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  The 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  Glens 
  Falls 
  feeder, 
  from 
  the 
  guard 
  lock 
  at 
  its 
  

   liead 
  to 
  where 
  it 
  enters 
  the 
  Chaniplain 
  canal, 
  about 
  2 
  miles 
  above 
  

   Fort 
  Edward, 
  is 
  6.92 
  miles. 
  From 
  this 
  point 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  

   canal 
  flows 
  both 
  north 
  and 
  south, 
  the 
  total 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  canal 
  fed 
  

   by 
  the 
  Glens 
  Falls 
  feeder 
  being 
  31.81 
  miles. 
  Fort 
  Edward 
  level, 
  

   into 
  which 
  the 
  Glens 
  Falls 
  feeder 
  delivers 
  water, 
  is 
  a 
  summit 
  level, 
  

   and 
  hence 
  the 
  water 
  delivered 
  into 
  it, 
  less 
  the 
  losses 
  by 
  percola- 
  

   tion, 
  evaporation, 
  etc., 
  is 
  partly 
  discharged 
  into 
  Lake 
  Champlain 
  

   and 
  partly 
  into 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  at 
  the 
  Saratoga 
  dam. 
  The 
  Cham- 
  

   plain 
  canal 
  crosses 
  through 
  the 
  pond 
  formed 
  by 
  the 
  Saratoga 
  dam 
  

   from 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  and 
  again 
  passes 
  out 
  

   of 
  the 
  river, 
  taking 
  a 
  full 
  supply 
  therefrom 
  at 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  North- 
  

   umberland, 
  from 
  which 
  point 
  to 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river 
  at 
  Cohoes 
  the 
  

  

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  Fig. 
  51 
  Boat 
  used 
  during 
  process 
  of 
  enlargement. 
  

  

  distance 
  is 
  27.06 
  miles. 
  The 
  water 
  from 
  this 
  section 
  by 
  passing 
  

   into 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  finally 
  reaches 
  the 
  Hudson 
  above 
  the 
  Troy 
  dam. 
  

   The 
  canal 
  crosses 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river 
  at 
  Cohoes, 
  taking 
  water 
  there- 
  

   from 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  section 
  from 
  Cohoes 
  to 
  near 
  West 
  Troy, 
  a 
  

   distance 
  of 
  2.36 
  miles. 
  A 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  water 
  also 
  passes 
  

   from 
  the 
  Champlain 
  canal 
  to 
  the 
  Hudson 
  through 
  the 
  Waterford 
  

   side 
  cut. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  Glens 
  Falls 
  feeder 
  there 
  have 
  

   existed 
  serious 
  leaks 
  through 
  the 
  seamy 
  limestone 
  rock 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  feeder 
  is 
  excavated 
  at 
  and 
  below 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Glens 
  Falls. 
  

   It 
  is 
  claimed 
  that 
  the 
  losses 
  through 
  these 
  seams 
  have 
  generally 
  

   increased, 
  until 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  past 
  they 
  have 
  amounted 
  to 
  

   about 
  50 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  flow 
  into 
  the 
  feeder 
  at 
  the 
  guard 
  

   lock. 
  

  

  This 
  leakage 
  has 
  been 
  repeatedly 
  complained 
  of 
  by 
  the 
  owners 
  

   of 
  waterpower 
  at 
  Glens 
  Falls 
  and 
  several 
  attempts 
  to 
  check 
  it 
  

   have 
  been 
  made, 
  but 
  without 
  much 
  avail. 
  The 
  river 
  falls 
  38 
  feet 
  

   at 
  Glens 
  Falls, 
  and 
  the 
  owners 
  of 
  the 
  waterpower 
  there 
  claim 
  

  

  