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Water-powers of Canada (1911)

Canada. Commission of Conservation, Denis, Leo German, 1878-, White, Arthur V., b. 1871 · Ottawa · leaf 222

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80 feet instead of 55 feet. The con-ditions are, therefore, that the development should be made on the basisof 7,500 cubic feet flow per second, operating under a head of 80 feet. The total development is equivalent to 50,000 II.P. at the outgoingterminals of a power house at Chel.sea. As this… … WATER-POWERS OF QUEBEC 157 for this purpose, built on a generous scale, would require a maximum of,say, 20,000 H.P. to 2.5,000 H.P., leaving 25,000 H.P. for other purposes.Since the publication of the above repoit further observations showthat the flow of the river has gone down as low as 3700…

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