Identifier: collinshistoricav02coll (find matches)
Title: Collins' historical sketches of Kentucky : history of Kentucky
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Collins, Lewis, 1797-1870 Collins, Richard H., 1824-1889
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Publisher: Covington, KY : Published by Collins & Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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rise at the foot of the Falls 1 to2% 7k10k13%19k24k 0 2 3% 6 Wa13k17^22%27k Aggregate ascent of the Falls. 25%24k to 25k 23 k22 k20k1714 Ql/ 6 24k23k2220 17k139 Rise in feetat head ofthe Falls. 10 11 12 13 14 to 20 21 40k 41® Corresponding rise at the foot of the Fall 28k to 29k30% » 31k32k - 33k34 34%35k 36 Aggregate ascent of the Falls. 4^ 3k 3 2k 2k 2 Ik to 6 4k« 2k 3k 3 3k 2Ik Extreme high flood of 1832. Thus the greatest fall of water is 25^ feet; while the Schuylkill canal nearPhiladelphia—in a length of 3 miles and by means of a large dam stretchingacross the river—has only a maximum fall of 24 feet. More than 100 fac-tories and mills—supporting a population of over 20,000—are located alongthe banks of the Schuylkill canal; and yet the water-power of the Ohio canfurnish motive-power to more than 300 factories and mills, and thereby sup-port more than 50,000 people. Four plans for the utilization of the Falls are * Material Interests of Kentucky and Louisville, p. 93.
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, LOUISVILLE. JEFFERSON COUNTY. 363 suggested: 1. Enlarge the present Louisville and Portland canal, and in-crease the height of water therein by building a dam clear across the river;2. Build a new canal, parallel with the Portland canal, only for the locationof factories and mills ; 3. Tap the Portland canal east of its lower locks, andbuild a new canal through Portland—gaining an enormous water-power andvery convenient sites for factories and mills; 4. Tap the Portland canal eastof its lower locks, and cut a canal across Shippingport. The Hydraulic Limestone, from which is manufactured at and opposite toLouisville immense quantities of water-lime or cement of superior quality, isshown, at the he«jd of the Falls, 8 feet above low water; whereas, at the footof the Falls, it is only 4 feet above low water; and at the quarry on the In-diana shore, 11 to 13 feet. It is an earthy limestone, of a slightly bluish-green ashen tint, with an earthy flat conchoidal

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