HYDROLOGY OF NEW YORK 



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Water power of Wallkill river. The following is a list of the 

 water powers developed on Wallkill river in 1901 : 



Number of dam 



Location 



Name of mill and of owner or 

 • operator 



Average working 

 head, in feet 



Rated horsepower 

 of water wheels at 

 average head 



Horsepower of en- 

 gines 



(1) 



(2) 



(3) 



(4) 



(5) 



(6) 



1 



2 



3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



Creek Locks 



Riftori: 



Empire Powder Mill, Laffin & 

 Rand Powder Co 



Rifton Gristmill, J. W. Dim- 

 ick, Jr 



14 

 16 



288 



119 



679 



100 



J. W. DimickCo 

















10 







Wallkill 



J. C. Hedden 







Waldon ... .... 



Waldon 



Montgomery 



Red Mills 



Waldon Knife Co 



N. Y. Knife Works 



Crabtree & Patchett 



Red Milli 



8 

 32 

 9 



10 



150 

 300 

 160 



75 

 None 



75 

 None 









lOn Shawangunk kill. 



There are a number of tributaries of Rondout creek and Wall- 

 kill river, but none of them are at present important as power 

 streams, although some have been considered as water supplies 

 for the City of New York. 



Esopus creek. The source of Esopus creek is in Winnissook 

 lake on the northwestern slope of Slide mountain. From Big 

 Indian to Olive Bridge the stream flows through a valley with 

 timber-covered mountains on either side. A number of sites for 

 storage reservoirs are offered at points where the valley broadens 

 out to receive the inflowing water of tributaries. Some of these 

 are at Big Indian, where Birch creek enters; at the mouth of 

 Bush kill at Skandaken; at the mouth of Stony Clove creek at 

 Phoenicia ; at Cold Brook at the mouth of the Little Beaver kill, 

 and at Olive Bridge. 



The descent of the stream is rapid, although not precipitous 

 above Olive Bridge. At this point the stream flows over a rocky 

 ledge, 22 feet in kight, forming Bishops falls. Below Bishops 

 falls the stream flows through a narrow gorge for some distance, 



