Studies of Water Storage for Flood Prevention and Power Development in New York State Under Public Ownership and Control: Progress Report Under Chapter 569, Laws of 1907 Transmitted to the Governor and Legislature, February 1, 1908 |
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acres Adirondack April average borings bridge buildings canal cent channel clay computed Conklingville cost Croton cubic yards depletion drainage area drought Edward elevation estimated feet per second flash boards flood flow line Fort Edward Gage height GENESEE RIVER Glens Falls Hadley horse power Hudson river inches depth Inches run increase Indian Lake isohyetal John R Freeman July June land ledge low water maps mass curve Mechanicville mill million cubic feet Northville penstock Pierson plate Pond Portage Portage reservoir portion power-house present probably proposed dam proposed reservoir Rafter rainfall Raquette Raquette river records Rochester rock flour SACANDAGA RESERVOIR SACANDAGA RIVER samples sand Scale Schroon Schroon River Sept sluice gates spillway square miles station storage reservoir stream Total number tributaries tunnel turbine upper Hudson upstream village water power WATER SUPPLY COMMISSION watershed yield York
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Page 70 - The lands of the State, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed.
Page 217 - 2. The sum of ten thousand dollars shall, after the present year, be annually paid by the treasurer on the...
Page 120 - Both banks are high and not subject to overflow. The bed of the stream is composed of sand. There is but one channel at all stages. Discharge measurements are made from the upstream side of a singlespan highway bridge. Bench marks were established as follows: (1) The center of the center-pin bearing at the upstream end of the second floor beam from the right bank; elevation, 16.00 feet.
Page 112 - The right bank is low and subject to overflow, but all water must pass beneath the bridge and its approaches. The left bank is high and rocky and does not overflow at the bridge, but is subject to overflow above. The bed of the stream is rocky, with sand in places. There is but one channel at all stages. Discharge measurements are made from the downstream side of the bridge, to which the gage is attached. The bridge consists of a single steel span, about 125 feet long, under which the river flows...
Page 46 - After the passage of this act, the state water supply commission is authorized and directed to devise plans for the progressive development of the water powers of the state under state ownership, control and maintenance for the public use and benefit and for the increase of the public revenue.
Page 48 - In this connection it is well to consider the great value of the undeveloped water powers thus placed under State control. They should be preserved and held for the benefit of all the People and should not be surrendered to private interests. It would be difficult to exaggerate the advantages which may ultimately accrue from these great resources of power if the common right is duly safeguarded.
Page 112 - Starbuckville, about 6 miles above the gaging station, for storage purposes, this affording a head of some 8 feet and ponding water to Schroon lake. Tumble Head falls begin about 1 mile above the gaging station and extend up-stream for about a mile farther, affording a total fall of some 30 feet. The datum of the chain gage attached to the bridge has remained the same during the maintenance of the station.
Page 119 - This station is located on the Delaware and Hudson Railroad bridge leading from Thurman to Warrensburg, about 950 feet below the highway bridge to Warrensburg, and some 2,000 feet below the entrance of Schroon River into the Hudson. It...
Page 113 - The current is good for medium and high stages, but becomes very sluggish during low water. Discharge measurements are made from the upstream side of the highway bridge at Northville during medium and high stages, the initial point for soundings being vertically over the left abutment, upstream side. Velocity conditions here are similar to those at the' gage. During low water, gagings are made by wading, about one-eighth of a mile above the staff gage. A vertical staff...
Page 118 - The gage is attached to the floor of the bridge on the upstream side near the left bank. The chain length is 27.05 feet. The elevation of the datum of the gage is 1,130.03 feet (USGS bench mark).