East Branch Reservoir Spillway
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East Branch Reservoir
The East Branch Reservoir is
a lake type reservoir in Putnam County, New
York near Brewster Village. Its catchment
area measures 75 square miles, while its
surface area measures over five hundred
acres. The average depth of the reservoir is
32 feet.
The East Branch Reservoir, which was put
into service in 1891, is a major part of the
water supply network of New York City. It
can store up to 5.2 billion gallons of
water, which is sends through the
New Croton Aqueduct to the
Jerome Park Reservoir in the Bronx for
distribution daily.
It is connected to the Bog Brook Reservoir
through a tunnel that is almost two thousand
feet long.
The two reservoirs make up
the “Double Reservoir I” project. The second
project, dubbed “Double Reservoir II”
involves the Croton Falls and Diverting
reservoirs.
To create the East Branch Reservoir, the
Southeast Center village was leveled and
flooded. However, some portions of the
village, including Sodom Road, remain. Parts
of Milltown village were also flooded during
the construction of the reservoir. Many of
the structures were moved up to higher
ground to what is now known as Milltown Rd.
During droughts and dry periods, the rock
walls, foundations and roadbeds for both
villages can be seen.