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The Ulster & Delaware railroad passes through the Esopus 

 valley from one-half mile above the Olive dam to above Big In- 

 dian reservoir site. The building of these reservoirs would require 

 relocation of this railroad for its entire length. The construction 

 of the reservoirs would also require the relocation of five villages 

 in the valley. There are also twelve villages which are not inter- 

 fered with, but as they lie above the various reservoirs, the cost 

 of providing them with sewerage and sewage purification works is 

 included in the estimates. There are a few water powers on the 

 main stream at Olive, Boiceville, Allaben and Big Indian. None 

 of these powers is very important, but the estimates have been 

 made ample to cover the cost. 



Table No. 89 gives the particulars of the storage reservoirs on 

 Esopus creek. 



Table No. 89 — Proposed storage reservoirs on Esopus creek 



Name of Reservoir 



rea of catchment 

 in square miles 



pproximate ele- II 



vation of high 

 water in feet 

 above sea level 



pproximate ele- 

 vation of low 

 water in feet 

 above sea level 



ipht of dam in 

 feet 



rea of reservoir 

 full, in square 

 miles 



otal yield in gal- 

 lons per day 



-it i mated cost per 

 1,000,000 gallons 

 capacity » 





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X 



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H 



W 



(1) 



(2) 





(3) 



(4) 



(5) 



(6) 



(7) 



(8) 



Olive 



49.0 





510 



485 



60 



0.78 



20, 000, 000 



$240 



Cold Brook 



31.0 





690 



655 



85 



1.03 



22, 100, 000 



355 



Lake Hill 



18.6 



1 



,080 



1,055 



70 



0.72 



12, 700, 000 



235 



Mt. Pleasant 



34.9 





790 



755 



80 



0.89 



23, 500, 000 



245 



Lower Phoenicia 



22.3 





910 



885 



90 



0.25 



8, 300, 000 



460 



Upper Phoenicia 



40.8 





985 



940 



95 



1.01 



29, 400, 000 



250 







1 



,180 



1,150 



80 



0.37 



27, 900, 000 



360 





48.9 



1 



,240 



1,210 



70 



0.51 





295 



Total 





245.5 









5.56 



143, 900, 000 



The main valley of Catskill creek is narrower than that of 

 Esopus creek, affording favorable opportunity for reservoir sites. 

 The lowest dam has been located near the village of East Durham. 

 The area of the catchment above this dam is about 192 square 

 miles. It is proposed to construct reservoirs on Catskill creek 

 at the following points: East Durham; two miles above East 

 Durham; half a mile below Oak Hill; just above the village of 

 Preston Hollow, and on Basic creek, Dear Greenville. These reser- 

 voirs will provide an available storage capacity of nearly 19,000,- 



