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Show Knormons Western Dams. It is to be hoped that tbe dams which they are building for irrigation purposes in the arid region are being constructed so as to prevent any such disaster as occurred oc-curred at Johnstown. Some of the dams are immense. The followinc are the di mensions of four recently completed: 1. The Walnut Grove dam, near Prescott, A. T., 110 feet high, 750 acres, capacity 4,000,000,000 gallons. 2. Merced dam, in Central California, 1 mile long, 60 feet high, 650 acres, capacity 5.500,000,000 gallons. 3. Sweetwater river dam, near San Diego, Cab, 90 feet high, 725 acres, capacity 6,000,000,000 gallons. 4. The Bear Valley dam, San Bernardinocounty, Cal., 60 feet high, 2,250 acres, capacity 10,000,000,000. New York Telegram. |