Shadow Brook, also known as East Springfield Brook,
is a
river
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
in northern
Otsego County in the U.S. State of
New York
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. It begins north-northeast of the Hamlet of
East Springfield, and flows into
Otsego Lake south-southeast of the Hamlet of
Springfield Center, near
Glimmerglass State Park
Glimmerglass State Park is a state park located north of Cooperstown, in Otsego County, New York. Most of the park is located inside the Town of Springfield.
Park description
Glimmerglass State Park is located at Hyde Bay on the east shore o ...
. It is the largest
watershed
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Music
* Watershed Music Festival, an annual country ...
in the Otsego Lake basin.
History
Shadow Brook flows under the historic Hyde Hall Bridge
Hyde Hall Bridge is a wooden covered bridge over Shadow Brook built in 1825, on then-private property of Hyde Hall, a country mansion. Both are now included in Glimmerglass State Park. With the possible exception of the Hassenplug Bridge in Pe ...
, a covered bridge that was built in 1825. The bridge consists of a single span using a Burr Arch Truss
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and was constructed by master carpenter Cyrenus Clark with assistance from carpenter Andrew Alden and stonemason Lorenzo Bates. Renovations to the bridge were performed by the State of New York
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in 1967.
Fishing
Suckers can be speared and taken from the creek from January 1 to May 15, each year.
References
Rivers of New York (state)
Rivers of Otsego County, New York
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