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Wallkill Valley Knife Works, below the bridge, receive sixty horse-power from 

 the river. Orange lake supplies Quassaic creek which flows southeast and enters 

 the Hudson river at the south end of the city of Newburgh. The flow of 

 water from the lake is regulated by gates, but there are so many firms receiving 

 power from the stream that in a dry season, like that of 1895, they have to rely 

 wholly or in part on steam-power. Between Orange lake and the powder 

 mills there are several small grist mills receiving power from the creek. In 

 spring and early summer the creek is utilized by the powder mills. 



Within the city limits the factories receiving water-power from Quassaic 

 creek are : 



Newburgh Woollen Mills, twelve feet fall and one wheel furnishing 

 twenty-eight 'horse-power. This is used from February to May, depending on 

 the season. 



Saxony Silk Co., eighteen feet fall, two turbine wheels, thirty and forty 

 inches respectively, which together furnish seventy horse-power. They are 

 used about seven months of the year. 



Ross's flour mill, twenty-four feet fall, sixty horse-power. Used nine 

 m< >nths of the year. 



Newburgh Bleachery, twenty-one feet fall, and one hundred horse-power 

 derived. Used eight months of the year. This factory has a large reservoir. 



Adams <fc Bishop Paper Mill, Little Falls Paper Co., and Hudson River 

 Woollen Mill. These three all receive a small amount of power from the stream. 



Moodna creek is utilized at Salisbury Mills, but otherwise is of no 

 special importance. 



The Ramapo river furnishes power to several grist mills at Monroe and 

 one at Turners. Its branch entering at Arden is an active stream with 

 considerable fall and could no doubt be profitably utilized. 



The Neversink river is not utilized for water-power and has little fall 

 within the limits of Orange county. 



Water Supply. A word should be said regarding the water supply of 

 the towns within this county. There is a large number of lakes, especially in 

 the Highland region which contain an abundant supply of clear water. Of 

 these Long pond, south of Monroe, supplies the tow n of Chester, and a pipe is 

 being laid from Mount Basha lake to supply the town of Monroe, two miles 

 north of it. Little Long pond in Highland township, furnishes the Government 

 reservation at West Point, w hile Little pond west of Newburgh furnishes that 

 city with its drinking water. The city of Middletown has constructed a 

 reservoir by damming the valley of a creek to the northwest of the town. 



