Studies of Water Storage for Flood Prevention and Power Development in New York State Under Public Ownership and Control |
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... Mills .... 156 11b . Hudson river reservoir , map of Hadley and Luzerne . 156 Plates 3c to 37c . Sacandaga reservoir , topographic sheets showing lands to be flowed 36 TABLES . Possible reservoirs , Hudson and Raquette watersheds .
... Mills .... 156 11b . Hudson river reservoir , map of Hadley and Luzerne . 156 Plates 3c to 37c . Sacandaga reservoir , topographic sheets showing lands to be flowed 36 TABLES . Possible reservoirs , Hudson and Raquette watersheds .
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... lands to be flowed , rights to be acquired , flow lines to be established , coast line treat- ment , elevations , capacity of reservoir , dam foundation , height of dam , manner of drawing off water and the extent to which water may be ...
... lands to be flowed , rights to be acquired , flow lines to be established , coast line treat- ment , elevations , capacity of reservoir , dam foundation , height of dam , manner of drawing off water and the extent to which water may be ...
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... land for storage purposes for which recourse must be had to the law - making body . The United States census of manufactures for 1905 , Bulle- tin 88 , shows that of the 1,647,969 horse power developed by water in the United States for ...
... land for storage purposes for which recourse must be had to the law - making body . The United States census of manufactures for 1905 , Bulle- tin 88 , shows that of the 1,647,969 horse power developed by water in the United States for ...
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... lands are found , but in comparison with the great acreage of the valley these are few . Years ago when timber was abundant and tanneries flourished , prosperous villages grew and thrived . But of late the opportuni- ties for ...
... lands are found , but in comparison with the great acreage of the valley these are few . Years ago when timber was abundant and tanneries flourished , prosperous villages grew and thrived . But of late the opportuni- ties for ...
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... lands . The river is subject to frequent spring and summer freshets which often flood large areas and destroy such crops as the land might otherwise have produced . It is a delightful country to ride through but a sterile one in which ...
... lands . The river is subject to frequent spring and summer freshets which often flood large areas and destroy such crops as the land might otherwise have produced . It is a delightful country to ride through but a sterile one in which ...
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acres Adirondack average borings bridge buildings Caneadea cent channel clay computed concrete Conklingville creek Croton cubic yards discharge drainage area drought dryest Edward elevation estimated feet per second flash boards flood flow line forest Fort Edward Freeman Gage height Genesee Falls Genesee river Hadley horse power Hudson river Indian Lake isohyetal John July June land low water maps mass curve maximum measurements Mechanicville mill million cubic feet months Northville penstock Pierson PLATE Pond Portage Portage reservoir Portageville power development power-house present probably proposed dam Rafter rainfall Raquette river records RESERVOIR SHEET Rochester Sacandaga river Sample sand Schroon Schroon River Sept spillway square miles storage reservoir stream SUPPLY COMMISSION SACANDAGA surface total cost Total number tributaries tunnel turbine upper Hudson upstream valley village water power WATER SUPPLY COMMISSION Water Supply Paper watershed yield York
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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.