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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  to 
  the 
  Hudson 
  at 
  a 
  point 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  above 
  Schuylerville. 
  The 
  

   catchment 
  area 
  is 
  taken 
  at 
  460 
  square 
  miles. 
  The 
  elevation 
  above 
  

   tide 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  is 
  82 
  feet, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  Delaware 
  & 
  

   Hudson 
  railway 
  crossing, 
  a 
  little 
  south 
  of 
  Shushan, 
  the 
  elevation 
  

   is 
  437 
  feet. 
  This 
  gives 
  a 
  descent 
  of 
  355 
  feet 
  in 
  22 
  miles, 
  about 
  

   one-half 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  concentrated 
  within 
  the 
  last 
  4 
  or 
  5 
  miles 
  of 
  

   the 
  river's 
  course. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  brief 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  powers 
  on 
  the 
  

   lower 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  Battenkill, 
  in 
  ascending 
  order 
  from 
  the 
  

   mouth, 
  as 
  they 
  stood 
  in 
  1897 
  : 
  

  

  At 
  Clark 
  Mills, 
  the 
  American 
  Woodboard 
  Company, 
  24 
  feet 
  

   head. 
  

  

  At 
  Big 
  Falls, 
  the 
  dam 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  falls 
  gives 
  106 
  feet 
  

   head, 
  divided 
  into 
  Bennington 
  Falls 
  Pulp 
  Company, 
  32 
  feet; 
  

   Ondawa 
  Pulp 
  and 
  Paper 
  Company, 
  30 
  feet 
  ; 
  not 
  utilized, 
  44 
  feet. 
  

  

  At 
  Middle 
  Falls, 
  the 
  dam 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  falls 
  gives 
  55 
  feet 
  

   head. 
  Here 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  leather-board 
  mill, 
  shank 
  mill, 
  sawmill, 
  

   plaster 
  mill, 
  gristmill, 
  and 
  electric-light 
  station. 
  

  

  At 
  Greenwich, 
  Dunbar, 
  McMaster 
  & 
  Co., 
  8 
  feet 
  head; 
  Palmer's 
  

   lower 
  dam, 
  9 
  feet 
  head, 
  furnishes 
  power 
  for 
  gristmill, 
  paint 
  works, 
  

   shirt 
  manufacturing, 
  scale 
  manufacturing, 
  and 
  plow 
  works; 
  

   Palmer's 
  upper 
  dam, 
  6 
  feet 
  head, 
  furnishes 
  power 
  for 
  a 
  cotton 
  

   mill 
  and 
  a 
  paper 
  mill. 
  

  

  At 
  Center 
  Falls, 
  Angel 
  & 
  Langdon 
  Paper 
  Mill, 
  25 
  feet 
  head. 
  

  

  At 
  Batten 
  ville, 
  Phoenix 
  Paper 
  Company, 
  10 
  feet 
  head. 
  

  

  At 
  Rexleigh 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  cotton 
  mill 
  with 
  6 
  feeit 
  head 
  ; 
  at 
  Shushan 
  

   a 
  gristmill, 
  shirt 
  factory, 
  electric-light 
  station 
  and 
  foundry, 
  all 
  

   receiving 
  power 
  from 
  about 
  14 
  feet 
  head. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  foregoing 
  there 
  are 
  stated 
  to 
  be 
  undeveloped 
  

   water 
  powers 
  on 
  the 
  Battenkill 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  Between 
  Clark 
  Mills 
  

   and 
  Big 
  Falls, 
  27 
  feet; 
  between 
  Greenwich 
  and 
  Center 
  Falls, 
  8 
  

   feet; 
  between 
  Center 
  Falls 
  and 
  Battenkill, 
  10 
  feet. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  utilized 
  powers 
  on 
  the 
  Battenkill 
  are 
  devel- 
  

   oped 
  up 
  to 
  about 
  30 
  horsepower 
  per 
  foot 
  fall. 
  They 
  are, 
  however, 
  

   sometimes 
  short 
  of 
  water 
  in 
  dry 
  weather. 
  With 
  a 
  catchment 
  

   area 
  of 
  460 
  square 
  miles, 
  a 
  minimum 
  flow 
  of 
  0.3 
  of 
  a 
  cubic 
  foot 
  

  

  