. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. HYDROLOGY OF NEW YORK 345 which is deep and without current, admits of slack-water naviga- tion, forming a part of OswTego canal. This canal enters at Mud lock, five miles below Baldwinsville. There is also a towpath along Seneca river, admitting of the passage of boats through a lock into and above the dam at Baldwinsville. The Baldwins- ville pond is navigable for a few miles. Water is diverted at Baldwinsville through power canals. Power is used at ten mills, having a total of forty water wheels. Owing to leakage of the water wheels and penstocks
. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. HYDROLOGY OF NEW YORK 345 which is deep and without current, admits of slack-water naviga- tion, forming a part of OswTego canal. This canal enters at Mud lock, five miles below Baldwinsville. There is also a towpath along Seneca river, admitting of the passage of boats through a lock into and above the dam at Baldwinsville. The Baldwins- ville pond is navigable for a few miles. Water is diverted at Baldwinsville through power canals. Power is used at ten mills, having a total of forty water wheels. Owing to leakage of the water wheels and penstocks, some diffi- •culty has been experienced in securing accurate results during low water at Baldwinsville, but in 1901 repairs were made to a number of penstocks and water wheels, considerably reducing the leakage. When this station was originally established the leak- age was taken at 100 cubic feet per second. This quantity was added to the computed flow over the dam and through the water wheels river at Baldwinsville: The following cut shows a section of the dam on Seneca. Fig. 23 Cross-section of darn on Seneca river at Baldwinsville. Geologically the Seneca river lies in the horizon of the Salina group, with its tributaries to the south rising into the lower and upper Helderberg and Hamilton shales. The extreme headwaters are in the Portage and Chemung groups. Discharge measurements of Skaneateles outlet. The measure- ments of the runoff of Skaneateles lake, as given in table No. 53, have been made by the Syracuse Waterworks over a dam at the foot of the lake, or over a weir a short distance below, since Octo- ber, 1890, but the record is only given from March, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York State Museum; New York State Museum. Albany : New York State Education Dept
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