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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  foregoing 
  undeveloped 
  powers 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  as 
  either 
  

   vertical 
  falls 
  or 
  as 
  rapids 
  of 
  sharp 
  descents. 
  In 
  addition, 
  the 
  

   following 
  with 
  smaller 
  catchment 
  areas 
  and 
  less 
  rapid 
  descent, 
  

   may 
  be 
  enumerated 
  : 
  Buttermilk 
  falls, 
  above 
  Long 
  lake 
  ; 
  Raquette 
  

   falls, 
  below 
  Long 
  lake; 
  Jamestown 
  falls 
  and 
  Moody 
  falls. 
  There 
  

   is 
  about 
  70 
  feet 
  fall 
  per 
  mile 
  at 
  all 
  these 
  places. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  

   numerous 
  small 
  falls 
  and 
  rapids, 
  capable, 
  when 
  the 
  country 
  is 
  

   settled 
  and 
  lines 
  of 
  communication 
  established, 
  of 
  furnishing 
  valu- 
  

   able 
  power, 
  although 
  at 
  present 
  such 
  water 
  powers 
  have 
  less 
  value 
  

   than 
  they 
  otherwise 
  would 
  have 
  because 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  way 
  of 
  utiliz- 
  

   ing 
  them. 
  The 
  discussion 
  on 
  a 
  later 
  page 
  of 
  this 
  report, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  developing 
  of 
  mountain 
  powers 
  and 
  transmitting 
  

   them 
  electrically 
  may 
  be 
  taken 
  into 
  account 
  in 
  estimating 
  the 
  

   value 
  of 
  undeveloped 
  water 
  powers. 
  With 
  efficient 
  water 
  storage 
  

   on 
  the 
  many 
  fine 
  lakes 
  at 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  Raquette 
  river, 
  it 
  is 
  

   perhaps 
  possible 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  stream 
  in 
  its 
  lower 
  reaches 
  (at 
  

   Piercefield 
  and 
  below) 
  up 
  at 
  all 
  times 
  to 
  at 
  least 
  1000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  

   per 
  second. 
  Assuming 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  practical 
  to 
  develop 
  900 
  feet 
  

   out 
  of 
  the 
  possible 
  total 
  of 
  1025, 
  we 
  would 
  have 
  about 
  100,000 
  

   gross 
  horsepower 
  from 
  this 
  stream 
  alone, 
  and 
  this 
  estimate 
  does 
  

   not 
  take 
  into 
  account 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  water 
  powers. 
  1 
  

  

  St 
  Regis 
  river. 
  This 
  stream 
  rises 
  in 
  various 
  Adirondack 
  lakes 
  

   in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  Franklin 
  county, 
  flows 
  northerly 
  into 
  and 
  

   through 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  county 
  and 
  enters 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  river 
  at 
  

   St 
  Regis 
  village. 
  Like 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  streams 
  flowing 
  north 
  from 
  the 
  

   Adirondack®, 
  its 
  catchment 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  high 
  plateau, 
  then 
  a 
  

   steep, 
  rocky 
  portion, 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  low 
  plateau 
  near 
  its 
  mouth. 
  

  

  The 
  catchment 
  areas 
  of 
  the 
  St 
  Regis 
  river 
  and 
  its 
  principal 
  

   branches 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Square 
  miles 
  

  

  West 
  Branch 
  of 
  St 
  Regis 
  280 
  

  

  East 
  Branch 
  of 
  St 
  Regis. 
  347 
  

  

  St 
  Regis 
  below 
  junction 
  627 
  

  

  Deer 
  river 
  212 
  

  

  St 
  Regis 
  at 
  mouth 
  910 
  

  

  ! 
  

  

  1 
  In 
  a 
  paper, 
  the 
  Future 
  Water 
  Supply 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  Mountain 
  Region 
  

   and 
  its 
  Relations 
  to 
  Enlarged 
  Canals 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  the 
  writer 
  

   has 
  estimated 
  the 
  water 
  power 
  on 
  Raquette 
  river 
  at 
  70,000 
  horsepower. 
  

   It 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  that 
  estimate 
  is 
  very 
  conservative. 
  

  

  