Studies of Water Storage for Flood Prevention and Power Development in New York State Under Public Ownership and Control |
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... paper making , for which the Hudson water power continues to be chiefly used . Perhaps in the long run even the paper industry cannot hold its own in this locality against the lessening supply of pulp wood within convenient reach , if ...
... paper making , for which the Hudson water power continues to be chiefly used . Perhaps in the long run even the paper industry cannot hold its own in this locality against the lessening supply of pulp wood within convenient reach , if ...
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New York (State). Water Supply Commission. Water Power , U. S. Census , 1888 ... Paper Co. Mr. Curtis states that the average low flow at that place for ... paper manufacture . For purpose of comparison and checking and for showing recent ...
New York (State). Water Supply Commission. Water Power , U. S. Census , 1888 ... Paper Co. Mr. Curtis states that the average low flow at that place for ... paper manufacture . For purpose of comparison and checking and for showing recent ...
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... Paper Company , square miles . No. 3 , pulp grinding , etc. 84 84 49 13 34 ... Paper Company , square miles . 338 9 1,440 4,950 1,500 5,157 No. 1 , Finch Pruyn Company . Pulp ... WATER SUPPLY COMMISSION . Power plants on Hudson, data from.
... Paper Company , square miles . No. 3 , pulp grinding , etc. 84 84 49 13 34 ... Paper Company , square miles . 338 9 1,440 4,950 1,500 5,157 No. 1 , Finch Pruyn Company . Pulp ... WATER SUPPLY COMMISSION . Power plants on Hudson, data from.
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New York (State). Water Supply Commission. Crocker's reef . 5 Barge canal dam . Troy . included . 7 1,345 UPPER HUDSON STORAGE REPORT OF 1895 . Under chapter 599. Fort Miller , approximate , 2950 Ft . Miller Pulp & Paper Co .. square ...
New York (State). Water Supply Commission. Crocker's reef . 5 Barge canal dam . Troy . included . 7 1,345 UPPER HUDSON STORAGE REPORT OF 1895 . Under chapter 599. Fort Miller , approximate , 2950 Ft . Miller Pulp & Paper Co .. square ...
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New York (State). Water Supply Commission. UPPER HUDSON STORAGE REPORT OF ... resources of the State . It is fortunate that the work was put in charge of one ... paper mill at Mechanicville and he had other gagings begun on the Hudson and ...
New York (State). Water Supply Commission. UPPER HUDSON STORAGE REPORT OF ... resources of the State . It is fortunate that the work was put in charge of one ... paper mill at Mechanicville and he had other gagings begun on the Hudson and ...
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Page 92 - 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. Tlioy 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 140 - 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 single-span highway bridge.
Page 133 - There is but one channel at all stages. Discharge measurements are made from the down-stream side of the bridge, which has a single span of 395 feet.
Page 112 - There are 62 water-wheels in the adjoining mill. These are nearly all of modern types which have been tested at the Holyoke flume. A record is kept of the daily run of each in hours, as well as of the working head, which is usually 18 feet.
Page 26 - ... denser and the demand for their use increases. We have only to look across our northern border to the Dominion of Canada to see how our mistakes in allowing private interests to acquire natural resources have been avoided by the statesmanship of the Dominion government.
Page 188 - In the final analysis, it now appears that the greatest good to the State at large and to the city of Rochester in particular, from storage reservoir construction, will be found in power development rather than in flood control, for the two purposes are to some extent antagonistic. The full reservoir is best for power. The empty reservoir is best for holding back a flood, but both purposes can be combined to some extent and to do this has been one object of the present study.
Page 135 - This station is located on the steel highway bridge over the east branch of the Sacandaga river in the southern part of the village of Wells, about 2} miles above the junction of the East and West branches.