﻿HYDROLOGY 
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  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

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  Water 
  power 
  of 
  Fishkill 
  creek. 
  The 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  manufactures 
  

   of 
  Fishkill 
  creek 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  tabulation, 
  which 
  gives 
  

   the 
  principal 
  developed 
  water 
  powers 
  on 
  the 
  stream 
  in 
  1901 
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  of 
  mill 
  and 
  of 
  owner 
  or 
  

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  Fishkill 
  

  

  Tironda 
  Hat 
  Works 
  

  

  

  

  2 
  

  

  Fishkill 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  Rubber 
  Co 
  

  

  Rockwell 
  Silk 
  Mills 
  

  

  17 
  

  

  430 
  

  

  250 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  Fishkill 
  

  

  

  4 
  

  

  Matteawan 
  

  

  Matteawan 
  

  

  Matt 
  ea 
  wan 
  Mfg. 
  Co 
  

  

  26 
  

   29 
  

  

  168 
  

  

  283 
  

  

  225 
  

  

  5 
  . 
  

  

  William 
  Carroll 
  & 
  Co 
  

  

  140 
  

  

  € 
  

  

  Matteawan 
  

  

  Carroll 
  Electric 
  Co 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  

  525 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  Glenham 
  

  

  Glenham 
  Carpet 
  Mill, 
  Hilton 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  estate 
  

  

  32i 
  

  

  460 
  

  

  1,500 
  

  

  The 
  catchment 
  area 
  of 
  Fishkill 
  creek 
  above 
  Groveville 
  dam 
  is 
  

   200 
  square 
  miles 
  and 
  the 
  total 
  catchment 
  area 
  above 
  the 
  mouth, 
  

   204 
  square 
  miles. 
  

  

  Wappinger 
  creek. 
  This 
  stream 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  extreme 
  northern 
  

   part 
  of 
  Dutchess 
  county 
  and 
  flows 
  in 
  a 
  southerly 
  direction 
  into 
  

   the 
  Hudson 
  river, 
  near 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  New 
  Hamburg. 
  The 
  catch- 
  

   ment 
  area 
  of 
  that 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  above 
  Hibernia 
  and 
  Clin- 
  

   ton 
  Hollow 
  dam 
  is 
  116 
  square 
  miles. 
  During 
  the 
  last 
  year 
  the 
  

   New 
  York 
  Water 
  Supply 
  Commission 
  has 
  extensively 
  considered 
  

   this 
  stream, 
  with 
  Fishkill 
  creek 
  and 
  others, 
  as 
  a 
  partial 
  source 
  

   of 
  a 
  water 
  supply 
  for 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  Considerable 
  opposition, 
  however 
  has 
  developed 
  to 
  this 
  project. 
  

   There 
  are 
  large 
  manufacturing 
  interests 
  at 
  Wappinger 
  Falls 
  and 
  

   other 
  points 
  which 
  depend 
  wholly 
  upon 
  the 
  water 
  power 
  of 
  the 
  

   stream, 
  and 
  a 
  bill 
  has 
  accordingly 
  been 
  introduced 
  at 
  the 
  session 
  

   of 
  the 
  Legislature 
  for 
  1904 
  prohibiting 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  any 
  stream 
  

   for 
  a 
  water 
  supply 
  for 
  any 
  municipality 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  where 
  any 
  

   number 
  of 
  people 
  depend 
  upon 
  the 
  water 
  power 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  

   for 
  their 
  livelihood. 
  

  

  