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  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  tabulation 
  gives 
  the 
  principal 
  water 
  powers 
  devel- 
  

   oped 
  on 
  East 
  Canada 
  creek, 
  substantially 
  as 
  they 
  exist 
  in 
  1904 
  : 
  

  

  Number 
  Effective 
  

  

  of 
  dam 
  Location 
  head, 
  

  

  in 
  feet 
  

  

  1 
  Beardslee 
  falls 
  120 
  

  

  2 
  Ingham's 
  mills 
  10 
  

  

  3 
  High 
  falls 
  72 
  

  

  4 
  Dolgeville 
  20 
  

  

  5 
  Stratford 
  

  

  West 
  Canada 
  creek. 
  This 
  creek, 
  another 
  important 
  tributary 
  of 
  

   the 
  Mohawk, 
  rises 
  near 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  Hamilton 
  county 
  and 
  flows 
  

   southwesterly 
  about 
  forty 
  miles, 
  by 
  general 
  course, 
  to 
  the 
  eastern 
  

   edge 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Trenton 
  in 
  Oneida 
  county, 
  where 
  it 
  turns 
  

   and 
  first 
  runs 
  southeasterly 
  and 
  then 
  southerly 
  for 
  a 
  total 
  dis- 
  

   tance 
  of 
  twenty 
  miles, 
  finally 
  emptying 
  into 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  at 
  Her- 
  

   kimer. 
  The 
  following 
  tabulation 
  gives 
  the 
  catchment 
  areas 
  on 
  

   this 
  stream 
  : 
  

  

  Square 
  miles 
  

  

  At 
  mouth 
  569 
  

  

  Middleville 
  519 
  

  

  Trenton 
  Falls 
  375 
  

  

  One-half 
  mile 
  below 
  Hinckley 
  372 
  

  

  Prospect 
  370 
  ( 
  ?) 
  

  

  Twin 
  Rock 
  bridge 
  352 
  

  

  Below 
  mouth 
  of 
  Black 
  creek. 
  . 
  349 
  ( 
  ?) 
  

  

  This 
  creek 
  has 
  its 
  source 
  in 
  the 
  Canada 
  lakes, 
  which 
  are 
  about 
  

   forty 
  miles 
  northeast 
  from 
  Prospect. 
  These 
  lakes 
  are 
  known 
  

   separately 
  as 
  the 
  West, 
  Middle 
  and 
  East 
  Canada. 
  The 
  principal 
  

   lake 
  of 
  this 
  series 
  has 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  2348 
  feet 
  above 
  tidewater. 
  

   The 
  catchment 
  area 
  at 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Prospect, 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   natural 
  fall 
  of 
  about 
  60 
  feet, 
  is 
  approximately 
  370 
  square 
  miles. 
  

   At 
  Trenton 
  Falls, 
  three 
  miles 
  below, 
  the 
  stream 
  descends 
  about 
  

   200 
  feet 
  in 
  half 
  a 
  mile. 
  Ascending 
  the 
  stream 
  the 
  principal 
  falls 
  

   in 
  order 
  are: 
  Sherman 
  falls, 
  24 
  feet; 
  High 
  falls, 
  105 
  feet; 
  Mill 
  

   dam 
  falls, 
  14 
  feet; 
  Suydam 
  falls, 
  12 
  feet. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  report 
  made 
  by 
  Wallace 
  C. 
  Johnson, 
  under 
  date 
  of 
  March 
  

   17, 
  1896, 
  to 
  the 
  Trenton 
  Falls 
  Power 
  Company, 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  

   of 
  the 
  370 
  square 
  miles 
  of 
  catchment 
  area 
  above 
  Prospect, 
  about 
  

  

  