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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  two 
  principal 
  falls 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river, 
  the 
  Great 
  

   falls 
  at 
  Cohoes 
  and 
  the 
  Little 
  falls 
  at 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  name, 
  

   where 
  are 
  found 
  the 
  only 
  important 
  water 
  powers 
  developed 
  on 
  

   this 
  stream. 
  At 
  the 
  Great 
  falls 
  at 
  Cohoes 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  fall 
  of 
  105 
  

   feet 
  over 
  Hudson 
  river 
  shale, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  extensively 
  utilized 
  

   by 
  the 
  Cohoes 
  Company 
  for 
  power. 
  'Cohoes 
  is 
  a 
  city 
  of 
  25,000 
  

   inhabitants, 
  entirely 
  devoted 
  to 
  manufacturing. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  the 
  statement 
  of 
  David 
  Van 
  Auken, 
  Engineer 
  of 
  the 
  

   Cohoes 
  Company, 
  there 
  are 
  about 
  10,000 
  horsepower 
  developed. 
  

   At 
  Little 
  Falls 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  total 
  fall 
  of 
  about 
  45 
  feet, 
  occurring 
  in 
  

   about 
  one-half 
  mile, 
  of 
  which 
  40 
  feet 
  are 
  utilized 
  by 
  three 
  dams. 
  

   The 
  population 
  of 
  Little 
  Falls 
  is 
  12,000, 
  extensively 
  devoted 
  to 
  

   manufacturing. 
  There 
  is 
  stated 
  to 
  be 
  about 
  3000 
  horsepower 
  

   developed 
  at 
  this 
  place. 
  Aside 
  from 
  a 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  power 
  

   developed 
  below 
  Cohoes, 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  " 
  sprouts 
  " 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk, 
  

   there 
  are 
  no 
  water-power 
  developments 
  on 
  the 
  stream 
  other 
  than 
  

   those 
  of 
  Cohoes 
  and 
  Little 
  Falls, 
  except 
  a 
  few 
  unimportant 
  mills 
  

   on 
  the 
  extreme 
  headwaters. 
  The 
  waterworks 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Rome 
  

   are 
  at 
  Ridge 
  Mills, 
  2 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Rome, 
  where 
  a 
  water 
  power 
  

   pumping 
  system 
  is 
  in 
  use. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  principal 
  subdivisions 
  of 
  the 
  catchment 
  

   area 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river: 
  

  

  Square 
  miles 
  

  

  At 
  mouth 
  3,400 
  

  

  Below 
  mouth 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  3,100 
  

  

  At 
  Little 
  Falls 
  1,275 
  

  

  At 
  Utica 
  524 
  

  

  At 
  Rome 
  184 
  

  

  Chuetenunda 
  creek. 
  This 
  stream 
  rises 
  in 
  Saratoga 
  county 
  and 
  

   flows 
  southerly 
  into 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river 
  at 
  Amsterdam. 
  There 
  is 
  

   a 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  power 
  on 
  this 
  stream, 
  at 
  Rockton 
  and 
  Haga- 
  

   man. 
  The 
  city 
  of 
  Amsterdam, 
  with 
  a 
  population 
  of 
  21,000, 
  is 
  a 
  

   manufacturing 
  city 
  on 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river 
  at 
  its 
  mouth, 
  but 
  most 
  of 
  

   its 
  manufacturing 
  is 
  by 
  steam 
  power. 
  It 
  offers 
  a 
  good 
  oppor- 
  

   tunity 
  for 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  power 
  from 
  an 
  electrical 
  power 
  plant 
  on 
  

  

  