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LOCATION.--Lat 42°47'07", long 73°42'29", Albany County, Hydrologic Unit 02020004, on right bank at Orion Power New York School Street powerplant in Cohoes, and 2.0 mi upstream from mouth. Water-quality sampling site at bridge on State Highway 32, 0.75 mi below gage. DRAINAGE AREA.--3,450 mi2. PERIOD OF RECORD.--December 1917 to current year. Prior to July 17, 1925, published as "at Crescent Dam". REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1302: 1919-23 (M). WDR NY-90-1: Drainage area. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 49.13 ft above sea level. Dec. 1, 1917, to July 16, 1925, water-stage recorder at site 1.7 mi upstream at Crescent Dam at datum 130.87 ft higher. July 17 to Oct. 19, 1925, powerplant gage at present site. REMARKS.--Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Total flow of Mohawk River equals flow published at Cohoes which includes small diversion for Cohoes water supply, plus flow diverted at Cresent Dam to Barge Canal through Lock 6 (see 01357499 Diversion from Mohawk River at Crescent Dam). Prior to 1926 records published as total flow. See Diversions in Hudson River Basin for regulation and diversions upstream from this station. Telephone gage-height telemeter at station. COOPERATION.--Diversions through Barge Canal at Lock 6 provided by New York State Department of Transportation.
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