﻿242 
  

  

  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Water 
  power 
  of 
  Osivegatchie 
  river. 
  Water 
  power 
  is 
  developed 
  

   by 
  twenty-six 
  dams 
  on 
  the 
  Oswegatchie 
  and 
  its 
  branches, 
  and 
  is 
  

   used 
  mainly 
  in 
  lumber 
  and 
  paper 
  industries 
  at 
  various 
  points, 
  

   as 
  shown 
  bv 
  the 
  following 
  tabulation 
  : 
  

  

  (1) 
  

   l 
  

  

  2 
  

   3 
  

   4 
  

   5 
  

  

  6 
  

   7 
  

   8 
  

   9 
  

   10 
  

  

  11 
  

   12 
  

   13 
  

   14 
  

   15 
  

   16 
  

   17 
  

   18 
  

   19 
  

   20 
  

   21 
  

  

  22 
  

   23 
  

   24 
  

   25 
  

   26 
  

  

  (2) 
  

  

  IT 
  

   2 
  

   3 
  

   1 
  

   4 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  7 
  

   1 
  

   1 
  

   2 
  

  

  1 
  

   1 
  

   1 
  

  

  1 
  

   1 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  Location 
  

  

  (3) 
  

  

  Ogdensburg. 
  

   Heuvelton 
  

   Eensselaer 
  Falls 
  , 
  

   Coopers 
  Falls 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  

   Wegatchie 
  

  

  Natural 
  Dam 
  . 
  

   Gouverneur 
  . 
  . 
  

   Hailsboro 
  

   Hailsboro 
  

   Hailsboro 
  

  

  Hailsboro 
  

  

  Hailsboro 
  

  

  Emeryville 
  

  

  Dolgeville 
  

  

  Talcville 
  

  

  Edwards 
  

  

  South 
  Edwards 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Fine 
  

  

  Oswegatchie 
  ... 
  

  

  Newton 
  Falls 
  

  

  Newton 
  Falls 
  

  

  Water 
  Power 
  

   Below 
  Fullerville 
  

  

  Fullerville 
  

  

  Fullerville 
  

  

  Gears 
  Corners 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   Harrisville 
  

  

  Use 
  

  

  (4) 
  

  

  General 
  manufacturing 
  

  

  Woodworking 
  and 
  gristmill 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Sawmills 
  and 
  custom 
  mills 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Sawmill 
  privileges 
  

  

  Abandoned 
  woolen 
  mill. 
  Saw- 
  

   mill 
  ; 
  runs 
  in 
  winter 
  

  

  Saw 
  and 
  paper 
  mills 
  

  

  General 
  manufacturing 
  

  

  Talc 
  pulp 
  

  

  Talc 
  pulp 
  

  

  Woodworking 
  mills. 
  Custom 
  

   grinding 
  

  

  Talc 
  pulp 
  

  

  Oswegatchie 
  Light 
  & 
  Power 
  Co 
  

  

  Gouverneur 
  Wood 
  Pulp 
  Co. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  U. 
  S. 
  Talc 
  & 
  Pulp 
  Co 
  

  

  Talc 
  mine 
  

  

  Grist 
  and 
  sawmills 
  

  

  Saw 
  and 
  paper 
  mills 
  

  

  Standard 
  Pulp 
  Co 
  

  

  Wood 
  pulp 
  , 
  

  

  Wood 
  pulp 
  paper 
  

  

  on 
  the 
  West 
  Branch. 
  

  

  Talc 
  pulp 
  

  

  Iron 
  works 
  (abandoned) 
  

  

  Wood 
  and 
  talc 
  pulp 
  

  

  Sawmill 
  (abandoned) 
  . 
  . 
  

   Gristmill 
  

  

  (5) 
  

  

  n 
  

  

  n 
  

  

  19+ 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  12 
  

   18 
  

   20 
  

   31 
  

   16 
  

   12 
  

   12 
  

  

  34 
  

   20 
  

  

  38 
  

  

  13 
  

   12 
  

   19i 
  

   9 
  

   13 
  

  

  o 
  m 
  

  

  (6) 
  

  

  336 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  31 
  

  

  150 
  

  

  82 
  

  

  1 
  

   33 
  

   11 
  

  

  1 
  

   10 
  

  

  150 
  

   5 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  Cranberry 
  lake, 
  with 
  a 
  water 
  surface 
  area 
  of 
  12.8 
  square 
  miles, 
  

   could 
  furnish 
  additional 
  storage 
  if 
  the 
  present 
  dam 
  were 
  raised 
  

   a 
  few 
  feet. 
  Black 
  lake, 
  with 
  a 
  water 
  surface 
  of 
  17.2 
  square 
  miles, 
  

   is 
  virtually 
  an 
  enlargement 
  of 
  Indian 
  river 
  and 
  greatly 
  aids 
  in 
  

   regulating 
  the 
  flow 
  at 
  Ogdensburg, 
  offering 
  a 
  chance 
  for 
  additional 
  

   storage 
  at 
  a 
  reasonable 
  cost. 
  

  

  