﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OP 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  821 
  

  

  thousand 
  horsepower 
  at 
  less 
  cost 
  per 
  unit 
  than 
  can 
  be 
  furnished 
  

   by 
  this 
  power 
  canal. 
  

  

  Mr 
  John 
  Patten, 
  in 
  a 
  paper 
  read 
  before 
  the 
  National 
  Irrigation 
  

   Congress 
  held 
  at 
  Ogden, 
  Utah, 
  in 
  1D02 
  proposed 
  a 
  canal 
  along 
  this 
  

   line 
  which 
  very 
  much 
  exceeds 
  in 
  size 
  that 
  proposed 
  by 
  either 
  Mr 
  

   North 
  or 
  Mr 
  McClintock. 
  The 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  canal 
  proposed 
  by 
  Mr 
  

   Patten 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  "The 
  Great 
  Eastern 
  Canal." 
  The 
  water 
  supply 
  will 
  

   be 
  taken 
  from 
  Niagara 
  river 
  at 
  Tonawanda 
  and 
  conveyed 
  through 
  

   a 
  canal 
  to 
  Rochester, 
  where 
  a 
  dam 
  54 
  feet 
  high 
  across 
  the 
  Genesee 
  

   river 
  will 
  continue 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  hills 
  south 
  of 
  Rochester, 
  effecting 
  a 
  

   natural 
  embankment. 
  The 
  Great 
  Eastern 
  canal 
  will 
  continue 
  in 
  

   an 
  easterly 
  direction 
  near 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal 
  and 
  the 
  

   Seneca 
  river 
  to 
  Syracuse, 
  passing 
  through 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  Syracuse 
  

   and 
  continuing 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  valley 
  near 
  Utica. 
  After 
  en- 
  

   tering 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  valley, 
  the 
  canal 
  continues 
  along 
  the 
  river 
  

   as 
  far 
  as 
  Schenectady, 
  at 
  which 
  point 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  dam 
  across 
  

   the 
  Mohawk 
  diverting 
  the 
  waters 
  southeast 
  along 
  the 
  slope 
  of 
  

   the 
  Catskill 
  mountains 
  to 
  the 
  valleys 
  of 
  Esopus 
  and 
  Rondout 
  

   creeks, 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  large 
  dam 
  intercepting 
  the 
  flow 
  of 
  

   these 
  creeks. 
  This 
  dam 
  is 
  high 
  enough 
  to 
  flood 
  the 
  Wallkill 
  val- 
  

   ley, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  canal 
  is 
  up 
  the 
  Wallkill 
  river 
  into 
  

   New 
  Jersey, 
  where 
  it 
  empties 
  into 
  Walnut 
  valley 
  and 
  from 
  

   thence 
  into 
  the 
  Delaware 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Easton, 
  forming 
  a 
  natural 
  

   waterway 
  from 
  Kingston 
  to 
  Easton 
  over 
  a 
  hundred 
  miles 
  in 
  

   length. 
  

  

  After 
  damming 
  the 
  Delaware 
  at 
  Easton 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  canal 
  

   will 
  continue 
  up 
  the 
  Lehigh 
  river, 
  and 
  southerly 
  to 
  within 
  about 
  

   five 
  miles 
  of 
  Reading, 
  where 
  a 
  dam 
  across 
  the 
  Schuylkill 
  river 
  

   continues 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  depression 
  of 
  the 
  valley 
  southerly. 
  The 
  

   canal 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  continued 
  south 
  from 
  this 
  point, 
  embracing 
  the 
  

   Susquehanna, 
  Potomac 
  and 
  James 
  rivers. 
  The 
  plan 
  calls 
  for 
  

   submerging 
  Ellentown, 
  Bethlehem 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  other 
  towns, 
  which 
  

   Mr 
  Patten 
  states 
  will 
  make 
  it 
  a 
  very 
  expensive 
  project. 
  

  

  There 
  will 
  be 
  waterways 
  from 
  New 
  York, 
  Washington, 
  Balti- 
  

   more, 
  Richmond, 
  Philadelphia, 
  Trenton 
  and 
  other 
  cities 
  extending 
  

   to 
  the 
  canal. 
  New 
  York 
  has 
  exceptional 
  advantages, 
  inasmuch 
  

   as 
  fully 
  500 
  feet 
  fall 
  is 
  obtained, 
  with 
  a 
  natural 
  outlet 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  