Harter v. State

In connection with its canal system the state maintains a dam, known as the Gaynor dam, across Limestone creek, in the town of Manlius, Onondaga county. A canal feeder leads from a point on the creek just above the dam to the Erie canal, at a point near an aqueduct. Limestone creek flows from the dam parallel with the feeder, and a few feet distant from and below the latter, to the canal and under the aqueduct. About one-fourth of a mile along the feeder from the intake, and about half a mile up the feeder from the aqueduct, is a waste weir in the feeder bank nearest to the creek. The creek,…