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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  just 
  below 
  the 
  dam. 
  It 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  proposed 
  to 
  construct 
  a 
  

   masonry 
  dam 
  at 
  Burtonville 
  village, 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  sufficient 
  

   hight 
  to 
  make 
  up 
  foir 
  the 
  fall 
  in 
  the 
  river 
  of 
  about 
  16 
  feet. 
  In 
  

   this 
  case 
  the 
  canal 
  would 
  be 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   river. 
  

  

  Site 
  No. 
  2. 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  examining 
  this 
  matter 
  in 
  1900 
  bor- 
  

   ings 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  made 
  at 
  site 
  No. 
  2, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  

   definite 
  information 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  rock 
  it 
  was 
  idle 
  to 
  specu- 
  

   late. 
  This 
  plant 
  included 
  a 
  short 
  canal 
  which 
  could 
  be 
  easily 
  

   constructed. 
  

  

  Site 
  No. 
  3. 
  The 
  Empire 
  State 
  Power 
  Company 
  constructed 
  a 
  

   plant 
  at 
  Schoharie 
  falls 
  in 
  1899 
  and 
  1900. 
  This 
  plant 
  includes 
  

   a 
  masonry 
  dam 
  and 
  head 
  canal 
  4000 
  feet 
  in 
  length, 
  with 
  the 
  

   power 
  station 
  situated 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  said 
  canal. 
  In 
  the 
  origi- 
  

   nal 
  project, 
  owing 
  to 
  erroneous 
  conceptions 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  flow 
  of 
  

   Schoharie 
  creek, 
  the 
  canal 
  was 
  designed 
  for 
  a 
  maximum 
  flow 
  

   of 
  1500 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second, 
  although 
  in 
  carrying 
  this 
  amount, 
  

   friction 
  would 
  consume 
  about 
  two 
  feet 
  of 
  head. 
  Later 
  on 
  it 
  

   was 
  concluded 
  that 
  800 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  would 
  be 
  perhaps 
  

   a 
  safer 
  maximum. 
  A 
  cross-section 
  of 
  the 
  dam 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  figure 
  

   No. 
  36. 
  This 
  dam 
  is 
  12 
  feet 
  in 
  hight, 
  and 
  by 
  carrying 
  the 
  canal 
  

   4000 
  feet 
  down 
  the 
  stream 
  40 
  feet 
  head 
  is 
  secured. 
  

  

  Site 
  No. 
  J 
  f 
  . 
  This 
  plant 
  is 
  at 
  Mill 
  Point, 
  1V 
  2 
  miles 
  below 
  Scho- 
  

   harie 
  falls. 
  The 
  site 
  is 
  now 
  occupied 
  by 
  a 
  gristmill 
  and 
  sawmill 
  

   which 
  are 
  owned 
  by 
  the 
  Empire 
  State 
  Power 
  Company. 
  The 
  

   dam 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  timber 
  and 
  8 
  feet 
  in 
  hight. 
  

  

  Site 
  No. 
  5, 
  At 
  this 
  plant 
  the 
  dam 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  timber 
  and 
  pre- 
  

   sents 
  no 
  difficulties 
  in 
  development. 
  It 
  is 
  situated 
  about 
  one 
  mile 
  

   above 
  Fort 
  Hunter 
  and 
  will 
  realize 
  practically 
  the 
  entire 
  catch- 
  

   ment 
  area 
  of 
  'Schoharie 
  creek. 
  

  

  The 
  object 
  in 
  developing 
  these 
  plants 
  on 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  was 
  

   to 
  transmit 
  the 
  power 
  electrically 
  to- 
  Amsterdam, 
  seven 
  miles 
  

   distant, 
  where, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  manufacturing 
  

   by 
  steam 
  power, 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  excellent 
  market 
  for 
  electricity. 
  It 
  

   was 
  also 
  proposed 
  to 
  transmit 
  1000 
  horsepower 
  to 
  the 
  Helder- 
  

   faerg 
  Cement 
  Company 
  at: 
  Howe's 
  Gave, 
  and 
  pole 
  lines 
  were 
  con- 
  

   structed 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  these 
  transmissions. 
  

  

  Assuming 
  that 
  storage 
  enough 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  insure 
  a 
  permanent 
  

   flow 
  of 
  650 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second, 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  to 
  develop 
  on 
  

  

  