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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  headwaters 
  of 
  Wappinger 
  creek 
  are 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  TOO 
  

   to 
  1000 
  feet 
  above 
  tidewater. 
  

  

  Murderers 
  creek. 
  This 
  creek 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  Orange 
  

   county 
  and 
  flows 
  easterly 
  into 
  the 
  Hudson 
  at 
  Cornwall. 
  Its 
  chief 
  

   tributaries 
  are 
  Otter 
  creek 
  and 
  Cromiline 
  creek. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  an 
  

   important 
  stream. 
  

  

  Rondout 
  creek. 
  This 
  stream 
  has 
  its 
  source 
  in 
  the 
  timber-covered 
  

   mountain 
  group 
  forming 
  Wittemberg 
  chain. 
  It 
  flows 
  south- 
  

   easterly 
  to 
  Napanoch, 
  where 
  it 
  encounters 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  Shawan- 
  

   gunk 
  range, 
  turns 
  abruptly 
  to 
  the 
  northeast 
  and 
  enters 
  the 
  Hudson 
  

   river 
  at 
  Rondout. 
  Its 
  catchment 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  is 
  very 
  restricted, 
  

   as 
  it 
  is 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  Wallkill 
  river 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  narrow 
  

   Shawangunk 
  mountains. 
  Notable 
  waterfalls 
  occur 
  at 
  Honk 
  falls 
  

   and 
  Napanoch 
  over 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  shale, 
  and 
  on 
  Good 
  Beer 
  kill 
  

   above 
  Ellenville. 
  On 
  Good 
  Beer 
  kill 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  total 
  fall 
  of 
  870 
  

   feet 
  from 
  the 
  Gape, 
  three 
  miles 
  above 
  Ellenville, 
  to 
  Ellenville. 
  

   Of 
  this 
  about 
  200 
  feet 
  are 
  concentrated 
  in 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  cascades 
  

   called 
  Hanging 
  Rock 
  falls. 
  

  

  Water 
  power 
  was 
  orginally 
  developed 
  at 
  Napanoch 
  in 
  1754. 
  

   At 
  present 
  there 
  are 
  five 
  dams 
  utilizing 
  a 
  total 
  fall 
  of 
  115 
  feet. 
  

   A 
  series 
  of 
  cascades 
  with 
  a 
  descent 
  of 
  about 
  50 
  feet 
  occurs 
  at 
  

   High 
  Falls, 
  where 
  the 
  water 
  flows 
  over 
  Rosendale 
  cement 
  rock. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  catchment 
  areas 
  of 
  Rondout 
  creek 
  : 
  

  

  Square 
  mile* 
  

  

  Above 
  Honk 
  falls 
  88- 
  

  

  Above 
  High 
  Falls 
  339 
  

  

  Above 
  Rosendale 
  365> 
  

  

  Above 
  Wallkill 
  river 
  369 
  

  

  Below 
  Wallkill 
  river 
  1,148 
  

  

  Above 
  Rondout 
  village 
  1^164 
  

  

  Formerly 
  the 
  Delaware 
  and 
  Hudson 
  canal 
  utilized 
  slack 
  water 
  

   from 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Rondout 
  creek 
  to 
  Eddyville. 
  From 
  the 
  head 
  

   of 
  the 
  pond 
  above 
  Eddyville 
  dam, 
  the 
  canal 
  runs 
  parallel 
  to 
  

   Rondout 
  creek 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Napanoch. 
  In 
  1898 
  the 
  canal 
  was- 
  

   abandoned 
  from 
  Honesdale, 
  Pa., 
  to 
  Ellenville, 
  and 
  in 
  August,. 
  

  

  