First, the hydraulic head loss is smaller in flumes than in weirs.
Temporary flumes transported water through the powerhouse from the two remaining penstocks.
Unlike the other flumes in the park whose frames were constructed of wood and concrete, the new ride's frames were made of steel.
Many flumes took the form of wooden troughs elevated on trestles, often following the natural contours of the land.
Riders sit in a two person raft speeding through the total darkness of the long flumes, the first of its kind in the country.
Eventually the water in the flumes and ditches was high above the mining sites down on the floor of the gulch.
Parshall flumes are much more efficient than standard flumes and generate a standard wave to effect a measurement.
Log flumes proved to be extremely popular and quickly became staples at amusement and theme parks throughout the world.
