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<br />0017J3 <br /> <br />Princeton Powerolant <br /> <br />The Princeton Powe~plt~t would be lo~ated on the south bank of <br /> <br />Chalk Creek about 2.5 miles west of U. S. Highway No. 2g5. ~he aver~ge <br />:! 'I ~ <br />head on the plant would be ~ feet. Vlater would be carried from the <br /> <br />headgate structure to the turbines thrOUg:, a steel penstock 1,100 feet <br /> <br />lon~, which would have an overhead structure across Chalk Creek. A <br /> <br />>Iasteway consiting of a eiphon spillway just abovs the headgateftstruc- <br /> <br /> <br />ture in tr~ canal rold a steel pipe 54" in diameter placed alongside <br /> <br />of the penstock would convey waste water into the same ~tilling basin <br /> <br />d,S the one used by the draft tube of the powerpl~t. <br /> <br /> <br />The powerplaut and appurtensnt structures ,111' estimated to cost <br /> <br />$ ..l ~-l..':.:J IjO,J <br />" t..,. ~ . <br /> <br />Chalk Creek Diversion <br /> <br />From a point on Chalk Creek 2,500 feet above the Princeton PO>ler- <br /> <br />plant, water would be diverted into a 375 second-foot canal and carried <br /> <br />to a junction with the Princeton-Jonneon Power Canal below the Prince- <br /> <br />ton Powerplant. The diversion dam would consi~t of a 50-foot concrete <br /> <br />ogee eection 8 feet high with 200 feet of dikes on each side. <br /> <br />The estimated co~t of this diversion is $84,000. <br /> <br />46 <br />