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  Discharge 
  measurements 
  of 
  Chittenango 
  creek. 
  Gagings 
  of 
  

   this 
  creek 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  mill-dam 
  at 
  Bridgeport, 
  a 
  short 
  

   distance 
  above 
  its 
  mouth. 
  Gage 
  readings 
  were 
  taken 
  three 
  

   times 
  a 
  day, 
  showing 
  the 
  hight 
  of 
  water 
  above 
  crest 
  of 
  dam, 
  

   head 
  on 
  wheels 
  and 
  width 
  of 
  gate 
  openings. 
  The 
  dam 
  is 
  of 
  tim- 
  

   ber, 
  backed 
  with 
  stone, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  nearly 
  level 
  crest, 
  215 
  feet 
  

   long, 
  with 
  flood 
  gates 
  at 
  the 
  ends. 
  Figure 
  24 
  shows 
  a 
  section 
  

   of 
  this 
  dam. 
  

  

  The 
  relatively 
  low 
  runoff 
  of 
  Chittenango 
  creek 
  during 
  the 
  

   summer 
  months 
  may 
  be 
  attributed 
  to 
  the 
  diversion 
  of 
  a 
  portion 
  

   of 
  the 
  flow 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  Rome 
  level 
  of 
  Erie 
  canal. 
  For 
  this 
  

  

  Fig. 
  24 
  Cross-section 
  of 
  dam 
  on 
  Chittenango 
  creek 
  at 
  Bridgeport 
  

  

  purpose 
  State 
  dams 
  are 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  main 
  stream 
  at 
  Chitte- 
  

   nango 
  and 
  on 
  itsi 
  two 
  tributaries, 
  Limestone 
  and 
  Butternut 
  

   creeks. 
  Cazenovia 
  lake, 
  Erieville, 
  De 
  Ruyter 
  and 
  Jamesville 
  

   reservoirs 
  are 
  situated 
  on 
  these 
  streams. 
  

  

  The 
  Erieville 
  reservoir 
  has 
  a 
  tributary 
  catchment 
  of 
  5.4 
  square 
  

   miles. 
  The 
  storage 
  capacity 
  is 
  318,425,000 
  cubic 
  feet, 
  and 
  the 
  

   water 
  surface 
  340 
  acres. 
  

  

  Cazenovia 
  lake 
  has 
  a 
  tributary 
  catchment 
  of 
  8.7 
  square 
  miles. 
  

   The 
  storage 
  capacity 
  is 
  207,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  and 
  the 
  area 
  of 
  

   water 
  surface 
  1.7 
  square 
  miles. 
  

  

  De 
  Ruyter 
  reservoir 
  has 
  a 
  tributary 
  catchment 
  area 
  of 
  18.5 
  

   square 
  miles, 
  which 
  is 
  naturally 
  tributary 
  to 
  Tioughnioga 
  river, 
  

   a 
  tributary 
  of 
  Chenango 
  river. 
  The 
  storage 
  capacity 
  is 
  504,500,- 
  

   000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  and 
  the. 
  area 
  of 
  water 
  surface 
  626 
  acres. 
  The 
  out- 
  

   flow 
  is 
  diverted 
  into 
  Limestone 
  creek, 
  entering 
  Erie 
  canal 
  

   through 
  Fayetteville 
  feeder. 
  

  

  