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The Passaic Flood of 1903 · Marshall Ora Leighton — chapter 11 of 16 · ~215 words · public domain

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Flood, descent of; 14-22 period of; 9-10 prevention of; 28-44

Flood damage, plates showing; 26, 28

Floods, general conclusions concerning; 44-45

Great Passaic Swamp, reservoir site at; 38-39

Great Piece reservoir, cost of, estimate of; 42

Greenwood Lake, use of; 34

Hanover, rainfall at; 11

Hebrew quarter, Paterson, devastation in, plate showing; 28

Highland tributaries, damages along; 23-25 descent of flood in; 14-15

Hotel, wreck of, plate showing; 26

Little Falls, dam at, view of; 16 damage at; 25-26 flood flow at; 16-17 flood period at; 9 rainfall at; 12

Longwood Valley, reservoir site in; 37

Lower Longwood, reservoir site near; 38

Lower Valley, damage in; 25-28 improvements in, discussion of; 29-31

Ludlum Steel and Iron Company, water front of; 24

Macopin dam, flood flow at; 15-16 flood period at; 10

Main street bridge, Paterson, destruction of; 27

Midvale, proposed reservoir near; 34

Mill district, Paterson, effects of flood in, plate showing; 26

Millington, reservoir site near; 38-39, 40

Mountain View, reservoir site at; 31-33, 40

Mountain View reservoir, cost of, estimate of; 43

New York City, rainfall at; 11, 13

Newark, rainfall at; 11, 12, 13

Newark water department, information furnished by; 16

Newell, F. H., letter of transmittal by; 7

Newfoundland, reservoir site near; 36, 40

Nigger Pond, dam at, failure of; 24

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