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ence in level will be overcome by four locks of 21.4 feet lift 

 each. From Minetto the line follows the river to the northern 

 edge of the village of Fulton, where it enters the valley of a 

 small creek, and continues across swamp and sand reaches to 

 Oneida lake. 



Two different projects for connecting waterways from Oswego 

 river to the Mohawk have been examined — the first of these 

 with the summit level 416 feet above tide, with a water supply 

 to be furnished through a feeder from reservoirs on the Black 

 and Salmon rivers, and the second, with a summit level the 

 same as that of Oneida lake, 379 feet above tide. For a water- 

 way having a high summit level across the divide between 

 Oneida lake and the MohaAvk river, it is proposed to establish the 



Fig. G2 Earth section of Barge canal recommended by Canal Committee. 

 Width of bottom of canal 75 feet. 



low-water level of the lake at 376 + T. W., while for the project 

 having the lake for the summit level, low water will be estab- 

 lished at 379 feet + T. W. For the project having a high summit 

 level it is proposed to overcome the 45-foot rise from the Oswego 

 river at Fulton to Oneida lake by two locks with 22.5 feet lift 

 each, while for the latter project there will be two locks of 18 

 feet lift each, and one with varying lift from 12 to 19 feet, 

 according to the stage of Oneida lake. 



In regard to the high-level project, the summit of the divide 

 near Rome is about 430 feet + T. W. The deep waterway would 

 cross this summit with a water surface elevation of 416 feet. 

 The summil level would be nearly 14 miles long and receive 

 a water supply from the Black river feeder at or near its western 

 end, three miles west of Rome, from which point the line would 

 follow in a direct course to Oneida lake, at the mouth of Fish 

 creek. The eastern end of the summit level is about one mile 

 east of the mouth of Oriskany creek. 



