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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  5,000,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  of 
  water, 
  the 
  area 
  of 
  water 
  surface 
  being 
  

   5035 
  acres 
  and 
  the 
  elevation 
  of 
  the 
  spillway 
  crest 
  1650 
  feet. 
  The 
  

   Indian 
  Rivet 
  Company 
  were 
  the 
  owners 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  rights 
  of 
  

   flowage 
  of 
  Indian 
  lake 
  as 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  timber 
  dam 
  since 
  1845. 
  

  

  2,0 
  — 
  ^-f^^E^zSO 
  

  

  Fig. 
  19 
  Cross-section 
  of 
  main 
  dam 
  and 
  gate 
  house 
  at 
  Indian 
  river. 
  

  

  This 
  company 
  deeded 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  about 
  18,000 
  

   acres 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  township 
  32 
  and 
  24,000 
  acres 
  in 
  township 
  15, 
  

   or 
  42,000 
  acres 
  in 
  all. 
  The 
  price 
  paid 
  for 
  this 
  land, 
  including 
  the 
  

   present 
  structures 
  thereon, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  structures 
  contracted 
  

   for 
  and 
  in 
  process 
  of 
  construction 
  by 
  the 
  company 
  (the 
  masonry 
  

   dam), 
  together 
  with 
  any 
  damages 
  which 
  might 
  accrue 
  from 
  the 
  

   appropriation 
  of 
  land 
  and 
  structures, 
  was 
  f 
  164,000, 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  less 
  

   Than 
  $4 
  per 
  acre. 
  The 
  total 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  dam, 
  including 
  engin- 
  

   eering, 
  was 
  about 
  f 
  100,000. 
  The 
  operation 
  of 
  this 
  dam 
  is 
  under 
  

  

  