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  the 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  Public 
  Works. 
  The 
  object 
  

   of 
  constructing 
  it 
  was 
  to 
  store 
  flood 
  water 
  to 
  be 
  turned 
  into 
  the 
  

   Hudson 
  river 
  during 
  the 
  low-water 
  period 
  of 
  each 
  year, 
  thereby 
  

   equalizing 
  the 
  flow. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  Champlain 
  canal 
  takes 
  

   water 
  from 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  through 
  the 
  Glens 
  Falls 
  feeder 
  was 
  

   the 
  reason 
  why 
  the 
  State 
  considered 
  it 
  necessary 
  to 
  control 
  this 
  

   dam. 
  The 
  catchment 
  area 
  above 
  the 
  dam 
  is 
  146 
  square 
  miles. 
  

   The 
  storage 
  cost 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  |20 
  per 
  million 
  cubic 
  feet 
  stored. 
  1 
  

   Cedar 
  river. 
  This 
  river 
  rises 
  in 
  Cedar 
  lake 
  in 
  the 
  central 
  part 
  

   of 
  Hamilton 
  county 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  about 
  2530 
  feet 
  above 
  tide, 
  

   and 
  flows 
  northeasterly, 
  generally 
  parallel 
  to 
  Indian 
  lake 
  and 
  

   river, 
  entering 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  two 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Indian 
  river. 
  

   There 
  is 
  no 
  water-power 
  development 
  upon 
  this 
  stream, 
  but 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  reservoir 
  of 
  considerable 
  capacity 
  at 
  Wakeley, 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  

   of 
  about 
  2000 
  feet 
  above 
  tide. 
  

  

  Mohawk 
  River 
  

  

  Mohawk 
  river, 
  the 
  largest 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  

   western 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  near 
  the 
  Lewis 
  and 
  Oneida 
  

   county 
  line. 
  It 
  flows 
  in 
  a 
  southerly 
  direction 
  to 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Rome, 
  

   from 
  which 
  it 
  takes 
  an 
  easterly 
  course 
  across 
  the 
  State, 
  emptying 
  

   into 
  the 
  Hudson 
  a 
  little 
  above 
  Troy. 
  The 
  principal 
  tributaries 
  

   are 
  Schoharie, 
  East 
  Canada, 
  West 
  Canada 
  and 
  Oriskany 
  creeks, 
  

   while 
  less 
  important 
  tributaries 
  are 
  Chuctenunda, 
  Cayadutta, 
  

   Garoga 
  and 
  Sauquoit 
  creeks 
  and 
  Lansing 
  kill. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  small 
  streams, 
  several 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  utilized 
  as 
  water 
  sup- 
  

   plies 
  for 
  the 
  villages 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  valley. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  elevations 
  above 
  tidewater 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   points 
  along 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river 
  : 
  

  

  Feet. 
  

  

  At 
  mouth 
  12 
  

  

  Lower 
  Mohawk 
  aqueduct 
  162 
  

  

  Schenectady 
  214 
  

  

  Mouth 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  270 
  

  

  At 
  Rome, 
  above 
  feeder 
  dam 
  431 
  

  

  lFor 
  complete 
  account 
  of 
  Indian 
  river 
  dam, 
  see 
  Engineering 
  News 
  for 
  

   May 
  18. 
  1899. 
  

  

  