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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Owasco 
  lake 
  discharges 
  into 
  Seneca 
  river 
  through 
  an 
  outlet 
  15- 
  

   miles 
  in 
  length. 
  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  catchment 
  areas 
  of 
  Owasco 
  

   outlet 
  : 
  

  

  Square 
  miles- 
  

  

  At 
  mouth 
  230 
  

  

  At 
  Auburn 
  212 
  

  

  Owasco 
  lake 
  at 
  foot 
  208 
  

  

  Owasco 
  inlet 
  120 
  

  

  The 
  catchment 
  areas 
  of 
  Oneida 
  river 
  and 
  its 
  principal 
  tribu- 
  

   taries 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Square 
  miles 
  

  

  Oneida 
  river 
  at 
  mouth 
  1.402 
  

  

  Oneida 
  lake 
  at 
  foot 
  1,265 
  

  

  Fish 
  creek 
  406 
  

  

  Chittenango 
  creek, 
  including 
  Oazenovia 
  lake 
  309- 
  

  

  Oneida 
  creek 
  - 
  149 
  

  

  Wood 
  creek 
  12T 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  its 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  lake 
  storage, 
  Oswego 
  river, 
  with 
  

   its 
  tributaries, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  power 
  streams 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  As 
  

   early 
  as 
  1880 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  this 
  stream 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries 
  was 
  

   fully 
  utilized. 
  According 
  to 
  a 
  statement 
  in 
  the 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  

   Water 
  Power 
  of 
  the 
  Region 
  Tributary 
  to 
  Lake 
  Ontario, 
  made 
  in 
  

   1883, 
  there 
  was 
  over 
  30,000 
  horsepower 
  in 
  use. 
  This 
  power 
  was 
  

   developed 
  upon 
  Oswego 
  river, 
  Oneida 
  river 
  and 
  small 
  tributaries, 
  

   Canaseraga 
  creek 
  and 
  tributaries, 
  Chittenango 
  creek 
  and 
  tribu- 
  

   taries, 
  Fish 
  creek 
  and 
  tributaries, 
  Oneida 
  creek 
  and 
  tributaries,, 
  

   sundry 
  other 
  small 
  tributaries 
  of 
  Oneida 
  lake, 
  Seneca 
  river 
  r 
  

   Cayuga 
  outlet 
  and 
  sundry 
  tributaries 
  of 
  Cayuga 
  lake, 
  Mud 
  creek 
  

   and 
  tributaries, 
  Canandaigua 
  outlet 
  and 
  tributaries, 
  Owasco 
  out- 
  

   let 
  and 
  tributaries, 
  Skaneateles 
  outlet 
  and 
  tributaries, 
  Nine 
  Mile 
  

   creek 
  and 
  tributaries 
  and 
  Onondaga 
  creek 
  and 
  tributaries. 
  

  

  No 
  statements 
  are 
  at 
  hand 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  total 
  power 
  of 
  Oswego 
  

   river 
  in 
  1904, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  doubtful 
  if 
  for 
  the 
  whole 
  region 
  it 
  is 
  greater 
  

   than 
  in 
  1883. 
  Probably 
  the 
  power 
  in 
  use 
  on 
  Oswego 
  river 
  proper 
  

   has 
  increased 
  somewhat, 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  flour 
  mills 
  and 
  other 
  

   small 
  establishments 
  throughout 
  the 
  region 
  which 
  are 
  out 
  of 
  use 
  r 
  

   making 
  the 
  net 
  result 
  about 
  the 
  sanie 
  as 
  in 
  1883. 
  

  

  