﻿HYDROLOGY 
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  NEW 
  YORK 
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  horsepower. 
  The 
  village 
  of 
  Ticonderoga, 
  at 
  which 
  this 
  power 
  is 
  

   utilized, 
  had 
  a 
  population 
  in 
  1900 
  of 
  1911. 
  

  

  Wood 
  creek, 
  the 
  most 
  southerly 
  tributary 
  of 
  Lake 
  Champ 
  lain, 
  is 
  

   of 
  interest 
  in 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  resources 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  chiefly 
  

   because 
  of 
  its 
  relations 
  to 
  the 
  Champlain 
  canal, 
  its 
  channel 
  being 
  

   utilized 
  for 
  several 
  miles 
  as 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  canal. 
  At 
  Fort 
  Ann 
  

   there 
  is 
  considerable 
  power 
  developed 
  on 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  tributaries, 
  

   used 
  at 
  present 
  for 
  grinding 
  pulp. 
  1 
  

  

  Hudson 
  River 
  System 
  

  

  Hudson 
  river. 
  The 
  Hudson 
  river 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  high 
  mountains 
  of 
  

   the 
  Adirondack 
  plateau, 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  Essex 
  county, 
  and 
  

   flows 
  with 
  some 
  turnings 
  in 
  a 
  generally 
  south 
  direction 
  to 
  a 
  short 
  

   distance 
  below 
  Palmers 
  Falls, 
  where 
  it 
  flows 
  from 
  15 
  to 
  20 
  miles 
  

   mostly 
  in 
  a 
  northeasterly 
  direction 
  to 
  Sandy 
  Hill. 
  It 
  then 
  turns 
  

   again, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  balance 
  of 
  its 
  course 
  is 
  nearly 
  due 
  south. 
  It 
  

   enters 
  New 
  York 
  bay 
  at 
  New 
  York. 
  Its 
  headwaters 
  may 
  be 
  taken 
  

   to 
  issue 
  from 
  Lakes 
  Henderson 
  and 
  Catlin, 
  which 
  are 
  at 
  eleva- 
  

   tions 
  above 
  tide 
  respectively 
  of 
  1889 
  feet 
  and 
  1570 
  feet. 
  Lake 
  

   -Golden, 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  2764 
  feet, 
  is 
  the 
  extreme 
  source 
  of 
  the 
  

   Hudson 
  river, 
  but 
  as 
  this 
  lake 
  is 
  small 
  and 
  the 
  stream 
  issuing 
  

   therefrom 
  is 
  also 
  small, 
  in 
  a 
  discussion 
  of 
  water 
  power 
  the 
  larger 
  

   lakes 
  at 
  lower 
  elevations 
  are 
  preferably 
  taken. 
  The 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   stream, 
  measured 
  roughly 
  along 
  its 
  course, 
  is 
  something 
  like 
  285 
  

   miles. 
  

  

  Hudson 
  river, 
  with 
  its 
  principal 
  tributary, 
  the 
  Mohawk, 
  is 
  the 
  

   most 
  important 
  river 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  From 
  its 
  mouth 
  to 
  Troy, 
  a 
  

   distance 
  of 
  over 
  150 
  miles, 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  inland 
  estuary 
  subject 
  

   to 
  tidal 
  action, 
  and 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  great 
  length 
  and 
  the 
  large 
  

   fresh-water 
  inflow, 
  it 
  is 
  unique 
  among 
  inland 
  estuaries. 
  From 
  

   the 
  first 
  landing 
  of 
  the 
  Dutch 
  on 
  Manhattan 
  Island 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  

   time 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  an 
  important 
  channel 
  of 
  commerce. 
  On 
  his 
  

   voyage 
  of 
  discovery 
  in 
  1609 
  Hendrik 
  Hudson 
  ascended 
  to 
  the 
  head 
  

   of 
  tidewater, 
  and 
  doubtless 
  discerned 
  the 
  possibilities 
  of 
  future 
  

  

  Partially 
  abstracted 
  from 
  the 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Water 
  Storage 
  Commission 
  

   •on 
  the 
  Fourth 
  or 
  Northern 
  Division. 
  

  

  