A. BEATTIE'S DAM, LITTLE FALLS, N. J., IN FLOOD.
B. FLOOD-WATER LINES IN RESIDENCE DISTRICT, PATERSON, N. J.
Flood flow over Beattie's dam during floods of 1902 and 1903.
| Date and hour. | 1903. | 1902.[A] | |
| Sec.-feet. | Sec.-feet. | ||
| Oct. 8, | 12 p.m | 1,645 | 490 |
| 9, | 6 a.m. | 4,235 | 700 |
| 12 m. | 8,560 | 1,350 | |
| 6 p.m. | 15,755 | 2,120 | |
| 12 p.m. | 23,927 | 3,540 | |
| 10, | 6 a.m. | 28,370 | 4,250 |
| 12 m. | 31,305 | 4,600 | |
| 6 p.m. | 31,675 | 5,000 | |
| 12 p.m. | 30,770 | 6,500 | |
| 11, | 6 a.m. | 29,840 | 7,600 |
| 12 m. | 28,950 | 8,250 | |
| 6 p.m. | 26,960 | 9,000 | |
| 12 p.m. | 25,530 | 10,200 | |
| 12, | 6 a.m. | 24,435 | 11,450 |
| 12 m. | 22,625 | 14,700 | |
| 6 p.m. | 20,810 | 18,150 | |
| 12 p.m. | 18,655 | 20,650 | |
| 13, | 6 a.m. | 17,930 | 22,200 |
| 12 m. | 16,190 | 22,700 | |
| 6 p.m. | 14,900 | 23,400 | |
| 12 p.m. | 13,615 | 23,300 | |
| 14, | 6 a.m. | 12,340 | 22,950 |
| 12 m. | 11,740 | 22,650 | |
| 6 p.m. | 10,975 | 22,350 | |
| 12 p.m. | 9,820 | 22,100 | |
| 15, | 6 a.m. | 9,180 | 21,150 |
| 12 m. | 8,330 | 19,900 | |
| 6 p.m. | 7,700 | 18,900 | |
| 12 p.m. | 7,005 | 17,350 | |
| 16, | 6 a.m. | 6,695 | 15,750 |
| 12 m. | 5,920 | 13,900 | |
| 6 p.m. | 5,620 | 13,300 | |
| 12 p.m. | 5,360 | 11,800 | |
| 17, | 6 a.m. | 4,855 | 10,650 |
| Below full bank | 8,900 | ||
| Do...... | 8,500 | ||
| Do...... | 8,100 | ||
| Do...... | 8,200 | ||
| Do...... | 7,000 | ||
| Do...... | 6,250 | ||
| Do...... | 5,900 | ||
| Do...... | 5,300 | ||
| Do...... | 5,200 | ||
| Do...... | 4,900 | ||
FLOOD FLOW OVER DUNDEE DAM.
The flood, as indicated by gage heights at Dundee dam, lasted from about 6.30 p. m. October 8 to about midnight October 18. Although the maximum recorded gage height was 19 inches higher than during the flood of 1902, the actual time during which the river was out of its banks was forty-five hours less than at the earlier flood. Examination of fig. 1 shows that the flood of 1903 was decidedly more intense than that of 1902, the maximum height being reached in 1903 in about sixty hours, while in 1902 the maximum was not reached until the expiration of about one hundred and twenty hours.