BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
In 1849, the predecessor of the Holyoke Water Power Company constructed a masonry dam across the Connecticut River at Hadley Falls, near Holyoke, Massachusetts. More than one thousand feet long and thirty feet high, the dam created an enormous head of water to power local industries. By 1948, the dam diverted water into miles of canals on both sides of the river, generating fourteen megawatts of mechanical energy for industries along the canals...
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