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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  A 
  favorable 
  location 
  for 
  a 
  storage 
  reservoir 
  exists 
  about 
  three 
  

   miles 
  above 
  Redfield 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  branch, 
  where 
  a 
  dam 
  32 
  feet 
  

   high 
  would 
  impound 
  1,816,000,000 
  gallons, 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  590 
  

   feet 
  above 
  Syracuse 
  (about 
  1000 
  feet 
  above 
  tidewater). 
  Between. 
  

   this 
  point 
  and 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Salmon 
  river 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  

   of 
  water 
  powers, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  unoccupied 
  — 
  as 
  at 
  High 
  Falls, 
  

   about 
  five 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Sandbank, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  vertical 
  drop 
  of 
  110 
  

   feet 
  — 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  in 
  operation 
  sixteen 
  mills, 
  the 
  machinery 
  of 
  

   which 
  is 
  driven 
  by 
  water 
  power, 
  the 
  aggregate 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  

   wheels 
  being 
  450 
  horsepower. 
  1 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  catchment 
  areas 
  tributary 
  to 
  Salmon 
  

   river 
  west: 
  

  

  Square 
  miles 
  

  

  Reservoir 
  site, 
  three 
  miles 
  above 
  Redfield 
  70 
  

  

  Reservoir 
  site, 
  above 
  High 
  Falls. 
  191 
  

  

  At 
  Pulaski 
  2(>4 
  

  

  At 
  mouth 
  of 
  stream 
  . 
  285 
  

  

  Black 
  river. 
  Between 
  Salmon 
  river 
  west 
  and 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  

   Black 
  river, 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  small 
  streams 
  flowing 
  into 
  

   Lake 
  Ontario, 
  none 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  of 
  special 
  importance. 
  We 
  

   may 
  therefore 
  pass 
  to 
  a 
  brief 
  description 
  of 
  Black 
  river. 
  This 
  

   stream 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  Hamilton 
  county 
  and 
  pursues 
  

   a 
  southwesterly 
  direction, 
  passing 
  across 
  Herkimer 
  county 
  into- 
  

   Oneida 
  county 
  ; 
  it 
  then 
  bends 
  to 
  somewhat 
  west 
  of 
  north 
  through 
  

   Lewis 
  county, 
  but 
  soon 
  after 
  passing 
  the 
  northwesterly 
  boundary 
  

   of 
  that 
  county 
  it 
  changes 
  to 
  a 
  general 
  westerly 
  course, 
  flowing 
  

   into 
  Black 
  River 
  bay 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  eastern 
  end 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario. 
  

   Extensive 
  water-power 
  developments 
  are 
  in 
  use 
  on 
  this 
  streanx 
  

   and 
  its 
  tributaries, 
  at 
  Watertown, 
  Lyon 
  Falls, 
  Carthage, 
  Black 
  

   River, 
  Brownville, 
  Dexter 
  and 
  other 
  points. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  a. 
  

   numlber 
  of 
  State 
  reservoirs 
  on 
  the 
  headwaters 
  which 
  are 
  dis- 
  

   cussed 
  on 
  another 
  page. 
  The 
  following 
  gives 
  the 
  elevation 
  in 
  feet 
  

  

  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Engineer 
  to 
  the 
  Commissioners 
  on 
  Sources 
  of 
  Water 
  Sup- 
  

   ply 
  for 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  Syracuse, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  Feb. 
  21, 
  1889. 
  By 
  J. 
  J. 
  R. 
  Croes. 
  C. 
  E_ 
  

  

  