WATER-POWERS OF ALABAMA. 



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7. ALABAMA TRIBUTARIES OF THE TALLAPOOSA RIVER, FROM 

 MILSTEAD UP. 



NOTE. To find the net horse power available at^ shoal on one 

 of the streams near a given point, for low water 1900-1901, multiply 

 the total fall of the shoal by the "Net H. P. per foot of fall ' in this 

 table. 



All of these tributaries to the Tallapoosa River are in the 

 Crystalline region, and are very precipitous streams, having 

 fine shoals all along their courses. 



No State or Government Surveys have ever been made to 

 determine their profiles, and it is, therefore, impossible at pres- 

 ent to make a detailed statement of the water powers. The 

 tabulated statement given above shows the cubic feet per sec- 

 ond flowing in the streams, at certain places during low season 

 of ordinary years, like 1900 and 1901. 



This flow at any point multiplied by the total practical fall 

 in feet that can be brought upon a water wheel on the given 

 stream at that point, and divided by n gives the net available 

 horse power at that point, during low season of a year like 1900 

 or 1901. 



The "Cubic feet per second" flowing at the given points and 

 the corresponding "Drainage areas" can be used to get by pro- 



