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The following tabulation gives the proposed reservoirs of Hudson system so far as 

 the data have been worked up : 



LOCATION ON WHAT STREAM 





ESTIMATED 



TRIBUTARY 

 CATCHMENT 



OR TRIBUTARY 



NAME OF RESERVOIR 



IN CUBIC FEET 



AREA. 

 IN SQ. MILES 



Sacundaga River, 



Conklinville, 



4,000,000,000 



900 



Sacundaga River, 









Lake Pleasant, 



1,400,000,000 



45 



Sacundaga River, 









Piseco Lake, 



1,725,000,000 



55 



Sacundaga River, 









Arietta Flow, 



1,400,000,000 



40 



Main North River, 









Thirteenth Pond, 



439,000,000 



14 



Main North River, 









Chain Lakes, 



I,8l9,000,000 



58 



Main North River, 









Catlin Lake, 



784,000,000 



2 5 



Main North River, 









Lakes Rich, Harris and New- 

 comb and Goodenow Flow, 



2,603,000,000 



83 



Main North River, 









Lake Henderson, 



565,000,000 



18 



Main North River, 









Tahawus Flow, . 



2,101,000,000 



67 



Boreas River, . 









Boreas and Cheney Ponds, . 



1,41 1,000,000 



45 



Cedar River, . 









Wakely Flow, 



I,8l9,000,000 



58 



Indian River, . 









Indian Lake, 



5,000,000,000 



146 



Schroon River, 









Tumblehead Falls, 



16,000,000,000 



502 



Main North River, 









Hadley, .... 



4,000,000,000 



580 



Total, . 



44,066,000,000 





INDIAN LAKE RESERVOIR. 



The preliminary investigations having shown that a large reservoir could be made 

 at Indian Lake very cheaply, The Indian River Company, a corporation composed 

 of owners and users of water-power on Hudson River, was organized in 1897 to 

 develop the storage of this lake to full capacity in order to help out the low water flow 

 of Hudson River. There are several novel features of the substantial masonry dam 

 constructed which merit brief description, especially when the large storage gained 

 by moderate expenditure is taken into account. The dam creates an effective storage 

 on Indian Lake of about 4,468,000,000 cubic feet up to the level of the spillway crest, 

 or, if we admit the use of flash boards one to two feet in height, a storage may be 

 expected of, roundly, 5,000,000,000 cubic feet * 



Lumbering operations began in the vicinity of Indian Lake about 1845, m which 

 year a dam was erected, which has been maintained continuously ever since, for the 

 purpose of furnishing water for driving logs. The original dam raised the water 

 surface between five and six feet; this was subsequently increased in rebuilding the 



* Condensed from the paper on The Indian River Dam in "Engineering News." 



