HYDROLOGY OF NEW YORK 



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Oswego canal 



Original canal Enlarged canal 



Length, in miles 38.00 38.00 



Lockage, in feet 154.85 154.85 



Average burden of boats, in tons 62.00 210.00 



Construction authorized Apr., 1825 Apr., 1854 



Construction completed Dec, 1828 Sept., 1862 



Actual cost of construction f 565,473 $4,427,589 



Black River canal 



Length of canal, Rome to Lyon Falls, in miles 35.00 



Length of improved river to Carthage, in miles 42.00 



Length of navigable feeder, in miles 10.50 



Lockage, in feet 1,082.25 



Average burden of boats, in tons 70.00 



Construction authorized Apr., 1836 



Construction completed 1849 



Actual cost of construction $3,581,954 



Eastern division of Erie canal. Erie canal is divided into three 

 divisions, known as the eastern, the middle, and the western. 

 The eastern division embraces the portion of the canal, with its 

 feeders and side cuts, extending from the Hudson river at Albany 

 to the dividing line between the counties of Herkimer and Oneida, 

 and the whole of the Champlain canal, with its feeders, ponds, 

 and side cuts. The entire mileage of canals, feeders, and river 

 improvements on the eastern division is as follows : 



• Miles 



Erie canal, Albany to east line of Oneida county 106.24 



Fort Schuyler and West Troy side cuts . 35 



Albany basin 0.77 



Champlain canal, including Waterford side cut 66.00 



Navigable river above Troy dam 3.00 



Glens Falls feeder 7.00 



Navigable river above Glens Falls feeder dam 5.00 



Total 188.36 



