﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  This 
  stream 
  is 
  of 
  interest 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  proposed 
  as 
  a 
  water 
  

   supply 
  for 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Albany. 
  

  

  Eoosic 
  river. 
  An 
  important 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  from 
  the 
  

   east 
  is 
  Hoosic 
  river, 
  which 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  of 
  Berkshire 
  

   county, 
  Massachusetts. 
  It 
  first 
  runs 
  northwesterly, 
  passing 
  from 
  

   Massachusetts 
  into 
  the 
  extreme 
  southwestern 
  corner 
  of 
  Vermont 
  

   and 
  thence 
  into 
  Rensselaer 
  county, 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  At 
  the 
  northern 
  

   boundary 
  of 
  Rensselaer 
  county 
  it 
  turns 
  and 
  pursues 
  a 
  westerly 
  

   course 
  to 
  the 
  Hudson 
  opposite 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Stillwater. 
  Its 
  

   catchment 
  area 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  is 
  taken 
  at 
  730 
  square 
  miles. 
  Its 
  

   principal 
  tributaries 
  are 
  Little 
  Hoosic 
  river, 
  Walloomsac 
  river, 
  

   and 
  Tomhannock 
  creek. 
  The 
  country 
  drained 
  is 
  mainly 
  moun- 
  

   tainous, 
  the 
  summits 
  attaining 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  from 
  1000 
  to 
  2000 
  

   feet 
  above 
  tide. 
  The 
  principal 
  water 
  powers 
  developed 
  on 
  Hoosic 
  

   river, 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  are 
  at 
  Schaghticoke 
  and 
  Hoosic 
  Falls, 
  with 
  a 
  

   few 
  at 
  intermediate 
  points. 
  At 
  Schaghticoke 
  there 
  is 
  from 
  97 
  

   to 
  98 
  feet 
  fall, 
  broken 
  into 
  falls 
  of 
  8, 
  7.5, 
  24.5, 
  34.5, 
  and 
  23 
  feet. 
  

   The 
  available 
  statements 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  power 
  at 
  Hoosic 
  Falls 
  are 
  so 
  

   conflicting 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  thought 
  best 
  to 
  omit 
  them. 
  

  

  Hoosic 
  river 
  is 
  of 
  considerable 
  interest 
  to 
  persons 
  concerned 
  in 
  

   waterpower 
  development 
  on 
  the 
  Hudson 
  below 
  its 
  mouth, 
  because 
  

   there 
  are 
  two 
  reservoirs 
  on 
  its 
  headwaters 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  con- 
  

   structed 
  by 
  manufacturers 
  in 
  Massachusetts 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  maintain 
  

   a 
  more 
  equable 
  summer 
  flow. 
  The 
  first 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  the 
  Clarksburg 
  

   reservoir, 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  branch 
  of 
  Hoosic 
  river, 
  and 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  

   of 
  about 
  2J 
  miles 
  above 
  North 
  Adams. 
  The 
  second 
  reservoir 
  is 
  

   on 
  the 
  south 
  branch, 
  and 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Cheshire 
  reservoir, 
  being 
  

   situated 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  that 
  name. 
  The 
  Clarksburg 
  reservoir 
  

   is 
  stated 
  to 
  flow 
  156 
  acres 
  and 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  22 
  feet. 
  The 
  

   Cheshire 
  reservoir 
  flows 
  about 
  650 
  acres 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  drawn 
  down 
  

   about 
  8 
  feet. 
  These 
  reservoirs 
  are 
  controlled 
  by 
  an 
  association 
  

   of 
  mill 
  owners 
  on 
  the 
  Hoosic 
  and 
  its 
  branches 
  in 
  Massachusetts. 
  

  

  Battenkill 
  river. 
  Battenkill 
  river, 
  another 
  important 
  tributary 
  

   of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  from 
  the 
  east, 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  southwestern 
  part 
  of 
  

   Vermont, 
  in 
  Bennington 
  county. 
  It 
  first 
  flows 
  southwesterly 
  and 
  

   then 
  westerly 
  irregularly 
  across 
  Washington 
  county, 
  New 
  York, 
  

  

  