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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. 



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PRESSURE 

 12 FT OVER C/?E 



Y'\%. 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, L-3 mile wide and with 80 feet head. Ton turbines, 

 capable of developing 5000 horsepower each, drive dynamos 

 whereby electricity can be supplied to Saratoga Springs, Sche- 



