﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

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  that 
  the 
  support 
  which 
  this 
  project 
  received 
  was 
  from 
  the 
  two 
  

   terminals 
  of 
  the 
  canal. 
  

  

  This 
  act 
  provides 
  that 
  the 
  route 
  of 
  the 
  Erie, 
  Oswego 
  and 
  Cham- 
  

   plain 
  canals, 
  as 
  improved, 
  shall 
  be 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Beginning 
  at 
  Congress 
  street, 
  Troy, 
  and 
  passing 
  up 
  the 
  Hudson 
  

   river 
  to 
  Waterford; 
  thence 
  to 
  the 
  westward 
  through 
  the 
  branch 
  

   north 
  of 
  Peoble's 
  island 
  and 
  by 
  a 
  new 
  canal 
  and 
  locks 
  reach 
  the 
  

   Mohawk 
  river 
  above 
  Cohoes 
  falls; 
  thence 
  in 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river 
  

   canalized 
  to 
  Little 
  Falls; 
  thence 
  generally 
  by 
  the 
  existing 
  line 
  

   of 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal 
  to 
  Herkimer; 
  thence 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  Mohawk 
  

   river, 
  following 
  the 
  thread 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  practicable 
  

   to 
  a 
  point 
  about 
  six 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Rome 
  ; 
  thence 
  over 
  to 
  and 
  down 
  

   the 
  valley 
  of 
  Wood 
  creek 
  to 
  Oneida 
  lake 
  ; 
  thence 
  through 
  Oneida 
  

   lake 
  to 
  Oneida 
  river; 
  thence 
  down 
  Oneida 
  river, 
  cutting 
  out 
  the 
  

   bends 
  thereof, 
  where 
  desirable, 
  to 
  Three 
  Rivers 
  Point; 
  thence 
  up 
  

  

  Fig. 
  74 
  Earth 
  section 
  of 
  22-foot 
  canal 
  carrying 
  vessel 
  of 
  8,000 
  tons 
  capacity. 
  

  

  to 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  to 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  Onondaga 
  lake; 
  thence 
  still 
  up 
  

   Seneca 
  river 
  to 
  and 
  through 
  the 
  State 
  ditch 
  at 
  Jack's 
  Reefs; 
  

   thence 
  westerly 
  generally 
  following 
  said 
  river 
  to 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  

   Crusoe 
  creek 
  ; 
  thence 
  substantially 
  paralleling 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Cen- 
  

   tral 
  railroad 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  it 
  to 
  a 
  junction 
  with 
  the 
  present 
  

   Erie 
  canal 
  about 
  1.8 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Clyde; 
  thence 
  following 
  

   substantially 
  the 
  present 
  route 
  of 
  the 
  canal 
  with 
  necessary 
  

   changes 
  near 
  Lyons 
  and 
  Newark 
  to 
  Fairport; 
  thence 
  curving 
  to 
  

   the 
  south 
  and 
  west 
  on 
  a 
  new 
  location, 
  joining 
  the 
  present 
  canal 
  

   about 
  one-half 
  mile 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  crossing 
  of 
  Irondequoit; 
  thence 
  

   following 
  the 
  old 
  canal 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  about 
  one 
  and 
  one-fourth 
  miles 
  

   west 
  of 
  Pittsford; 
  thence 
  following 
  the 
  existing 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  canal 
  

   for 
  nearly 
  a 
  mile; 
  thence 
  running 
  across 
  the 
  country 
  south 
  of 
  

   Rochester 
  to 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river 
  near 
  South 
  park, 
  here 
  crossing 
  

   the 
  river 
  in 
  a 
  pool 
  formed 
  by 
  a 
  dam 
  ; 
  thence 
  running 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  

   of 
  the 
  outskirts 
  of 
  Rochester 
  and 
  joining 
  the 
  present 
  canal 
  about 
  

   one 
  mile 
  east 
  of 
  South 
  Greece; 
  thence 
  following 
  substantially 
  the 
  

   route 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  Erie 
  canal, 
  with 
  the 
  necessary 
  change 
  in 
  

  

  