East Branch Reservoir

East Branch Reservoir, formed by impounding the eponymous branch of the Croton River, is part of New York City's water supply network. It is located in the Putnam County town of Southeast, near the village of Brewster 35 miles (56 km) north of the city. Image File history File linksMetadata East_Branch_Reservoir. ... Image File history File linksMetadata East_Branch_Reservoir. ... Scrivener Dam, in Canberra, Australia, was engineered to withstand a once-in-5000-years flood event A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundment. ... The Croton River (pronounced Crow-ton) is a river in southern New York that begins where the East and West Branches of the Croton River meet a little ways downstream from the Croton Falls Reservoir. ... Nickname: Big Apple Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... A water supply network is a system of engineered hydrologic and hydraulic components, including: the watershed or geographic area that collects the water, see water purification - sources of drinking water; a raw (untreated) water reservoir (above or below ground) where the water gathers, such as a lake, a river, or... Putnam County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Southeast is a town located in Putnam County, New York. ... Brewster is a village located in the Town of Southeast in Putnam County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 2,162. ...

It was placed into service in 1891, and holds 5.2 billion gallons (1.9 million m³) at full capacity. It drains a 75-square mile (180 km²) area that includes Bog Brook Reservoir as well, and sends its water to the Jerome Park Reservoir in the Bronx via the New Croton Aqueduct for daily distribution. It has a surface area of 525 acres (2.1 km²) and reaches a mean depth of 32 feet (10 m). The Bog Brook Reservoir is a small reservoir in the Croton Watershed in southern New York State. ... The Jerome Park Reservoir is located in the North Bronx, NYC, NY. The Bronx HS of Science, Lehman College, and Park Reservoir Housing Corp. ... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of United States. ...

The village of Southeast Center, named for the town was levelled and flooded to create the reservior. Parts of the village remain including Sodom Rd, at the foot of the Sodom Dam, which holds the reservior back.

Construction of the reservoir also flooded the village of Milltown, in the northeastern corner of Southeast, near present-day Deforest Corners. Many of the village's original buildings were moved to higher ground, onto present-day Milltown Rd, one of Southeast's longest roads running from New Fairfield, CT to Route 22 in Southeast. The village of Milltown's 1-room schoolhouse still stands today as a private residence.

Foundations, rock walls and roadbeds for both villages can still be seen during draughts or when the reservoir was flooded.