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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  Ulster 
  & 
  Delaware 
  railroad 
  passes 
  through 
  the 
  Esopus 
  

   valley 
  from 
  one-half 
  mile 
  above 
  the 
  Olive 
  dam 
  to 
  above 
  Big 
  In- 
  

   dian 
  reservoir 
  site. 
  The 
  building 
  of 
  these 
  reservoirs 
  would 
  require 
  

   relocation 
  of 
  this 
  railroad 
  for 
  its 
  entire 
  length. 
  The 
  construction 
  

   of 
  the 
  reservoirs 
  would 
  also 
  require 
  the 
  relocation 
  of 
  five 
  villages 
  

   in 
  the 
  valley. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  twelve 
  villages 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  inter- 
  

   fered 
  with, 
  but 
  as 
  they 
  lie 
  above 
  the 
  various 
  reservoirs, 
  the 
  cost 
  

   of 
  providing 
  them 
  with 
  sewerage 
  and 
  sewage 
  purification 
  works 
  is 
  

   included 
  in 
  the 
  estimates. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  water 
  powers 
  on 
  the 
  

   main 
  stream 
  at 
  Olive, 
  Boiceville, 
  Allaben 
  and 
  Big 
  Indian. 
  None 
  

   of 
  these 
  powers 
  is 
  very 
  important, 
  but 
  the 
  estimates 
  have 
  been 
  

   made 
  ample 
  to 
  cover 
  the 
  cost. 
  

  

  Table 
  No. 
  89 
  gives 
  the 
  particulars 
  of 
  the 
  storage 
  reservoirs 
  on 
  

   Esopus 
  creek. 
  

  

  Table 
  No. 
  89 
  — 
  Proposed 
  storage 
  reservoirs 
  on 
  Esopus 
  creek 
  

  

  Name 
  of 
  Reservoir 
  

  

  (1) 
  

  

  Olive 
  

  

  Cold 
  Brook 
  

  

  Lake 
  Hill 
  

  

  Mt. 
  Pleasant 
  

  

  Lower 
  Phoenicia 
  . 
  

   Upper 
  Phoenicia 
  . 
  

  

  Shandaken 
  

  

  Big 
  Indian 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  OS 
  

  

  o3 
  j3 
  

  

  Jfloj 
  

  

  •5 
  fl 
  Sh© 
  

  

  (2) 
  

  

  (3) 
  

  

  49.0 
  

   31.0 
  

   18.6 
  

   34.9 
  

   22.3 
  

   40.8 
  

  

  48 
  ]9 
  

  

  510 
  

  

  690 
  

  

  1,080 
  

  

  790 
  

  

  910 
  

  

  985 
  

  

  1,180 
  

  

  1,240 
  

  

  245.5 
  

  

  © 
  

  

  -£o.2g 
  

  

  .5 
  c 
  u 
  © 
  

   x 
  2 
  © 
  > 
  

   ?-£"& 
  ° 
  

  

  (4) 
  

  

  485 
  

  

  655 
  

  

  1,055 
  

  

  755 
  

  

  885 
  

  

  940 
  

  

  1,150 
  

  

  1,210 
  

  

  rfl 
  © 
  

  

  (5) 
  

  

  60 
  

  

  85 
  

   70 
  

   80 
  

   90 
  

   95 
  

   80 
  

   70 
  

  

  93 
  

  

  as 
  a^ 
  

  

  ©«h 
  a 
  

  

  •r-i 
  Co 
  

  

  © 
  © 
  

  

  *5- 
  

  

  (6) 
  

  

  (7) 
  

  

  0.78 
  

   1.03 
  

   0.72 
  

   0.89 
  

   0.25 
  

   1.01 
  

   0.37 
  

   0.51 
  

  

  5.56 
  

  

  20, 
  000, 
  000 
  

   22, 
  100, 
  000 
  

   12, 
  700, 
  000 
  

   23, 
  500, 
  000 
  

   8, 
  300, 
  000 
  

   29, 
  400, 
  000 
  

   27, 
  900, 
  000 
  

  

  © 
  C 
  

  

  P-O 
  

  

  SrH 
  © 
  

  

  143, 
  900, 
  000 
  

  

  (8) 
  

  

  $240 
  

   255 
  

   235 
  

   245 
  

   460 
  

   250 
  

   360 
  

   295 
  

  

  The 
  main 
  valley 
  of 
  Oatskill 
  creek 
  is 
  narrower 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  

   Esopus 
  creek, 
  affording 
  favorable 
  opportunity 
  for 
  reservoir 
  sites. 
  

   The 
  lowest 
  dam 
  has 
  been 
  located 
  near 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  East 
  Durham. 
  

   The 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  catchment 
  above 
  this 
  dam 
  is 
  about 
  192 
  square 
  

   miles. 
  It 
  is 
  proposed 
  to 
  construct 
  reservoirs 
  on 
  Catskill 
  creek 
  

   at 
  the 
  following 
  points: 
  East 
  Durham; 
  two 
  miles 
  above 
  East 
  

   Durham; 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  below 
  Oak 
  Hill; 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  

   Preston 
  Hollow, 
  and 
  on 
  Basic 
  creek, 
  near 
  Greenville. 
  These 
  reser- 
  

   voirs 
  will 
  provide 
  an 
  available 
  storage 
  capacity 
  of 
  nearly 
  19,000,- 
  

  

  

  