﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  617 
  

  

  Storage 
  Reservoir 
  on 
  Black 
  River 
  

  

  This 
  project 
  has 
  been 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  general 
  statements 
  on 
  

   page 
  572. 
  It 
  includes 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  a 
  main 
  barrage 
  across 
  

   Black 
  river 
  at 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Carthage. 
  From 
  this 
  point, 
  for 
  

   nearly 
  thirty 
  miles 
  south, 
  Black 
  river 
  meanders 
  through 
  a 
  broad, 
  

   nearly 
  level 
  valley, 
  in 
  one 
  place 
  about 
  five 
  miles 
  in 
  width, 
  but 
  

   gradually 
  narrowing 
  to 
  a 
  width 
  of 
  about 
  one-half 
  mile 
  in 
  the 
  

   upper 
  portion. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  estimates 
  the 
  total 
  quantity 
  of 
  land 
  is 
  taken 
  at 
  50,000 
  

   acres, 
  of 
  which 
  49,200 
  acres 
  are 
  agricultural, 
  timber 
  and 
  wild 
  

   lands, 
  and 
  800 
  acres 
  are 
  villages. 
  The 
  area 
  flooded 
  at 
  elevation 
  

   of 
  spillway 
  crest 
  is 
  73.2 
  square 
  miles 
  and 
  at 
  10 
  feet 
  above 
  it 
  is 
  

   nearly 
  78 
  square 
  miles. 
  

  

  The 
  catchment 
  area 
  of 
  Black 
  river 
  at 
  Carthage 
  is 
  1812 
  square 
  

   miles. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  main 
  barrage 
  across 
  the 
  channel 
  of 
  

   Black 
  river 
  there 
  are 
  seven 
  dykes 
  to 
  be 
  constructed 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  

   of 
  Carthage 
  across 
  lateral 
  valleys. 
  The 
  project 
  also 
  includes 
  the 
  

   relocation 
  of 
  nearly 
  twenty 
  miles 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Central 
  & 
  

   Hudson 
  river 
  railway 
  (Rome, 
  Watertown 
  & 
  Ogdensburg 
  division), 
  

   together 
  with 
  the 
  raising 
  of 
  several 
  miles 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  with- 
  

   out 
  change 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  location; 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  three 
  

   highways 
  across 
  the 
  reservoir 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  existing 
  high- 
  

   ways; 
  the 
  reconstruction 
  of 
  highways 
  along 
  the 
  margins; 
  the 
  

   partial 
  or 
  complete 
  removal 
  of 
  the 
  villages 
  of 
  Beaver 
  Falls, 
  

   Bushee's 
  Landing, 
  Carthage, 
  Castorland, 
  Dadville, 
  Deer 
  River, 
  

   East 
  Martinsburg, 
  Glenfield, 
  Lowville, 
  Naumburg, 
  New 
  Bremen 
  

   and 
  Watsons. 
  At 
  Carthage 
  and 
  Lowville 
  the 
  submerged 
  areas 
  

   are 
  relatively 
  unimportant 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  town. 
  Several 
  of 
  the 
  

   smaller 
  villages 
  are 
  entirely 
  submerged, 
  while 
  others 
  are 
  only 
  

   partially 
  submerged. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  eight 
  cemeteries 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  flow 
  line, 
  

   including 
  26.2 
  acres 
  area. 
  Three 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  small 
  family 
  bury- 
  

   ing 
  places, 
  while 
  the 
  others 
  are 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  communities 
  living 
  in 
  

   the 
  vicinity. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  807 
  dwellings, 
  14 
  common 
  schoolhouses 
  and 
  9 
  

   churches 
  within 
  the 
  flow 
  line. 
  The 
  work 
  also 
  includes 
  17.2 
  miles 
  

   of 
  new 
  common 
  roads 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  three 
  highway 
  crossings 
  

   over 
  the 
  reservoir 
  previously 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  