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Title: The Passaic Flood of 1903

Author: Marshall Ora Leighton

Release Date: November 20, 2006 [EBook #19878]

Language: English

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Water-Supply and Irrigation Paper No. 92
Series M, General Hydrographic Investigations, 8

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR

THE PASSAIC FLOOD OF 1903

BY

MARSHALL ORA LEIGHTON

[Illustration]

WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1904

CONTENTS.

Page.
Letter of transmittal 7

Introduction 9

Precipitation 11

Descent of flood 14
Highland tributaries and Central Basin 14
Flood at Macopin dam 15
Flood at Beattie's dam, Little Falls 16
Flood flow over Dundee dam 17

Damages 23
General statements 23
Highland tributaries 23
Ramapo River 23
Pequanac and Wanaque rivers 24
Central Basin 25
Lower Valley 25
Paterson 26
Passaic and vicinity 27

Preventive measures 28
General discussion 28
Lower valley improvement