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Muscoot River
The Muscoot River is a short tributary of the Croton River in Putnam County, New York, Putnam and Westchester County, New York, Westchester counties in the state of New York (state), New York. Approximately long and running irregularly southeast, it lies within the Croton River watershed and is part of the New York City water supply system's Croton Watershed. Path The rivers headwaters form west of Kirk Lake (New York), Kirk Lake, a Controlled lake#NYC water withdrawal rights, controlled lake in the New York City water supply system in the Putnam County hamlet of Mahopac, New York, in the Carmel (town), New York, Town of Carmel. Approximately 0.8 mi. south they are joined by the outflow of Kirk Lake, and 0.2 mi. further south those of Lake Mahopac (New York), Lake Mahopac at Red Mills. About 0.6 mi. south of this confluence the outflow of Lake MacGregor joins, and another 0.9 mi. or so further the flow of Secor Brook, an outfall from Mahopac, New York#Lake Secor, Lake Secor t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somers, New York
Somers is a Town (New York), town located in northern Westchester County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 21,541. The nearby Metro-North Commuter Railroad provides service to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan, with an average commute time of 65 to 75 minutes from stations at Purdys, New York, Purdys, Goldens Bridge, New York, Goldens Bridge, Croton Falls, and Katonah, New York, Katonah. History Somers was originally inhabited by Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native Americans known as Kitchawanks, part of the Wappinger tribe, an Algonquian people who called the land ''Amapaugh'', meaning "fresh water fish." This land was located in the eastern segment of an tract King William III of England granted to Stephanus Van Cortlandt of New York City in 1697. The part of Van Cortlandt Manor that ultimately became Somers and Yorktown, New York, Yorktown was known as the Middle District, or Hanover. European settlement in the New Olteni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Westchester County, New York
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside 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 its course if it runs out of water, or only flow during certain seasons. Rivers are regulated by the water cycle, the processes by which water moves around the Earth. Water first enters rivers through precipitation, whether from rainfall, the runoff of water down a slope, the melting of glaciers or snow, or seepage from aquifers beneath the surface of the Earth. Rivers flow in channeled watercourses and merge in confluences to form drainage basins, or catchments, areas where surface water eventually flows to a common outlet. Rivers have a great effect on the landscape around them. They may regularly overflow their banks and flood the surrounding area, spreading nutrients to the surrounding area. Sediment or alluvium carried by rivers shapes the landscape ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of New York (state)
The geography of New York varies widely across the state. Most of New York is dominated by farms, forests, rivers, mountains, and lakes. New York's Adirondack Park is larger than any U.S. National Park in the contiguous United States. Niagara Falls, on the Niagara River as it flows from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, is a popular attraction. The Hudson River begins near Lake Tear of the Clouds and flows south through the eastern part of the state without draining lakes George or Champlain. Lake George empties at its north end into Lake Champlain, whose northern end extends into Canada, where it drains into the Richelieu River and then the St. Lawrence. Four of New York City's five boroughs are on the three islands at the mouth of the Hudson River: Manhattan Island, Staten Island, and Brooklyn and Queens on Long Island. "Upstate" is a common term for New York counties north of suburban Westchester, Rockland and Dutchess counties. Upstate New York typically includes the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of New York
Rivers in the U.S. state of New York include: By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with tributaries indented by order of confluence, from mouth to source. New York Harbor Block Island Sound *Peconic River ** Little River Long Island Sound (northern side) *''Housatonic River (CT)'' ** Tenmile River *** Swamp River **** Mill River *** Webatuck Creek ** Green River *''Norwalk River (CT)'' ** Silvermine River * Rippowam River ** Mill River *Mianus River *Byram River ** Wampus River *Blind Brook * Mamaroneck River ** Sheldrake River *Hutchinson River *Hudson River Long Island Sound (southern side) *Nissequogue River * Wading River *Carmans River 10 miles *Connetquot River 6 miles * Forge River 3.2 miles * Swan River 2 miles *Patchogue River 1 mile * Carlls River * Massapequa Creek * Aspatuck River * Speonk River Arthur Kill *Arthur Kill *Fresh Kills **'' Richmond Creek'' *''Passaic River (NJ)'' ** Saddle River **''Pompton River (NJ)'' ***'' Pequannock Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croton Point
Croton Point Park is a Westchester County park in the village of Croton-on-Hudson. The park has several public attractions including a miniature aircraft airport, boat launch, tent and RV camping, cabin rental, cross-country skiing, fishing, group picnicking, hiking and walking trails, a museum, nature study, pavilions, a playground, swimming, and a beach. History In the 1800s the Underhill family owned the land that is now Croton Point Park. Grapes, watermelons, and apples were grown. A brickyard was also on the property. A few buildings built with these bricks are still standing at Croton Point. The park is also home to several historic sites such as a set of wine cellars from an old manor. A substantial portion of the land on which the park is situated today was the site of a landfill, which was operated by the Westchester County government from 1927 to 1986. The landfill has since been capped off and restored to green space. A 1931 map shows the landfill area as marsh. Ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croton-on-Hudson
Croton-on-Hudson ( ) is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 8,327 at the 2020 United States census over 8,070 at the 2010 census. It is located in the town of Cortlandt as part of New York City's northern suburbs. The village was incorporated in 1898. History Humans have lived in the area that would become Croton-on-Hudson since at least 7000 BC. The Kitchawanc tribe, part of the Wappinger Confederacy of the Algonquian peoples, signed a peace treaty with the newly arriving Dutch people at Croton Point in 1645, now commemorated by a plaque in the park there. Stephanus van Cortlandt began acquiring land in the area to build a manor in 1677, the same year he became mayor of New York City. It was granted by royal patent in 1697 as the Manor of Cortlandt, including the area known as Croton Landing where the Croton River meets the Hudson River, where the manor house was built. A 1718 census reported 91 inhabitants, including Dutch settlers an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hudson River
The Hudson River, historically the North River, is a river that flows from north to south largely through eastern New York (state), New York state. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains at Henderson Lake (New York), Henderson Lake in the town of Newcomb, New York, Newcomb, and flows south to the New York Bay , New York Bay, a tidal estuary between New York City, New York and Jersey City, Jersey City, before draining into the Atlantic Ocean , Atlantic Ocean. The river marks boundaries between several County (New York), New York counties and the eastern border between the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey , New Jersey. The lower half of the river is a tidal estuary, deeper than the body of water into which it flows, occupying the Hudson Fjord, an inlet that formed during the most recent period of North American Quaternary glaciation, glaciation, estimated at 26,000 to 13,300 years ago. Even as far north as the city of Troy, New York, Troy, the flow of the river chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Croton Dam
The New Croton Dam is a masonry gravity dam forming the New Croton Reservoir, both parts of the New York City water supply system. It stretches across the Croton River near Croton-on-Hudson, New York, about north of New York City. Construction began in 1892 and was completed in 1906. Designed by Alphonse Fteley (1837–1903), the masonry dam is broad at its base and high from base to crest. At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.Jackson, Donald C: ''Great American Bridges and Dams'', page 128. John Wiley and Sons, 1988. It impounds up to of water, a small fraction of the New York City water system's total storage capacity of ."New Croton" . New York City Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved on July 10, 2007. History [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Croton Aqueduct
The New Croton Aqueduct is an aqueduct in the New York City water supply system, carrying the waters of the Croton Watershed from the New Croton Dam in Westchester County, New York, to the Jerome Park Reservoir in the Bronx. Built roughly parallel to the Old Croton Aqueduct which it originally augmented, the new aqueduct opened in 1890. The old aqueduct remained in service until 1955, when supply from the Delaware and Catskill Aqueducts was sufficient to allow taking it off line. Croton Watershed waters continue from the Jerome Park Reservoir to the Croton Water Filtration Plant in Van Cortlandt Park for treatment, then out to distribution. Overview The Croton Watershed is one of three systems that provide water to New York City, joined by the waters of the four reservoirs of the Delaware Aqueduct and two of the Catskill Aqueduct. The Croton system comprises 12 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes, with waters of the Boyds Corner Reservoir and West Branch Reservoir b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Croton Reservoir
The New Croton Reservoir is a reservoir in Westchester County, New York, part of the New York City water supply system lying approximately north of New York City. It is the collecting point for water from all reservoirs in the Croton Watershed. The reservoir is the start and source of water for the New Croton Aqueduct, which carries water to the Jerome Park Reservoir in the Bronx for distribution to New York City. History In 1842 the Croton River, a tributary of the Hudson River, was impounded by the Old Croton Dam to create Croton Lake. This was New York City's first source of water beyond its city limits. Its waters traveled by aqueduct to the Croton Distributing Reservoir in midtown Manhattan. Construction on a New Croton Dam began in 1892. In 1900, the workers (primarily Italian immigrants, Irish immigrants and African-Americans) constructing the dam went on strike to protest unfair wages. The New York State National Guard was called in to protect replacement work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katonah, New York
Katonah is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Bedford, Westchester County, in the U.S. state of New York. The Katonah CDP had a population of 1,603 at the 2020 census. History Katonah is named for Chief Katonah, a Native American sachem from whom the land of Bedford was purchased by a group of English colonists. During the American Revolution most local men supported the Continental side, with some joining the New York 4th Regiment of the Line and the majority the local Militia. Though Bedford Township lay in what was called "Neutral Ground", supposedly unmolested by military forces of either side, its inhabitants were preyed on by the lawless of both. The area suffered less from such depredations than other areas in the Neutral Ground because of the proximity of the Croton River and the "Westchester Lines", a sparse string of outposts defended by units of the Continental Army. Originally known as Whitlockville, the settlement changed its name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
