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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Distance 
  

   from 
  head- 
  

   waters 
  to 
  

   nouth, 
  miles 
  

  

  Elevation 
  

   of 
  head- 
  

   waters 
  

  

  above 
  tide 
  

  

  23 
  

  

  1,066 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  760 
  

  

  19 
  

  

  1,000-1,240 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  1,200 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  1,000 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  1,260 
  

  

  61 
  

  

  2,300 
  

  

  19 
  

  

  1,600 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  1,350 
  

  

  12 
  

  

  800 
  

  

  75 
  

  

  1,860 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  1,177 
  

  

  the 
  extreme, 
  but 
  usually 
  at 
  some 
  point 
  where 
  the 
  stream 
  branches, 
  

   within 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  of 
  the 
  extreme 
  headwaters 
  : 
  

  

  Name 
  of 
  stream 
  

  

  Mohawk 
  river, 
  above 
  Ridge 
  Mills 
  

  

  Nine 
  Mile 
  creek 
  

  

  Oriskany 
  creek 
  

  

  Sauquoit 
  creek 
  

  

  Sterling 
  creek 
  

  

  Mayer 
  creek 
  

  

  West 
  Canada 
  creek 
  

  

  East 
  Canada 
  creek 
  

  

  Canajoharie 
  creek 
  

  

  Cayadutta 
  creek 
  

  

  Schoharie 
  creek 
  

  

  Cobleskill 
  (tributarj^ 
  to 
  Schoharie 
  

  

  creek) 
  

  

  Batavia 
  kill 
  (tributary 
  to 
  Schoharie 
  

  

  creek) 
  

  

  Chuctenunda 
  creek 
  

  

  South 
  Chuctenunda 
  creek 
  

  

  Alplaus 
  kill 
  1 
  

  

  As 
  further 
  showing 
  that 
  the 
  upper 
  Mohawk 
  — 
  the 
  portion 
  above 
  

   Little 
  Falls 
  — 
  must 
  be, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  delivery 
  in 
  the 
  broad 
  level, 
  valley 
  

   is 
  concerned, 
  a 
  relatively 
  rapid 
  stream, 
  we 
  may 
  consider 
  that 
  this 
  

   division 
  of 
  the 
  catchment 
  area 
  is 
  quite 
  narrow, 
  being 
  at 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  western 
  end 
  about 
  45 
  miles 
  and 
  at 
  Utica 
  about 
  25 
  miles. 
  

   On 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  valley 
  Black 
  river 
  canal, 
  following 
  the 
  

   general 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  and 
  its 
  chief 
  tributary 
  above 
  Rome, 
  the 
  

   Lansing 
  kill, 
  rises 
  to 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  1200 
  feet 
  on 
  the 
  Boonville 
  

   summit 
  in 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  25 
  miles. 
  To 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  Utica 
  the 
  aban- 
  

   doned 
  Chenango 
  canal, 
  following 
  a 
  circuitous 
  route, 
  reaches 
  an 
  

   elevation 
  of 
  1126 
  feet 
  on 
  the 
  Bouckville 
  summit 
  in 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  

   about 
  24 
  miles. 
  

  

  The 
  mean 
  elevation 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  valley 
  proper, 
  from 
  a 
  short 
  

   distance 
  above 
  Little 
  Falls 
  to 
  Rome, 
  may 
  be 
  taken 
  from 
  about 
  380 
  

   to 
  420 
  or 
  430. 
  At 
  Rome, 
  above 
  the 
  feeder 
  dam, 
  the 
  elevation 
  of 
  the 
  

   water 
  surface 
  above 
  mean 
  sea 
  level 
  is 
  430.5 
  feet 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  

  

  iThis 
  is 
  the 
  present 
  corrupted 
  spelling 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  originally 
  called 
  

   Aalplaatz 
  — 
  a 
  good 
  place 
  for 
  eels. 
  

  

  17 
  

  

  2,000 
  

  

  S 
  

  

  800 
  

  

  11 
  

  

  1,100 
  

  

  12 
  

  

  600 
  

  

  