﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  751 
  

  

  Oswego 
  canal 
  

  

  Original 
  canal 
  Enlarged 
  canal 
  

  

  Length, 
  in 
  miles 
  38.00 
  38.00 
  

  

  Lockage, 
  in 
  feet 
  154.85 
  154.85 
  

  

  Average 
  burden 
  of 
  boats, 
  in 
  tons 
  62 
  . 
  00 
  210 
  . 
  00 
  

  

  Construction 
  authorized 
  Apr., 
  1825 
  Apr., 
  1854 
  

  

  Construction 
  completed 
  Dec, 
  1828 
  Sept., 
  1862 
  

  

  Actual 
  cost 
  of 
  construction 
  f 
  565,473 
  f 
  4,427,589 
  

  

  Black 
  River 
  canal 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  canal, 
  Eome 
  to 
  Lyon 
  Falls, 
  in 
  miles 
  35.00 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  improved 
  river 
  to 
  Carthage, 
  in 
  miles 
  42.00 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  navigable 
  feeder, 
  in 
  miles 
  10 
  . 
  50 
  

  

  Lockage, 
  in 
  feet 
  1,082.25 
  

  

  Average 
  burden 
  of 
  boats, 
  in 
  tons 
  70 
  . 
  00 
  

  

  Construction 
  authorized 
  Apr., 
  1836 
  

  

  Construction 
  completed 
  1849 
  

  

  Actual 
  cost 
  of 
  construction, 
  13,581,954 
  

  

  Eastern 
  division 
  of 
  Erie 
  canal. 
  Erie 
  canal 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  three 
  

   divisions, 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  eastern, 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  the 
  western. 
  

   The 
  eastern 
  division 
  embraces 
  the 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  canal, 
  with 
  its 
  

   feeders 
  and 
  side 
  cuts, 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  at 
  Albany 
  

   to 
  the 
  dividing 
  line 
  between 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  Herkimer 
  and 
  Oneida, 
  

   and 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  Champlain 
  canal, 
  with 
  its 
  feeders, 
  ponds, 
  

   and 
  side 
  cuts. 
  The 
  entire 
  mileage 
  of 
  canals, 
  feeders, 
  and 
  river 
  

   improvements 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  division 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Miles 
  

  

  Erie 
  canal, 
  Albany 
  to 
  east 
  line 
  of 
  Oneida 
  county 
  106.24 
  

  

  Port 
  Schuyler 
  and 
  West 
  Troy 
  side 
  cuts 
  . 
  35 
  

  

  Albany 
  basin 
  . 
  77 
  

  

  Champlain 
  canal, 
  including 
  Waterford 
  side 
  cut 
  66.00 
  

  

  Navigable 
  river 
  above 
  Troy 
  dam 
  3 
  . 
  00 
  

  

  Glens 
  Falls 
  feeder 
  7.00 
  

  

  Navigable 
  river 
  above 
  Glens 
  Falls 
  feeder 
  dam 
  5 
  . 
  00 
  

  

  Total 
  188.36 
  

  

  