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Ship canal projects and their water supply (cont'd) 

 Report of the Board of Engineers on Deep Waterways (cont'd) 



Tonawanda-Olcott route 782 



Oswego-Mohawk route 783 



St Lawrence-Champlain route 786 



The utilization of natural waterways 787 



The preferable route 787 



Summit level water supply 788 



The Canadian canals 794 



Recent canal projects in New York 796 



Report of the Committee on Canals of New York 796 



Seymour plan for enlargement of Erie canal 797 



The Seymour-Adams plan 797 



New Erie canal proposed by Canal Committee 798 



The enlarged canal 799 



Study of continuously descending canal from Lake Erie to Hudson 



river 801 



The southern route 804 



The northern route 805 



Extension of Syracuse level 80G 



The Seneca-Oneida route 807 



Conclusions of the Canal Committee 810 



The barge canal survey " 812 



Origin of the barge canal. ■. 814 



Increase in size of boat in comparison with cross-section of canal . . 816 



Chapter 147 of the laws of 1903 818 



Power canal along line of Erie canal 820 



Private companies organized to build canals 822 



Loss or water from artificial channels 825 



Selling price of waterpower 834 



Future use of waterpower in new york state 837 



Obstructive effect of frazil or anchor ice 839 



Municipal water supplies in western new york 841 



Domestic Water Supply of Rochester 842 



Hemlock lake 842 



The Gates well 844 



Wells in low district south of Mount Hope reservoir 847 



Irondequoit creek 847 



Red creek 848 



Little Black creek 848 



Wells at Coldwater 848 



The Snow springs 849 



The Hubbard springs 850 



Black creek 851 



Oatka creek 851 



Caledonia springs 852 



Mendon ponds 852 



Pond near Bushnell basin 852 



