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  power-house 
  is 
  257 
  feet 
  and 
  width 
  56 
  feet. 
  The 
  headworks 
  are 
  

   protected 
  by 
  piers, 
  so 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  river 
  as 
  to 
  force 
  ice 
  and 
  logs 
  

   to 
  follow 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  river 
  over 
  the 
  dam. 
  The 
  elec- 
  

   tricity 
  generated 
  is 
  transmitted 
  to 
  Schenectady 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  the 
  

   General 
  Electric 
  Company's 
  works. 
  

  

  This 
  plant 
  is 
  developed 
  for 
  5000 
  horsepower, 
  although 
  in 
  ex- 
  

   treme 
  low 
  water 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  capable 
  of 
  supplying 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  this. 
  

   There 
  are 
  auxiliary 
  engines 
  to 
  supplement 
  the 
  lowwater 
  power. 
  

  

  ELEV.80.0. 
  

  

  /23.S00%VATER 
  

  

  PRESSURE 
  

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  Fig. 
  43. 
  Section 
  of 
  overfall 
  of 
  Hudson 
  River 
  Water 
  Power 
  Company 
  

  

  The 
  Hudson 
  River 
  Water 
  Power 
  Company. 
  This 
  company 
  be- 
  

   gan 
  an 
  extensive 
  development 
  at 
  Spier 
  Falls 
  in 
  1900, 
  which 
  has 
  

   involved 
  the 
  excavation 
  of 
  270,000 
  cubic 
  yards 
  of 
  rock 
  and 
  the 
  

   building 
  of 
  130,000 
  cubic 
  yards 
  of 
  concrete 
  and 
  rubble 
  masonry. 
  

   The 
  masonry 
  has 
  been 
  laid 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  8000 
  cubic 
  yards 
  per 
  

   month. 
  

  

  The 
  location 
  of 
  this 
  power 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river, 
  nine 
  miles 
  

   southwest 
  of 
  Glens 
  Falls. 
  The 
  reservoir 
  created 
  by 
  the 
  dam 
  is 
  

   5 
  miles 
  long, 
  1-3 
  mile 
  wide 
  and 
  with 
  80 
  feet 
  head. 
  Ten 
  turbines, 
  

   capable 
  of 
  developing 
  5000 
  horsepower 
  each, 
  drive 
  dynamos 
  

   whereby 
  electricity 
  can 
  be 
  supplied 
  to 
  Saratoga 
  Springs, 
  Sche- 
  

  

  