Bulletin No. 7

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Excerpt from Bulletin No. 7: A Preliminary Report on a Part of the Water Powers of Alabama Very recently two large Water Powers have been developed on the Tallapoosa River, one of which is at Tallassee, Ala., and the other is three miles above Tallassee. These develop ments have awakened considerable interest in' the undeveloped powers of the State, and this Bulletin undertakes to answer in a general way the numerous inquiries concerning them. Some of the largest of these unpublished powers are: Power Site No. 3, on Tallapoosa River, at Double Bridges, about ten miles above-tallassee, where a head of 40 feet can be obtained. And other similar powers farther up the river. Black and Sanford Shoal on Big Sandy Creek, near Dade ville, with 80 feet oi fall. Thirt hone locks on the Coosa River, capable of furnishing to horse power each, or an aggregate of horse power during low season of an ordinary year like 1900. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.