﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  627 
  

  

  Without 
  going 
  further 
  into 
  detail, 
  the 
  following 
  may 
  be 
  given 
  

   as 
  the 
  approximate 
  storage 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  Hudson 
  system, 
  worked 
  

   out 
  to 
  1904. 
  1 
  

  

  Cubic 
  feet 
  

  

  Storage 
  of 
  Sacandaga 
  and 
  main 
  Hudson 
  river 
  

   catchment 
  areas, 
  not 
  including 
  Boreas 
  river 
  

   reservoir, 
  Boreas 
  pond, 
  Indian 
  lake, 
  and 
  Piseco 
  

  

  lake 
  14,364,000,000 
  

  

  Boreas 
  river 
  reservoir 
  and 
  Boreas 
  pond 
  1,111,000,000 
  

  

  Indian 
  lake 
  2 
  4,468,000,000 
  

  

  Piseco 
  lake 
  1,725,000,000 
  

  

  Schroon 
  valley 
  15,925,000,000 
  

  

  Hadley 
  4,000,000,000 
  

  

  Conklinville 
  10,000,000,000 
  

  

  Total 
  51,593,000,000 
  

  

  This 
  storage 
  is 
  considered 
  sufficient, 
  in 
  conjunction 
  with 
  the 
  

   natural 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  unregulated 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  to 
  maintain 
  

   at 
  Mechanicville 
  a 
  flow 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  4,500 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  

   during 
  the 
  entire 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  investigations 
  indicate 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  oppor- 
  

   tunity 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  large 
  reservoir 
  on 
  Sacandaga 
  river 
  by 
  the 
  erec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  a 
  dam 
  at 
  Oonklinville. 
  The 
  available 
  storage 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  

   reservoir 
  is 
  from 
  8,000,000,000 
  to 
  10,000,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet. 
  It 
  is 
  

   taken 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  tabulation 
  at 
  10,000,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  also 
  an 
  opportunity 
  to 
  construct 
  on 
  the 
  main 
  Hudson 
  

   at 
  Hadley, 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Sacandaga, 
  another 
  

   reservoir 
  of 
  about 
  4,000,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  capacity 
  at 
  a 
  point 
  

   where 
  the 
  natural 
  conditions 
  for 
  constructing 
  such 
  a 
  reservoir 
  

   are 
  good. 
  At 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  proposed 
  dam 
  the 
  river 
  shows 
  a 
  

   granitic 
  rock 
  bottom, 
  with 
  precipitous 
  banks 
  nearly 
  forty 
  feet 
  

   in 
  hight 
  and 
  about 
  one 
  hundred 
  feet 
  apart. 
  The 
  material 
  for 
  a 
  

  

  *For 
  full 
  details, 
  the 
  reader 
  is 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  original 
  Reports 
  on 
  the 
  

   Upper 
  Hudson 
  Storage 
  Surveys, 
  in 
  Annual 
  Reports 
  of 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  

   Surveyor 
  for 
  the 
  Years 
  1895 
  and 
  1896. 
  Also, 
  refer 
  to 
  Report 
  to 
  Merchants' 
  

   Ass. 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  1900. 
  

  

  2 
  The 
  storage 
  of 
  this 
  reservoir 
  with 
  the 
  flashboards 
  in 
  place 
  is 
  taken 
  at 
  

   5.000,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet. 
  

  

  