Muscoot Reservoir
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Infobox body of water tracking".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Muscoot Reservoir is a reservoir in the New York City water supply system in northern Westchester County, New York, located directly north of the village of Katonah. Part of the system's Croton Watershed, it is Script error: No such module "convert". north of the City.[1]
History
The reservoir was constructed at the beginning of the 20th century, and was completed in 1905.[1] It was formed by impounding both the Muscoot River, a tributary of the Croton River, and the Croton River proper, a tributary of the Hudson River. The Muscoot's waters drain into the New Croton Reservoir, where they are carried through the New Croton Aqueduct into the Bronx for distribution in New York City.[2]
During construction, the New York Central Railroad moved Bridge L-158 from the Rondout Creek near Kingston to carry its Mahopac Branch across a section of the reservoir near Goldens Bridge.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It remains today, although service on the branch ended in 1960.
In 1978, Bridge L-158 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the only remaining double-intersection Whipple truss railroad bridge in the state.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Geography
The reservoir was once much smaller, but the other side of the original dam was intentionally flooded to make the reservoir bigger, whenScript error: No such module "Unsubst". a new dam was built downstream. The original dam is still standing, and divides the reservoir in two.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The reservoir serves as the first main collecting point for all the reservoirs in the Croton Watershed. It is almost Script error: No such module "convert". long, can hold up to Script error: No such module "convert". of water at full capacity, and has a Script error: No such module "convert". drainage basin.[1]
Water from the Muscoot Reservoir flows into the New Croton Reservoir. From there it enters the New Croton Aqueduct and flows south into the Jerome Park Reservoir in The Bronx.[1] Water from the Croton Aqueduct is distributed within the city to parts of The Bronx, Manhattan, and western Queens.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Fish species found in the reservoir include largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, brown bullhead, common carp, black crappie, yellow perch, chain pickerel, sunfish, brown trout, and rainbow trout.[3]
See also
References
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