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to the Hudson at a point about a mile above Schuylerville. The 

 catchment area is taken at 460 square miles. The elevation above 

 tide at the mouth of the river is S2 feet, and at the Delaware & 

 Hudson railway crossing, a little south of Shushan. the elevation 

 is 437 feet. This gives a descent of 355 feet in 22 miles, about 

 one-half of which is concentrated within the last 4 or 5 miles of 

 the river's course. 



The following is a brief statement of the water powers on the 

 lower section of the Battenkill, in ascending order from the 

 mouth, as they stood in 1897: 



At Clark Mills, the American Woodboard Company, 24 feet 

 head. 



At Big Falls, the dam at the head of the falls gives 106 feet 

 head, divided into Bennington Falls Pulp Company, 32 feet ; 

 Ondawa Pulp and Paper Company, 30 feet: not utilized, 44 feet. 



At Middle Falls, the dam at the head of the falls gives 55 feet 

 head. Here there are a leather-board mill, shank mill, sawmill, 

 plaster mill, gristmill, and electric-light station. 



At Greenwich, Dunbar, McMaster & Co., S feet head; Palmer's 

 lower dam, 9 feet head, furnishes power for gristmill, paint works, 

 shirt manufacturing, scale manufacturing, and plow works; 

 Palmer's upper dam. 6 feet head, furnishes power for a cotton 

 mill and a paper mill. 



At Center Falls. Angel & Langdon Paper Mill, 25 feet head. 



At Battenville, Phoenix Paper Company, 10 feet head. 



At Rexleigh there is a cotton mill with (> feet head ; at Shushan 

 a grist mill, shirt factory, electric-light station and foundry, all 

 receiving power from about 14 feci head. 



In addition to the foregoing there are slated to be undeveloped 

 water powers on the Battenkill as follows: Between Clark INI ills 

 and Big Falls, 27 feet; between Creenwich and Center Falls, S 

 feet; between ('enter Falls and Battenkill, 10 feet. 



It is staled thai the utilized powers on the Battenkill are devel- 

 oped up to about .')• I horsepower per foot fall. They are. however, 

 sometimes short of water in dry weather. With a catchment 

 area of 460 square miles, a minimum How of 0,3 of a cubic foot 



