Studies of Water Storage for Flood Prevention and Power Development in New York State Under Public Ownership and Control (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ... side, elevation above gage datum 18.17 feet; elevation above mean sea level 717.69 feet; (2) top of bolt at the extreme end of steel rail on left abutment, upstream side, elevation 18.15 feet above gage datum. Extreme low water flow corresponds to the 95 second feet equivalent to 0.18 cubic feet per second per square mile, measured on September second (just before the drought was broken by rainfall). September 15-22, inclusive, is not natural flow as water was being held in Schroon lake by a dam completed at that time. Discharge Measurements of Schroon River at Riverbank, New York, in 1907. Rating Table for Schroon River near Riverbank, New York. From September 2, 1907, to December 31, 1907. The above table is applicable only for open channel conditions. It is based upon eleven discharge measurements made during 1907. It is well denned between gage heights 1.0 feet and 5.5 feet. The table has been extended beyond these limits. Above gage height 5.0 feet the rating curve is a tangent, the difference being 120 per tenth. Sacandaqa River At Wells, New York. This station was established August 26, 1907, by H. K. Barrows, and is 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. The drainage area at this point is 263 square miles. The channel is straight for about 25 feet above the station, then curving rather sharply to the left. It is straight for 100 feet or more down stream and then curves gently to the right. The right bank is about 12 feet high at ordinary stages and seldom or never overflows. The left bank is high and steep and never overflows. Both banks are skirted more or less continuously with bushes and small trees. The...