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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Jainesville 
  reservoir 
  has 
  a 
  tributary 
  catchment 
  area 
  of 
  46.2 
  

   square 
  miles. 
  The 
  storage 
  capacity 
  is 
  170,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  and 
  

   the 
  area 
  of 
  water 
  surface 
  252 
  acres. 
  It 
  is 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  head- 
  

   waters 
  of 
  Butternut 
  creek, 
  tributary 
  to 
  Chittenango 
  creek 
  

   through 
  Limestone 
  creek. 
  The 
  outflow 
  reaches 
  Erie 
  canal 
  

   through 
  the 
  Orrville 
  feeder. 
  

  

  From 
  Chittenango 
  falls 
  to 
  Chittenango 
  village, 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  

   five 
  miles, 
  this 
  stream 
  falls 
  from 
  elevation 
  860 
  + 
  T. 
  W. 
  to 
  eleva- 
  

   tion 
  420. 
  From 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  Chittenango 
  falls 
  to 
  Chittenango 
  vil- 
  

   lage, 
  the 
  stream 
  flows 
  through 
  a 
  deep, 
  narrow 
  valley, 
  where 
  

   several 
  water 
  powers 
  formerly 
  in 
  use 
  are 
  now 
  mostly 
  abandoned. 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  its 
  location 
  below 
  three 
  feeders 
  of 
  the 
  canal, 
  the 
  

   records 
  at 
  Bridgeport 
  do 
  mot 
  show 
  the 
  actual 
  runoff 
  of 
  the 
  

   catchment 
  area 
  during 
  the 
  canal 
  season. 
  During 
  the 
  winter, 
  

   drainage 
  into 
  the 
  canal 
  is 
  sometimes 
  drawn 
  off 
  into 
  Chittenango 
  

   creek 
  at 
  the 
  aqueducts 
  crossing 
  the 
  main 
  stream 
  and 
  its 
  tribu- 
  

   taries. 
  Owing 
  to 
  uncertainty 
  in 
  the 
  runoff, 
  the 
  Bridgeport 
  sta- 
  

   tion 
  was 
  abandoned 
  in 
  May, 
  1901. 
  

  

  Geologically, 
  Chittenango 
  creek 
  lies 
  in 
  the 
  horizon 
  of 
  the 
  

   Niagara, 
  Salina 
  and 
  Lower 
  Helderberg 
  groups 
  and 
  Hamilton 
  

   shales. 
  

  

  Discharge 
  measurements 
  of 
  Black 
  river. 
  Observations 
  of 
  the 
  

   flow 
  in 
  Black 
  river 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  dam 
  of 
  the 
  Watertown 
  

   Waterworks, 
  located 
  about 
  two 
  miles 
  above 
  Watertown, 
  at 
  Hunt- 
  

   ingtonville. 
  This 
  station 
  was 
  established 
  in 
  February, 
  1897, 
  and 
  

   the 
  record 
  has 
  been 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Water 
  Commis- 
  

   sioners 
  of 
  Watertown. 
  At 
  this 
  gaging 
  station 
  the 
  stream 
  flows 
  

   in 
  two 
  channels 
  with 
  an 
  island 
  between. 
  A 
  high 
  dam 
  on 
  the 
  

   right 
  creates 
  a 
  settling 
  basin 
  for 
  the 
  water 
  supply 
  of 
  Watertown. 
  

   The 
  second 
  dam, 
  on 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  island, 
  is 
  of 
  timber 
  

   with 
  crest 
  slightly 
  irregular 
  in 
  profile. 
  For 
  ease 
  in 
  computa- 
  

   tion 
  this 
  crest 
  has 
  been 
  divided 
  into 
  six 
  parts, 
  each 
  being 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  as 
  horizontal. 
  The 
  discharge 
  over 
  the 
  dam 
  has 
  been 
  

   computed, 
  using 
  coefficients 
  derived 
  from 
  Cornell 
  University 
  ex- 
  

   periments 
  Nos. 
  2 
  and 
  12, 
  as 
  given 
  in 
  detail 
  in 
  the 
  paper 
  On 
  the 
  

   Flow 
  of 
  Water 
  Over 
  Dams. 
  

  

  The 
  entire 
  flow 
  of 
  Black 
  river, 
  aside 
  from 
  the 
  leakage 
  and 
  

   diversion 
  for 
  the 
  water 
  supply 
  of 
  Watertown, 
  passes 
  over 
  the 
  

  

  