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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  right 
  to 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  of 
  the 
  feeder. 
  If, 
  therefore, 
  the 
  

   effect 
  of 
  the 
  drainage 
  authorized 
  by 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  1893 
  has 
  been 
  to 
  

   decrease 
  the 
  low-water 
  flow 
  of 
  Oak 
  Orchard 
  creek, 
  it 
  is 
  main- 
  

   tained 
  that 
  the 
  mill 
  owners 
  are 
  entitled 
  to 
  enough 
  water 
  from 
  the 
  

   canal 
  to 
  make 
  good 
  the 
  deficiency. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  other 
  points 
  on 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal 
  where 
  

   waterpowers 
  have 
  been 
  fostered 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  

   of 
  1825, 
  but 
  lack 
  of 
  space 
  precludes 
  discussion 
  of 
  that 
  phase 
  of 
  

   the 
  subject. 
  1 
  

  

  HISTORY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  WATER 
  SUPPLY 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  waterworks 
  of 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  were 
  constructed 
  

   in 
  1774, 
  when 
  the 
  population 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  was 
  22,000. 
  In 
  order 
  to 
  

   pay 
  the 
  expenses 
  of 
  the 
  works 
  the 
  city 
  issued 
  paper 
  money 
  amount- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  £2500, 
  calling 
  it 
  " 
  waterworks 
  money." 
  Bonds 
  were 
  also 
  

   executed 
  for 
  lands 
  and 
  materials 
  to 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  £8850 
  more. 
  

  

  A 
  reservoir 
  was 
  constructed 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  line 
  of 
  Broadway 
  

   between 
  what 
  is 
  now 
  Pearl 
  and 
  White 
  streets 
  and 
  a 
  well 
  sunk 
  in 
  

   the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  pond 
  called 
  the 
  Collect. 
  The 
  Kevolutionary 
  war 
  

   began 
  in 
  1775, 
  and 
  the 
  occupation 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  by 
  British 
  troops 
  

   caused 
  the 
  abandonment 
  of 
  the 
  work. 
  

  

  In 
  1799 
  the 
  Manhattan 
  Company 
  was 
  incorporated 
  to 
  supply 
  

   the 
  city 
  with 
  pure 
  and 
  wholesome 
  water. 
  This 
  company 
  sank 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  wells 
  within 
  the 
  city 
  limits. 
  They 
  constructed 
  a 
  well 
  

   25 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  30 
  feet 
  deep 
  in 
  Centre 
  street, 
  between 
  

   Beade 
  and 
  Duane 
  streets, 
  pumping 
  the 
  water 
  to 
  a 
  tank 
  on 
  

   Chambers 
  street, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  distributed 
  through 
  bored 
  

   logs. 
  In 
  1823 
  the 
  population 
  was 
  150,000 
  and 
  the 
  daily 
  pumpage 
  

   was 
  691,000 
  gallons. 
  

  

  In 
  1830 
  the 
  city 
  constructed 
  a 
  well 
  at 
  Thirteenth 
  street, 
  near 
  

   Broadway, 
  16 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  112 
  feet 
  deep, 
  97 
  feet 
  being 
  

   through 
  rock. 
  At 
  100 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  surface 
  two 
  lateral 
  galleries 
  

   were 
  tunneled 
  out 
  from 
  the 
  main 
  well, 
  each 
  75 
  feet 
  long. 
  This 
  

   well 
  furnished 
  only 
  10,400 
  gallons 
  per 
  day 
  of 
  hard 
  water. 
  The 
  

   Manhattan 
  Company 
  also 
  sank 
  a 
  well 
  at 
  Broadway 
  and 
  Bleecker 
  

  

  ^Vaterpower 
  on 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal 
  is 
  treated, 
  at 
  considerable 
  length 
  in 
  a 
  

   Report 
  on 
  the 
  Water 
  Supply 
  of 
  the 
  Western 
  Division 
  of 
  the 
  Erie 
  Canal. 
  

   An. 
  Rept 
  of 
  State 
  Engineer 
  for 
  1896. 
  

  

  