﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  759 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  detail 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  feeders 
  and 
  

   reservoirs 
  is 
  condensed 
  from 
  the 
  Barge 
  Canal 
  Report. 
  

  

  Oriskany 
  feeder. 
  This 
  feeder 
  has 
  a 
  catchment 
  area 
  above 
  the 
  

   diversion 
  dam 
  at 
  Oriskany 
  of 
  234 
  square 
  miles, 
  which 
  includes 
  87 
  

   square 
  miles 
  of 
  the 
  catchment 
  of 
  Chenango 
  river, 
  therefore 
  leav- 
  

   ing 
  147 
  square 
  miles 
  tributary 
  to 
  Oriskany 
  creek. 
  On 
  the 
  Che- 
  

   nango 
  river 
  catchment 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  reservoirs, 
  a 
  list 
  

   of 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  on 
  page 
  417. 
  

  

  Mohawk 
  feeder. 
  A 
  short 
  distance 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Black 
  River 
  

   canal 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river 
  is 
  diverted 
  by 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  

   feeder 
  into 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal. 
  The 
  catchment 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  above 
  

   the 
  point 
  of 
  diversion 
  is 
  156 
  square 
  miles. 
  It 
  is 
  thus 
  without 
  

   water 
  storage. 
  The 
  minimum 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river 
  at 
  Ridge 
  

   Mills, 
  as 
  shown 
  on 
  a 
  preceding 
  page, 
  is 
  rather 
  large, 
  although 
  it 
  

   should 
  not 
  be 
  overlooked 
  that 
  it 
  receives 
  the 
  waste 
  and 
  leakage 
  

   of 
  twenty-five 
  miles 
  of 
  the 
  Black 
  River 
  canal. 
  For 
  the 
  present 
  it 
  

   may 
  be 
  taken 
  at 
  0.2 
  cubic 
  foot 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

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  Fig. 
  53 
  Boat 
  suggested 
  by 
  Canal 
  Committee 
  for 
  Erie 
  canal 
  improvement. 
  

  

  Black 
  river 
  canal 
  feeder. 
  The 
  Erie 
  canal 
  is 
  supplied 
  with 
  183 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  of 
  water 
  from 
  the 
  Black 
  river 
  canal, 
  which 
  

   unites 
  therewith 
  at 
  Rome. 
  The 
  summit 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  Black 
  river 
  

   canal 
  is 
  supplied 
  from 
  Black 
  river 
  at 
  Forestport 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  

   navigable 
  feeder 
  about 
  10.5 
  miles 
  in 
  length. 
  The 
  distance 
  from 
  

   Boonville 
  to 
  Rome 
  is 
  about 
  twenty-five 
  miles. 
  

  

  The 
  pond 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  Forestport 
  feeder 
  is 
  formed 
  by 
  a 
  

   diversion 
  dam 
  across 
  Black 
  river, 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  below 
  Wood- 
  

   hull 
  creek. 
  The 
  catchment 
  area 
  at 
  the 
  diversion 
  dam 
  is 
  267 
  

   square 
  miles. 
  The 
  Forestport 
  reservoir 
  is 
  on 
  Black 
  river 
  about 
  

   1.5 
  miles 
  above 
  the 
  diversion 
  dam. 
  This 
  reservoir 
  has 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  

  

  