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A favorable location for a storage reservoir exists about three 

 miles above Redfield on the east branch, where a dam 32 feet 

 high would impound 1,816,000,000 gallons, at an elevation of 590 

 feet above Syracuse (about 1000 feet above tidewater). Between 

 this point and the mouth of Salmon river there are a number 

 of water powers, some of which are unoccupied — as at High Falls, 

 about five miles east of Sandbank, there is a vertical drop of 110 

 feet — but there are in operation sixteen mills, the machinery of 

 which is driven by water power, the aggregate capacity of the 

 wheels being 450 horsepower. 1 



The following are the catchment areas tributary to Salmon 

 river west: 



Black river. Between Salmon river west and the mouth of 

 Black river, there are a number of small streams flowing into 

 Lake Ontario, none of which are of special importance. We 

 may therefore pass to a brief description of Black river. This 

 stream rises in the western part of Hamilton county and pursues 

 a southwesterly direction, passing across Herkimer county inta 

 Oneida county ; it then bends to somewhat west of north through 

 Lewis county, but soon after passing the northwesterly boundary 

 of that county it changes to a general westerly course, flowing 

 into Black River bay at the extreme eastern end of Lake Ontario. 

 Extensive water-power developments are in use on this stream 

 and its tributaries, at Watertown, Lyon Falls, Carthage, Black 

 River, Brownville, Dexter and other points. There are also a 

 number of State reservoirs on the headwaters which are dis- 

 eussed on another page. The following gives the elevation in feet 



Reservoir site, three miles above Redfield 



Reservoir site, above High Falls 



At Pulaski 



At mouth of stream 



191 



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1 Report of the Engineer to the Commissioners on Sources of Water Sup- 

 ply for the City of Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 21, 1SS9. By J. J. R. Croes. C. E. 



