﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

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  entering 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  at 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Catskill. 
  For 
  the 
  

   last 
  two 
  miles 
  of 
  its 
  course, 
  below 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Kaaterskill 
  creek, 
  

   there 
  is 
  slack 
  water. 
  From 
  Kaaterskill 
  creek 
  to 
  Leeds, 
  a 
  dis- 
  

   tance 
  of 
  three 
  miles, 
  it 
  flows 
  through 
  a 
  bluestone 
  gorge, 
  the 
  fall 
  

   for 
  this 
  distance 
  being 
  180 
  feet. 
  The 
  stream 
  flows 
  over 
  a 
  rock 
  

   bed 
  through 
  most 
  of 
  its 
  course 
  and 
  is 
  subject 
  to 
  wide 
  variations 
  

   in 
  flow. 
  The 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  catchment 
  area 
  are 
  precipitous 
  and 
  

   there 
  are 
  no 
  lakes 
  or 
  other 
  artificial 
  storage. 
  The 
  catchment 
  area 
  

   at 
  the 
  mouth 
  is 
  394 
  square 
  miles. 
  

  

  Water 
  power 
  of 
  Catskill 
  creek. 
  The 
  following 
  tabulation 
  shows 
  

   the 
  principal 
  developed 
  water 
  powers 
  on 
  Catskill 
  creek 
  : 
  

  

  o 
  

   u 
  

  

  © 
  

  

  Location 
  

  

  Name 
  of 
  mill 
  and 
  of 
  owner 
  or 
  

   operator 
  

  

  bo 
  

  

  c 
  

  

  S3 
  

   £n 
  

  

  > 
  

   < 
  

  

  Rated 
  horsepower 
  

   of 
  water 
  wheels 
  

   at 
  average 
  head 
  

  

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  o 
  

  

  O 
  &0 
  

  

  p. 
  

  

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  3 
  

  

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  1 
  

  

  Leeds 
  

  

  Catskill 
  Woolen 
  Mill 
  

  

  18 
  

   14 
  

  

  200 
  

   200 
  

  

  60 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  Leeds 
  

  

  Waterville 
  Woolen 
  Mill 
  

  

  Lake's 
  Mills 
  

  

  80 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  Lake's 
  mills 
  

  

  Woodstock 
  

  

  Freehold 
  

  

  Greenville 
  

  

  East 
  Durham 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   East 
  Durham 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   East 
  Durham 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  

  4 
  

  

  Woodstock 
  Paper 
  Mill 
  . 
  

  

  

  

  

  1 
  

  

  Brown's 
  Mill 
  

  

  11 
  

  

  22 
  

   16 
  

  

  15-20 
  

  

  22 
  

  

  None 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  Reed's 
  Mills 
  

  

  8 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  Not 
  reported 
  

  

  

  2 
  

  

  Atter 
  Bros 
  

  

  30 
  

  

  

  3 
  

  

  

  10 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  Fishkill 
  creek, 
  Rondout 
  creek, 
  Wallkill 
  river, 
  Esopus 
  creek 
  and 
  

   Catskill 
  creek 
  have 
  all 
  been 
  considered 
  as 
  water 
  supplies 
  for 
  the 
  

   City 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  The 
  following 
  tabulation 
  gives 
  the 
  catchment 
  

   areas 
  above 
  the 
  reservoir 
  proposed, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  above 
  the 
  mouth, 
  

   for 
  each 
  of 
  these 
  streams 
  : 
  

  

  Catchment 
  area 
  in 
  square 
  

   miles 
  

  

  Fishkill 
  creek. 
  

   Rondout 
  creek 
  

   Wallkill 
  river. 
  

   Esopus 
  creek 
  . 
  . 
  

   Catskill 
  creek 
  . 
  , 
  

  

  Above 
  pro- 
  

   posed 
  

   reservoir 
  

  

  158 
  

   184 
  

   464 
  

   242 
  

   140 
  

  

  Above 
  

   mouth 
  

  

  204 
  

   1 
  3G9 
  

   779 
  

   417 
  

   394 
  

  

  i 
  Above 
  junction 
  with 
  Wallkill 
  river, 
  

  

  