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[Illustration: _B._ DRY BED OF POMPTON LAKE.]
U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER NO. 92 PL. III
[Illustration: FLOOD DISTRICT OF PATERSON, N. J.]
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bridges at Pompton station, over Wanaque and Pequanac rivers, were
carried away, and in the end one bridge only remained over Pompton
River, that at Pequanac station. In all about 100 houses were inundated
on Pompton Plains, and the damage to roads and culverts was particularly
severe.
The total loss in the drainage area of Pompton River was $350,000.
CENTRAL BASIN.
Over the Central Basin there was the usual impounding of flood waters,
but the effects were not materially different from those described in
the report on the flood of 1902. The damage along this basin from floods
of this character is accumulative by reason of the fact that the
presence of water over the land for so long a period kills the desirable
feed grasses and fosters in their place the coarse meadow grass. This
effect has been observed for some years, particularly since the flood of
1896.
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