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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  half 
  a 
  mile 
  to 
  one 
  mile 
  wide 
  and 
  with 
  an 
  average 
  depth 
  of 
  sixty 
  

   feet. 
  As 
  shown 
  by 
  tables 
  Nos. 
  84 
  and 
  85, 
  it 
  would 
  control 
  the 
  

   entire 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  above 
  Portageville, 
  where 
  the 
  catchment 
  

   area, 
  is 
  1000 
  square 
  miles. 
  Detailed 
  statements 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  rainfall 
  

   and 
  water 
  yield 
  of 
  Genesee 
  river 
  catchment 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   writer's 
  report 
  on 
  Genesee 
  river 
  storage 
  in 
  the 
  Keport 
  of 
  the 
  

   State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Surveyor 
  for 
  1896, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  preced- 
  

   ing 
  pages. 
  

  

  Genesee 
  river 
  waterpoiver. 
  The 
  waterpower 
  of 
  Genesee 
  river 
  

   is 
  nearly 
  all 
  concentrated 
  in 
  six 
  heavy 
  falls. 
  Three 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  

   within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Rochester 
  and 
  three 
  are 
  at 
  Portage. 
  

   The 
  total 
  descent 
  from 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  falls 
  at 
  Portage 
  to 
  the 
  

   level 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  is 
  833 
  feet, 
  of 
  which 
  262 
  feet 
  are 
  at 
  

   Rochester 
  and 
  290 
  feet 
  at 
  Portage. 
  At 
  Mount 
  Morris 
  the 
  fall 
  is 
  

   18 
  feet; 
  between 
  Mount 
  Morris 
  and 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  falls 
  

   at 
  Portage, 
  210 
  feet 
  ; 
  the 
  balance 
  is 
  in 
  a 
  reach 
  of 
  meandering 
  river 
  

   between 
  Rochester 
  and 
  Mount 
  Morris 
  where, 
  aside 
  from 
  small 
  

   powers 
  at 
  Geneseo 
  and 
  York, 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  opportunities 
  for 
  

   developing 
  power. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  developed 
  power 
  on 
  the 
  stream 
  is 
  at 
  Rochester,. 
  

   Geneseo, 
  York 
  and 
  Mount 
  Morris; 
  the 
  Genesee 
  canyon 
  and 
  Port- 
  

   age 
  falls 
  are 
  virgin 
  territory, 
  with 
  no 
  power 
  now 
  developed 
  on 
  

   this 
  reach 
  of 
  the 
  stream. 
  With 
  this 
  storage 
  project 
  carried 
  out, 
  

   nearly 
  26,000 
  gross 
  horsepower 
  may 
  be 
  developed 
  here. 
  

  

  The 
  figures 
  on 
  page 
  590 
  show 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  57,223 
  gross 
  horse- 
  

   power 
  on 
  Genesee 
  river 
  from 
  Portage 
  to 
  Rochester. 
  It 
  is 
  believed, 
  

   however, 
  that 
  the 
  computations 
  for 
  storage 
  have 
  been 
  so 
  con- 
  

   servatively 
  made 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  yield 
  fully 
  60,000 
  gross 
  horsepower 
  

   in 
  the 
  year 
  of 
  lowest 
  flow. 
  The 
  tabulation 
  on 
  page 
  590 
  also 
  shows 
  

   a 
  total 
  at 
  Rochester 
  of 
  29,840 
  gross 
  horsepower 
  to 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  

   1000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  flow. 
  This 
  total 
  is 
  based 
  on 
  a 
  utiliza- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  fall 
  of 
  262 
  feet. 
  Probably 
  this 
  is 
  impracticable 
  

   and 
  28,620 
  gross 
  horsepower 
  may 
  be 
  taken 
  as 
  the 
  safe 
  figure 
  for 
  

   a 
  flow 
  of 
  1000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second. 
  However, 
  the 
  computations 
  

   of 
  tables 
  Nos. 
  84 
  and 
  S5 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  80 
  cubic 
  

   feet 
  per 
  second 
  to 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal, 
  but 
  under 
  the 
  new 
  conditions 
  

   existing 
  in 
  1904, 
  with 
  the 
  barge 
  canal 
  authorized 
  and 
  the 
  entire 
  

   water 
  supply 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  from 
  Lake 
  Erie, 
  we 
  may 
  consider 
  the 
  

  

  