Box 22, Folder 11: Water Levels-Various Data, 1865-1873

13 Nov. 7th 1865 Diam of wheel 12 feet-circum 37.70 Length of weir

[calculation]

14th

The Seventh Water Lease.

To John T. Perkins Date, September 16th, 1843 Quantity 600 cubic feet per minute. Wheel not less than 14 feet diam. Velocity not greater than 4 feet pr second. Rent $50 for each 100 feet.

Assigned to Byron Kilbourn.

The preceeding leases are on the first printed form; the succeeding leases are on the new form, with a table for water gauging &c.

The Eighth Water Lease To Harvey Burehard Now owned by Hotchkiss & Humphry.X Date August 19th 1844 Quantity 800 cubic feet pr minute, as pr table, or sufficient for 4 runs of mill stones, with a velocity of not more than 165 revolutions per minute: Wheel not less than 15 ft diam; & not less than 15 feet length of buckets. Velocity not greater than 4 feet pr second. Rent $600 pr an.

X Now Durant

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October 24th 3.26 PM 1865 The wheel of Hotchkiss & Humphrey's mill working only one run of stones, makes ten revolutions in two minutes=1 rev. in 12 seconds.=5 rev. in M Nov 7th 1865 Diam of Wheel 15 feet Circ. 47.12 Velocity of perifery 47.12/12= 3.93 ft pr second.

Length of weir [Calculations].

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The Ninth Water Lease To Cicero Comstock, Leander Comstock & Rubin Chase Now owned by W.R. Taylor & Castlemann. Date March 15th 1845 Quantity 400 cubic feet Wheel not less than 14 ft diam, nor less than 7 feet length of buckets. Velocity not greater than 4 feet pr second. Rent $240 per an