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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  after 
  which 
  the 
  valley 
  broadens 
  with 
  a 
  decrease 
  of 
  slope. 
  The 
  

   general 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  is 
  mostly 
  southeasterly, 
  until 
  Marble- 
  

   town 
  is 
  reached. 
  At 
  this 
  point 
  it 
  turns 
  and 
  flows 
  northeasterly 
  

   to 
  near 
  Kingston. 
  From 
  Kingston 
  it 
  flows 
  northerly, 
  entering 
  

   the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  at 
  Saugerties. 
  A 
  second 
  water 
  fall 
  occurs 
  at 
  

   Glen 
  Erie, 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  cascade 
  with 
  a 
  fall 
  of 
  56 
  feet. 
  The 
  

   final 
  descent 
  to 
  tidewater 
  at 
  Saugerties 
  is 
  inadle 
  over 
  a 
  fall 
  of 
  

   42 
  feet. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  catchment 
  areas 
  on 
  this 
  creek 
  : 
  

  

  Above 
  mouth 
  at 
  Saugerties 
  

  

  Above 
  Glen 
  Erie 
  falls 
  

  

  Above 
  gaging 
  station, 
  Kingston 
  .... 
  

   Above 
  Bishop's 
  falls, 
  Olive 
  Bridge 
  

  

  Square 
  miles 
  

  

  417 
  

   40<> 
  

   312 
  

   234 
  

  

  Water 
  poiver 
  of 
  Esopus 
  creek. 
  The 
  following 
  gives 
  the 
  prin- 
  

   cipal 
  water 
  powers 
  developed 
  on 
  Esopus 
  creek 
  : 
  

  

  £ 
  

  

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  Location 
  

  

  Name 
  of 
  mill 
  and 
  of 
  owner 
  or 
  

   operator 
  

  

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  horsepower 
  

   of 
  water 
  wheels 
  at 
  

   average 
  head 
  

  

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  Saugerties 
  

  

  Saugerties 
  

  

  4 
  miles 
  above 
  

  

  Saugerties 
  

  

  Glen 
  Erie 
  

  

  Olive 
  Bridge 
  .... 
  

   Olive 
  Bridge 
  

  

  Brown 
  Station 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Boiceville 
  

  

  Phoenicia 
  

  

  Big 
  Indian 
  

  

  PineHilP 
  

  

  Diamond 
  Paper 
  Co. 
  . 
  Sheffield 
  

   estate 
  

  

  35 
  

  

  21 
  

  

  607 
  

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  2 
  

  

  Saugerties 
  Mfg. 
  Co. 
  , 
  Sheffield 
  

   estate 
  

  

  

  3 
  

  

  Lego's 
  Mill 
  

  

  

  4 
  

   5 
  

  

  Ulster 
  White 
  Lead 
  Co 
  

  

  Boice 
  Gristmill 
  

  

  56 
  

   22 
  

  

  22 
  

  

  

  None 
  

   None 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  DeWett's 
  mill, 
  leased 
  to 
  Hud- 
  

   son 
  River 
  Pulp 
  Co 
  

  

  None 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  Hudson 
  River 
  Pulp 
  Co 
  

  

  

  8 
  

  

  J. 
  C. 
  Hornbeck 
  

  

  9 
  

   6 
  

  

  18 
  

   10 
  

  

  90 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  9 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  De 
  Mott 
  

  

  R. 
  andT. 
  C. 
  Wey 
  

  

  

  10 
  

  

  60 
  

  

  None 
  

  

  11 
  

  

  Geo. 
  Rose 
  Turning 
  Mill 
  

  

  None 
  

  

  1 
  On 
  Birch 
  creek. 
  

  

  CatsJcill 
  creek. 
  This 
  stream 
  rises 
  on 
  the 
  northern 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  

   Catskill 
  mountains, 
  lying 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  timbered 
  high- 
  

   lands 
  of 
  Greene 
  county. 
  It 
  flows 
  in 
  a 
  southeasterly 
  direction, 
  

  

  