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  YORK 
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  canal. 
  The 
  plan 
  adopted 
  was 
  to 
  widen 
  the 
  original 
  channel 
  at 
  

   one 
  side 
  to 
  70 
  feet, 
  and 
  make 
  the 
  new 
  part 
  14 
  feet 
  deep. 
  This 
  

   work 
  is 
  cut 
  entirely 
  through 
  rock, 
  below 
  the 
  water 
  line. 
  The 
  

   enlargement 
  of 
  one 
  side 
  was 
  completed 
  in 
  1896. 
  The 
  canal 
  as 
  

   enlarged 
  to 
  date 
  has 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  about 
  3.000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  

   second, 
  giving 
  under 
  present 
  conditions 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  from 
  40,000 
  to 
  

   50,000 
  horsepower, 
  the 
  cross-section 
  being 
  about 
  100 
  square 
  feet. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  John 
  Harper, 
  engineer 
  of 
  the 
  company, 
  written 
  

   under 
  date 
  of 
  May 
  21, 
  1901, 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  total 
  present 
  

   development 
  of 
  this 
  company 
  is 
  43,000 
  horsepower, 
  and 
  that 
  work 
  

   is 
  now 
  in 
  progress 
  on 
  an 
  additional 
  100,000-horsepower 
  plant 
  to 
  

   be 
  entirely 
  located 
  below 
  the 
  cliff. 
  Of 
  this 
  quantity 
  10,000 
  

   horsepower 
  is 
  by 
  water 
  from 
  the 
  company's 
  waterway. 
  

  

  This 
  company 
  has 
  a 
  grant 
  from 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  the 
  right 
  to 
  draw 
  

   from 
  Niagara 
  river 
  as 
  much 
  water 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  taken 
  through 
  a 
  

   canal 
  100 
  feet 
  wide 
  and 
  14 
  feet 
  deep. 
  

  

  To 
  July 
  1, 
  1897, 
  about 
  100,000 
  cubic 
  yards 
  of 
  material 
  had 
  been 
  

   taken 
  out 
  at 
  a 
  cost 
  of 
  $250,000, 
  the 
  average 
  cuttings 
  in 
  the 
  original 
  

   canal 
  from 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  to 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  

   being 
  about 
  8 
  feet. 
  

  

  The 
  development 
  by 
  this 
  company 
  is 
  very 
  interesting. 
  A 
  bulk- 
  

   head 
  is 
  located 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  high 
  bank 
  with 
  a 
  forebay 
  back 
  

   of 
  it 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  main 
  hydraulic 
  canal 
  by 
  a 
  shortbranch 
  

   canal. 
  From 
  the 
  forebay 
  a 
  large 
  penstock 
  leads 
  vertically 
  down 
  

   the 
  cliff 
  to 
  a 
  powerhouse 
  located 
  directly 
  on 
  the 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  

   lower 
  river. 
  In 
  this 
  power-house 
  horizontal 
  turbine 
  water 
  wheels 
  

   are 
  placed, 
  with 
  dynamos 
  directly 
  connected, 
  the 
  power 
  therefrom 
  

   being 
  transmitted 
  either 
  to 
  the 
  mills 
  on 
  the 
  bluff 
  above 
  or 
  to 
  

   establishments 
  at 
  a 
  distance. 
  Without 
  taking 
  into 
  account 
  the 
  

   cost 
  of 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  canal, 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  power 
  

   in 
  the 
  way 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  now 
  being 
  developed 
  by 
  this 
  company 
  

   may 
  be 
  placed 
  at 
  $35 
  per 
  horsepower. 
  1 
  

  

  ^or 
  further 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  Niagara 
  Falls 
  Hydraulic 
  Power 
  and 
  Manu- 
  

   facturing 
  Company, 
  see 
  (1) 
  Power 
  Development 
  of 
  Niagara 
  Falls, 
  other 
  than 
  

   that 
  of 
  the 
  Niagara 
  Falls 
  Power 
  Company, 
  by 
  W. 
  C. 
  Johnson 
  : 
  Trans. 
  Engi- 
  

   neers' 
  Society 
  of 
  Western 
  New 
  York, 
  Vol. 
  I, 
  No. 
  6 
  (Feb. 
  3, 
  1896) 
  ; 
  *(2) 
  

   Niagara 
  Falls 
  Hydraulic 
  Power 
  and 
  Manufacturing 
  Company's 
  New 
  Work, 
  

   by 
  Orrin 
  E. 
  Dunlap 
  : 
  Electrical 
  Engineer, 
  Vol. 
  XX 
  (Dec. 
  4, 
  1895) 
  ; 
  (3) 
  Old 
  

   Hydraulic 
  Power 
  Plant 
  at 
  Niagara 
  Falls 
  Transformed 
  for 
  Electrical 
  Trans- 
  

  

  