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5.000.000,000 cubic feet of water, the area of water surface being 

 5035 acres and the elevation of the spillway crest 1G50 feet. The 

 Indian River Company were the owners of the original rights of 

 flowage of Indian lake as held in the timber dam since 1845. 



Fig. 19 Cross-section of main dam and gate bouse at Indian river. 



This company deeded to the State of Xew York about IS. 000 

 acres of land in Township 32 and 24.000 acres in township 15, 

 or 42,000 acres in all. The price paid for this land, including the 

 present structures thereon, as well as the structures contracted 

 for and in process of construction by the company (the masonry 

 dam), together with any damages which might accrue from the 

 appropriation of land and structures, was $164,000, or a little less 

 than (4 per acre. The total cost of the dam. including engin- 

 eering, was about 8100.000. The operation of this dam is under 



