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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  two 
  head 
  raceways 
  leading 
  therefrom 
  — 
  one 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  — 
  which 
  are 
  entitled 
  to 
  equally 
  draw 
  one-half 
  

   of 
  the 
  entire 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  stream. 
  Equal 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  

   is 
  accomplished 
  by 
  providing 
  openings 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  size 
  on 
  both 
  

   sides, 
  with 
  sills 
  set 
  at 
  same 
  elevation. 
  The 
  east 
  raceway 
  is 
  

   known 
  as 
  the 
  Johnson 
  and 
  Seymour, 
  and 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  

   as 
  the 
  Rochester, 
  Carroll 
  and 
  Fitzhugh 
  raceway. 
  The 
  fall 
  at 
  

   these 
  two 
  raceways 
  is 
  usually 
  stated 
  at 
  19 
  feet, 
  although 
  in 
  

   extreme 
  low 
  water 
  the 
  fall 
  from 
  water 
  surface 
  in 
  headrace 
  to 
  

   tail-water 
  in 
  river 
  is 
  about 
  19.8 
  feet. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  brink 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  falls 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  second 
  dam, 
  which 
  

   diverts 
  water 
  into 
  Brown's 
  race, 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side, 
  and 
  into 
  

   the 
  raceway 
  of 
  the 
  Kochester 
  Power 
  Company 
  (now 
  owned 
  by 
  

   Rochester 
  Gas 
  & 
  Electric 
  Company) 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side. 
  Brown's 
  

   race 
  is 
  entitled 
  to 
  £f 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  and 
  the 
  

   Rochester 
  Power 
  Company's 
  race 
  to 
  8 
  - 
  5 
  -. 
  The 
  fall 
  is 
  90 
  to 
  92 
  

   feet. 
  

  

  The 
  third 
  dam 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  middle 
  falls, 
  Where 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  28 
  feet. 
  

   The 
  Genesee 
  Paper 
  Company 
  own 
  -£-J 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  flow 
  of 
  

   the 
  river, 
  and 
  the 
  estate 
  of 
  Charles 
  J. 
  Hayden 
  ~h> 
  The 
  Gen- 
  

   esee 
  Paper 
  Company's 
  holdings 
  cover 
  one-half 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  flow 
  

   to 
  be 
  applied 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  -h 
  to 
  be 
  applied 
  

   on 
  west 
  side, 
  or 
  |-J 
  in 
  all, 
  as 
  just 
  stated. 
  The 
  -h 
  owned 
  by 
  

   the 
  estate 
  of 
  Charles 
  J. 
  Hayden 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  applied 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side. 
  

  

  The 
  fourth 
  dam 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  lower 
  falls, 
  where 
  the 
  total 
  head 
  

   is 
  96 
  feet. 
  The 
  Brush 
  Electric 
  Light 
  Company 
  (Rochester 
  Gas 
  

   & 
  Electric 
  Company) 
  owns 
  the 
  entire 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  at 
  this 
  

   point. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  fifth 
  waterpower 
  between 
  the 
  upper 
  and 
  

   middle 
  falls, 
  which, 
  however, 
  has 
  never 
  been 
  developed, 
  but 
  

   which 
  should 
  be 
  acquired 
  as 
  a 
  guarantee 
  against 
  future 
  develop- 
  

   ment 
  by 
  parties 
  other 
  than 
  the 
  Genesee 
  River 
  Company. 
  A 
  

   power 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  feet 
  head 
  could 
  also 
  be 
  developed 
  below 
  what 
  

   is 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  feeder 
  dam 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  city. 
  

  

  As 
  developed 
  in 
  1900 
  the 
  waterpower 
  of 
  Rochester 
  was 
  divided 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Feet 
  Per 
  cent 
  

  

  Fall 
  No. 
  1— 
  Johnson 
  and 
  Seymour 
  dam 
  . 
  . 
  19 
  . 
  8 
  8 
  . 
  39 
  

  

  Fall 
  No. 
  2— 
  Upper 
  fall 
  of 
  Genesee 
  river 
  . 
  . 
  92 
  . 
  2 
  39 
  . 
  07 
  

  

  