Reversed River Traditional Cache
White Cloud 65: I am archiving this one.
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On New Years day 1917, voters approved the construction of the Queenston-Chippawa power project. Construction began in May and continued for the next four and a half years.
The digging of the hydro canal was much harder than initially thought. It was 12.5 miles (20 kms) long and rivaled the building of the Panama Canal. The power canal had to flow downhill the entire distance but part of the route from Chippawa to Queenston was uphill instead.
From the Niagara River where the Welland River meets, 4 miles (6 kms) of the Welland River had to be widened and deepened to reverse the natural direction of the water flow. Originally the water of the Welland River flowed eastward and flowed into the Niagara River. The river flow was reversed so that waters from the Niagara River flowed westward into the Welland River.
The Welland River section is approximately 300 feet (91.4 m) wide. Excluding the river, the hydro canal is 8.5 miles (14 kms) long. The 1½ mile (2.4 kms) long earth section is 307 feet (93.5m) wide. The 7.25 mile (11.7km) long rock section is 45 feet (13.7m) wide. The average depth of the water is 34 - 40 feet (10.4m-12m) deep. The maximum depth of earth and rock cut was 143 feet (43.5m). The water flows at a rate 22,000 cubic feet per second (62.3 cubic meters per second). The canal ends at the giant forebay built at the entrance to the Sir Adam Beck #1 power station. The concrete trapezoidal section of the canal over the ancient buried gorge is 307 feet (93.6 m) wide at the surface and 185 feet wide (56.4 m) at the base.
The flow to the canal has been drained and/or drastically reduced for examination and remedial work in 1955, 1964 and 1982.
Cache is a 1Lb peanut butter jar.
Contains the usual trading items.
Parking is at N43 02.904 W079 06.000
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