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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  depth, 
  16.5 
  feet, 
  and 
  storage 
  capacity, 
  170,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet. 
  

   The 
  catchment 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  creek 
  above 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  feeder 
  

   is 
  52 
  square 
  miles, 
  and 
  the 
  catchment 
  area 
  above 
  the 
  reservoir 
  

   is 
  46.2 
  square 
  miles. 
  

  

  The 
  storage 
  of 
  the 
  Jamesville 
  reservoir 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  3,680,000 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  square 
  mile 
  of 
  catchment 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  reser- 
  

   voir. 
  In 
  order 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  entire 
  yield 
  of 
  the 
  area 
  available, 
  a 
  

   much 
  larger 
  storage 
  capacity 
  than 
  this 
  is 
  required. 
  

  

  Jordan 
  level, 
  which 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  summit 
  level, 
  extends 
  from 
  lock 
  

   No. 
  50 
  to 
  lock 
  No. 
  51 
  and 
  is 
  14,903 
  miles 
  in 
  length. 
  The 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  feeders 
  are 
  tributary 
  to 
  this 
  level 
  : 
  

  

  Cubic 
  

   ft. 
  per 
  

   second: 
  

  

  Otisco 
  lake 
  reservoir 
  fed 
  through 
  Camillus 
  feeder 
  into 
  the 
  

   canal, 
  4 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  lock 
  No. 
  50 
  86 
  

  

  Ninemile 
  creek 
  (natural 
  flow) 
  also 
  fed 
  into 
  canal 
  through 
  

   Camillus 
  feeder 
  13 
  

  

  Carpenter 
  brook 
  feeder 
  3 
  

  

  Skaneateles 
  feeder 
  1 
  146 
  

  

  Total 
  24^ 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  feeders 
  deliver 
  water 
  into 
  the 
  Port 
  Byron 
  level, 
  

   which 
  extends 
  from 
  lock 
  No. 
  51 
  to 
  No. 
  52, 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  7.79 
  miles 
  : 
  

  

  Cubic 
  

   ft. 
  per 
  

   second 
  

  

  Putnam 
  brook 
  feeder 
  at 
  Weedsport 
  & 
  

  

  Owasco 
  feeder 
  '. 
  '. 
  69 
  

  

  Total 
  72 
  

  

  Oswego 
  canal 
  receives 
  about 
  167 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  from 
  

   the 
  Erie 
  canal 
  at 
  Syracuse. 
  The 
  balance 
  of 
  its 
  water 
  supply 
  is 
  

   derived 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  and 
  Oneida 
  rivers. 
  The 
  total 
  amounts 
  to 
  

   about 
  1233 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second. 
  Seneca 
  and 
  Cayuga 
  canal- 
  

   receives 
  about 
  67 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  from 
  Erie 
  canal 
  at 
  Mon- 
  

  

  1 
  See 
  statement 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  Skaneateles 
  feeder 
  on 
  page 
  168. 
  

  

  