HYDROLOGY OF NEW YORK 



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Storage Reservoir on Black River 



This project has been mentioned in the general statements on 

 page 572. It includes the construction of a main barrage across 

 Black river at the village of Carthage. From this point, for 

 nearly thirty miles south, Black river meanders through a broad, 

 nearly level valley, in one place about five miles in width, but 

 gradually narrowing to a width of about one-half mile in the 

 upper portion. 



In the estimates the total quantity of land is taken at 50,000 

 acres, of which 49,200 acres are agricultural, timber and wild 

 lands, and 800 acres are villages. The area flooded at elevation 

 of spillway crest is 73.2 square miles and at 10 feet above it is 

 nearly 78 square miles. 



The catchment area of Black river at Carthage is 1812 square 

 miles. In addition to the main barrage across the channel of 

 Black river there are seven dykes to be constructed in the vicinity 

 of Carthage across lateral valleys. The project also includes the 

 relocation of nearly twenty miles of the New York Central & 

 Hudson river railway (Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg division), 

 together with the raising of several miles of the same with- 

 out change of the present location; the construction of three 

 highways across the reservoir to take the place of existing high- 

 ways; the reconstruction of highways along the margins; the 

 partial or complete removal of the villages of Beaver Falls, 

 Bushee's Landing, Carthage, Castorland, Dadville, Deer River, 

 East Martinsburg, Glenfield, Lowville, Xaumburg, New Bremen 

 and Watsons. At Carthage and Lowville the submerged areas 

 are relatively unimportant parts of the town. Several of the 

 smaller villages are entirely submerged, while others are only 

 partially submerged. 



There are eight cemeteries within the limits of the flow line, 

 including 26.2 acres area. Three of these are small family bury- 

 ing places, while the others are used by the communities living in 

 the vicinity. 



There are 807 dwellings, 14 common schoolhouses and 9 

 churches within the flow line. The work also includes 17.2 miles 

 of new common roads in addition to the three highway crossings 

 over the reservoir previously mentioned. 



