,600 



8,000 

 10,COO 

 11,700 

 13,500 

 13,500 

 20.000 



20,000 

 26,500 



26,000 

 26.500 

 33,500 



33,500 

 35,360 

 37.930 

 39,300 

 41.100 

 41,100 



41,900 

 42,550 

 42,550 

 43,770 

 45.580 

 50. COO 

 52.340 



52,340 



56,120 

 56.120 



58.620 

 65,350 

 65,350 



65.350 



398.08 



422.30|. 



503.85 

 432.85 



445.20 



463.95 



440.50 

 559.58 



Bench mark No. 150. dead stump at mouth of creek.. 



Water at mouth of Big Sandy Creek.... 



Water below Pace's dam 



Water above Pace's dam 



Bench mark No. 160, big pine on north side, 175 feet 



above Pace's bridge .< 



Creek surface 



At point of Ivy Bend 



Bench mark No. 162. large walnut at Tucker's house 

 Bench mark No. 163, small oak at Tucker's fish trap 



Water above Tucker's fish trap 



Bench mark No. 164, large sycamore at mouth of 



Lowry branch 



Water at mouth of Lowry branch 



Bench mark No. 166, oak post at north end of 



Smith's bridge 



(Water at Smith's bridge 



| Zero of U. S. G. S. gage at Dadeville 



| Bench mark No. 167, wahoo tree at mouth of Young 



| branch 



i Water at mouth of Young branch 



I Water at Barnes, basin 



Water at foot of Black Shoals 



Water at top of Black Shoals 



Water at mouth of Buck Creek 



Bench mark No. 168, small double oak at mouth of 



Buck Creek 



| Eddy water below Sanford's dam 



[Bench mark No. 169, hickory at Sanfords' mill 



j Floor of Sanford's mill .^ 



| Water at Sanford's bridge above dam 



Water at head of Sanford Pond 



Water at second shoal above Sanford Pond 



Bench mark No. 173, large white oak near north end 



of Cook's bridge 



(Water at Cook's bridge 



| Water opposite mouth of Chattasofka Creek 



| Bench mark. 16-inch water oak on west bank of 



I Chattasofka Creek. 50 feet above mouth 



Water at top of old factory shoal 



Water at new bridge 



| Bench mark on upstream end of sill on west end ofj 



| new bridge | 562.30! 



I Bench mark No. 176, 6-inch maple at new bridge j 563. 00|, 



c . 

 .2*3 



402.00 

 412.10 



416.00 

 419.00 



430.00 

 436 !i6 



503.651, 



446.50 

 452.30 

 465.00 

 496.30 

 497.30 



522.101 

 514.00 



500. I u 



506.70 

 506.70 

 512.50 



539.351 



513.80 



520.60 



527.20|. 



540.15 

 550.80 



Water supply 01 this creek is shown by the foregoing records of 

 Dadeville Hydrographic Station at Smith's Bridge. 



The best shoal on this creek is the Sanford and Black Shoal, 

 near Dadeville, which has a fall of 85.8 feet, in a distance of 

 5.2 miles. With a dam 54 feet high, and a canal 1,370 feet 

 long, a practical working head of 80 feet can be developed, 

 having I foot extra for grade of canal, and 4 feet extra for 

 storage at top of dam. The foregoing record shows that from 



