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Level of Water in Milwaukee River in Monthly averages-also the head of water in the canal.
[Data Table]
[Profile Monthly curve]
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January 19th 1866
Made a rough measurement of water in canal 400 ft long just above the waste weir. Mean of 2 trials at 1/2 depth & 1/4 the width from east bank [Measurements]
In former trials it was found that at this distance the velocity was about equal to the general mean of the whole.
Depth of water on Miter sill at Lock " " Medberrys Weir " " at place of measurement about [measurements]
Area of water for this depth [measurements]
No water running over the dam & none leaking through it; so the above is the whole quantity flowing in the river. There were running by [measurements and calculations]
3 times as much as would be required by the use of Leiffel's Double Turbine wheels Water on Curtis Weir Portners [measurements]
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85 Jan 27-1866 Sandersons E. Wheel-1 run in motion
[Handwritten sketches and measurements of wheel] Curve of the buckets.
Feb 27-1866
[Handwritten measurements]
Kern is lowering his wheel
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86
Distances by course of Milwaukee river, above the Canal Dam, Milwaukee
[List of distances]
*Steam to be added in 1867 on account of the scarcity of water at Boston. R.R. Price.
See p. 103
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March 1866
Ice forms on the canal to an average depth of say 1 foot-obstructing the flow of water in proportion to the cross sectional area thus occupied, which is as [measurements]
Or nearly 1/4.
The only remidy for this would be to deepen the canal so as to make up the difference, which would be nearly two feet.
There may be water enough & to spare, but which, owing to the space occupied by the ice cannot be brought to the mills on the canal!
March 9th Water on
[Data Table]
Showing Curtis weir to be about 1 inch below Medberry's (not certain)
