﻿212 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Catchment 
  

   Creek 
  area 
  

  

  Wolf 
  19.3 
  

  

  Silver 
  lake 
  30.4 
  

  

  Cashaqua 
  82 
  . 
  

  

  Canaseraga 
  258 
  . 
  7 
  

  

  Beards 
  41.3 
  

  

  Conesus 
  lake 
  .- 
  . 
  . 
  88 
  . 
  8 
  

  

  Honeoye 
  262 
  . 
  6 
  

  

  Aliens 
  198.1 
  

  

  Black 
  211.8 
  

  

  Area 
  above 
  

  

  Area 
  below- 
  

  

  mouth 
  

  

  mouth 
  

  

  974.9 
  

  

  994.2 
  

  

  1,029.2 
  

  

  1,059.6 
  

  

  1,059.6 
  

  

  1,141.6 
  

  

  1,148.4 
  

  

  1,407.1 
  

  

  1,423.1 
  

  

  1,464.4 
  

  

  1,555.5 
  

  

  1,643.9 
  

  

  1,675.9 
  

  

  1,938.5 
  

  

  1,947.1 
  

  

  2,145.2 
  

  

  2,168.5 
  

  

  2,380.0 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  catchment 
  area 
  of 
  Genesee 
  river 
  at 
  its 
  mouth 
  is 
  

   2446 
  square 
  miles. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  tabulation 
  gives 
  the 
  elevation 
  of 
  Genesee 
  river 
  at 
  

   various 
  points 
  : 
  

  

  Feet 
  

  

  Mean 
  surface 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  247 
  

  

  Crest 
  of 
  the 
  feeder 
  dam 
  in 
  south 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Roch- 
  

   ester 
  510 
  

  

  Low-water 
  surface 
  of 
  river 
  at 
  New 
  York, 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  & 
  

  

  Western 
  railway 
  bridge 
  near 
  Avon 
  538 
  

  

  Crest 
  of 
  old 
  Mount 
  Morris 
  power 
  dam 
  . 
  605 
  

  

  Water 
  surface 
  just 
  above 
  Upper 
  falls 
  at 
  Portage 
  1,080 
  

  

  Water 
  surface 
  at 
  New 
  York, 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  & 
  Western 
  rail- 
  

   way 
  bridge 
  near 
  Belvidere 
  1,333 
  

  

  The 
  extreme 
  headwaters 
  in 
  Potter 
  county, 
  Pennsylvania, 
  are 
  

   about 
  2500 
  feet 
  above 
  tide. 
  

  

  Water 
  power 
  of 
  Genesee 
  river. 
  Aside 
  from 
  a 
  few 
  unimportant 
  

   flour 
  mill's 
  on 
  the 
  Upper 
  Genesee 
  river, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  water-power 
  

   development 
  except 
  at 
  Rochester 
  and 
  Mount 
  Morris. 
  Tabulations 
  

   in 
  detail 
  of 
  these 
  water 
  powers 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  table 
  No. 
  31 
  of 
  the 
  

   report 
  on 
  Genesee 
  River 
  Storage 
  Surveys, 
  dated 
  January 
  1, 
  1897. 
  

   These 
  tabulations 
  are 
  too 
  extensive 
  to 
  be 
  reproduced 
  in 
  detail 
  

   here, 
  but 
  the 
  total 
  power, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  manufacturers' 
  rating 
  r 
  

   on 
  Genesee 
  river 
  at 
  and 
  near 
  Mount 
  Morris 
  and 
  Rochester 
  is 
  

   given 
  at 
  19,178 
  horsepower. 
  If 
  we 
  consider 
  75 
  per 
  cent 
  ein- 
  

  

  