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  Storage 
  Reservoir 
  on 
  Salmon 
  River 
  West 
  

  

  In 
  1898 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Engineers 
  on 
  Deep 
  Waterways 
  extensively 
  

   considered 
  a 
  reservoir 
  on 
  Salmon 
  river, 
  just 
  above 
  High 
  Falls, 
  as 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  feeders 
  of 
  the 
  proposed 
  deep 
  waterway. 
  The 
  object 
  of 
  

   the 
  reservoir 
  was 
  to 
  provide 
  storage 
  within 
  reasonable 
  distance 
  

   of 
  the 
  main 
  deep 
  waterway 
  so 
  that 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  temporary 
  stoppage 
  

   of 
  the 
  main 
  feeder 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  water 
  could 
  still 
  be 
  supplied 
  to 
  

   the 
  canal. 
  The 
  feeder 
  crosses 
  Salmon 
  river 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  below 
  

   the 
  proposed 
  reservoir. 
  The 
  ordinary 
  elevation 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  sur- 
  

   face 
  of 
  Salmon 
  river 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  proposed 
  dam 
  near 
  High 
  

   Falls 
  is 
  approximately 
  897 
  feet, 
  the 
  flats 
  at 
  the 
  side 
  being 
  a 
  little 
  

   above 
  900 
  feet. 
  The 
  water 
  surface 
  elevation, 
  as 
  proposed 
  for 
  the 
  

   reservoir, 
  was 
  953 
  feet. 
  The 
  total 
  rise 
  of 
  water 
  surface 
  at 
  or 
  near 
  

   the 
  dam 
  was 
  therefore, 
  roundly, 
  56 
  feet. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  main 
  

   barrage 
  there 
  were 
  three 
  dikes, 
  the 
  first, 
  cutting 
  off 
  a 
  narrow, 
  

   lateral 
  valley 
  near 
  the 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  reservoir, 
  while 
  the 
  second 
  

   and 
  third, 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Redfield, 
  were 
  in 
  a 
  broad, 
  

   nearly 
  level, 
  somewhat 
  swampy 
  plain, 
  where 
  a 
  comparatively 
  

   small 
  rise 
  would 
  throw 
  iSalmon 
  river 
  water 
  over 
  into 
  the 
  catch- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Mad 
  river, 
  a 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  branch 
  of 
  Fish 
  creek. 
  

  

  The 
  volume 
  and 
  area, 
  as 
  determined 
  by 
  the 
  surveys, 
  are 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  A 
  

  

  Area, 
  Volume, 
  

  

  Elevation 
  in 
  square 
  miles 
  in 
  cubic 
  feet 
  

  

  910 
  1.619 
  

  

  930 
  4.481 
  1,700,582,400 
  

  

  950 
  7.356 
  5,000,688,000 
  

  

  960 
  , 
  8,458 
  7,205,447,400 
  

  

  Elevation 
  910 
  was 
  taken 
  as 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  sections, 
  the 
  volume 
  

   below 
  that 
  level 
  being 
  neglected 
  except 
  that, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  obtain 
  

   a 
  rounded 
  quantity 
  of 
  7,500,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  for 
  the 
  volume 
  at 
  

   elevation 
  960, 
  we 
  may 
  take 
  the 
  volume 
  below 
  910 
  as 
  294,523,000 
  

   cubic 
  feet, 
  a 
  quantity 
  well 
  within 
  the 
  volume 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  sur- 
  

   veys 
  and 
  maps. 
  On 
  this 
  basis 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  following 
  tabulation 
  : 
  

  

  Area, 
  Volume, 
  

  

  Elevation, 
  in 
  feet 
  in 
  square 
  miles 
  in 
  cubic 
  feet 
  

  

  900 
  0.486 
  

  

  910 
  1.619 
  294,523,000 
  

  

  930 
  4.481 
  1,995,105,000 
  

  

  950 
  7.356 
  5,295,211,000 
  

  

  960 
  8.458 
  7,500,000,000 
  

  

  