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Scientific American, Vol. 5, No. 24 (March 2, 1850) (1850)

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. a number of yearsby a paper millor two on the As the summer advanced and the water be- This engraving is an elevation of the sec- right bank of the stream (South Hadley Falls came lower, the coffer dams were extended. 200 tions of the dam, which are placed six feet Village,) and a small cotton… … the spring. A second, precisely similar, is un- 16 minutes from the closing of the gates, and with a capital of four millions of dollars, width to the middle of the stream. The struc- der way. the sheet poured over the crest, amid the practical operations were immediately com- ture was continued…

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