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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  unnavigable 
  feeders 
  of 
  this 
  division 
  are: 
  

  

  Miles 
  

  

  Tona 
  wanda 
  and 
  Oak 
  Orchard 
  creek 
  11 
  . 
  55 
  

  

  Prism 
  of 
  old 
  Genesee 
  Valley 
  canal, 
  Cuba 
  reservoir 
  to 
  

  

  Rockville 
  7.65 
  

  

  Prism 
  of 
  old 
  Genesee 
  Valley 
  canal, 
  Scottsville 
  to 
  

  

  Rochester 
  feeder 
  dam 
  11.00 
  

  

  Tqtal 
  30.20 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  reservoirs 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  division 
  are 
  the 
  Oil 
  creek 
  

   and 
  Rockville 
  reservoirs, 
  originally 
  constructed 
  to 
  feed 
  the 
  sum- 
  

   mit 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  Genesee 
  Valley 
  canal, 
  and 
  still 
  retained 
  as 
  sub- 
  

   sidiary 
  feeders 
  to 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal, 
  their 
  waters 
  being 
  finally 
  dis- 
  

   charged 
  into 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river 
  and 
  thence 
  taken 
  into 
  the 
  canal 
  

   through 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river 
  at 
  Rochester. 
  The 
  main 
  characteris- 
  

   tics 
  of 
  Oil 
  creek 
  and 
  Rockville 
  reservoirs 
  may 
  be 
  obtained 
  from 
  

   table 
  No. 
  95. 
  

  

  The 
  sources 
  of 
  water 
  supply 
  for 
  the 
  western 
  division 
  are: 
  

   Lake 
  Erie, 
  at 
  Buffalo; 
  Tonawanda 
  creek, 
  at 
  Pendleton; 
  Tona- 
  

   wanda 
  and 
  Oak 
  Orchard 
  creeks, 
  at 
  Medina; 
  Aliens 
  creek 
  r 
  

   through 
  the 
  prism 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  Genesee 
  Valley 
  canal, 
  from 
  Scotts- 
  

   ville 
  to 
  Rochester; 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river 
  at 
  Rochester. 
  1 
  

  

  Ship 
  Canal 
  Projects 
  and 
  their 
  Water 
  Supply 
  

  

  By 
  virtue 
  of 
  the 
  geographic 
  position 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  with 
  the 
  

   Great 
  Lakes 
  on 
  its 
  western 
  boundary 
  and 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  ocean 
  

   on 
  its 
  eastern, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  commercial 
  capital 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  

   continent 
  as 
  its 
  chief 
  city, 
  all 
  discussions 
  of 
  deep 
  waterway 
  

   projects 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  to 
  the 
  seaboard 
  are 
  neces- 
  

   sarily 
  chiefly 
  discussions 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  resources 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  

   It 
  is 
  proper, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  the 
  several 
  deep 
  waterway 
  projects 
  

   should 
  be 
  briefly 
  noticed 
  in 
  a 
  report 
  of 
  this 
  character. 
  

  

  1 
  The 
  foregoing 
  statements 
  as 
  to 
  length, 
  water 
  supply, 
  and 
  reservoirs 
  of 
  the 
  

   Erie 
  canal, 
  while 
  covering 
  only 
  a 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  data, 
  are 
  still 
  

   as 
  much 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  given 
  at 
  this 
  time. 
  Full 
  information 
  may 
  be 
  obtained 
  

   by 
  reference 
  either 
  to 
  the 
  annual 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Sur- 
  

   veyor 
  from 
  1850 
  to 
  1903, 
  inclusive, 
  or 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  

   Public 
  Works 
  from 
  1878 
  to 
  1903, 
  inclusive. 
  Previous 
  to 
  1878 
  reports 
  of 
  

   the 
  Canal 
  Commissioners 
  may 
  also 
  be 
  consulted 
  for 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  

   information. 
  

  

  