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Catchment Area above Area below 

 Creek area mouth mouth 



Wolf : 19.3 974.9 994.2 



Silver lake 30.4 1,029.2 1,059.6 



Cashaqua 82.0 1,059.6 1,141.6 



Canaseraga 23S.T 1,148.4 1,407.1 



Beards 41.3 1.423.1 1,464.4 



Conesus lake 88.8 1,555.5 1,643.9 



Honeoje 262.6 1,675.9 1,938.5 



Aliens 198.1 1,947.1 2,145.2 



Black 211.8 2,168.5 2,380.0 



The total catchment area of Genesee river at its mouth is 

 2446 square miles. 



The following tabulation gives the elevation of Genesee river at 



various points : 



Feet 



Mean surface of Lake Ontario 247 



Crest of the feeder dam in south part of the city of Roch- 

 ester 510 



Low-water surface of river at New York. Lake Erie & 



Western railway bridge near Avon 53S 



Crest of old Mount Morris power dam 605 



Water surface just above Upper falls at Portage 1.080 



Water surface at New York, Lake Erie & Western rail- 

 way bridge near Belvidere 1,333 



The extreme headwaters in Potter county, Pennsylvania, are 

 about 2500 feet above tide. 



Water power of Genesee river. Aside from a few unimportant 

 flour mills on the Upper Genesee river, there is no water-power 

 development except at Rochester and Mount Morris. Tabulations 

 in detail of these water powers may be found in table No. 31 of the 

 report on Genesee River Storage Surveys, dated January 1, 1897. 

 These tabulations are too extensive to be reproduced in del ail 

 here. bu1 the total power, according to the manufacturers' rating, 

 on Genesee river at and near Mount Morris and Rochester is 

 given at 19,178 horsepower. If we consider 75 per cent efli- 



