Tarrytown Reservoir
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The Tarrytown Reservoir is a 81 acre (0.32779566 km²) storage reservoir
in Tarrytown, New York
. It was completed in 1897 by the City of Tarrytown as the city's main storage reservoir. The reservoir was formed by the Tarrytown Waterworks Dam which impounded a tributary of the Saw Mill River
. The reservoir itself has a maximum capacity of 1100 acre.ft.
The Tarrytown Waterworks Dam is earthen, 18 feet (5.5 m) high, 315 feet (96 m) long and drains an area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km²).
Reservoir
A reservoir , artificial lake or dam is used to store water.Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of a dam or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such as brickwork or cast concrete.The term reservoir may also be used to...
in Tarrytown, New York
Tarrytown, New York
Tarrytown is a village in the town of Greenburgh in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is located on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, about north of midtown Manhattan in New York City, and is served by a stop on the Metro-North Hudson Line...
. It was completed in 1897 by the City of Tarrytown as the city's main storage reservoir. The reservoir was formed by the Tarrytown Waterworks Dam which impounded a tributary of the Saw Mill River
Saw Mill River
The Saw Mill River is a 20 mile long tributary of the Hudson River in the United States, flowing from a marsh in Chappaqua to Yonkers, New York, where it empties into the Hudson. Its starting point in Chappaqua is presumed to be a spring. In the 17th century, the Saw Mill River was known as...
. The reservoir itself has a maximum capacity of 1100 acre.ft.
The Tarrytown Waterworks Dam is earthen, 18 feet (5.5 m) high, 315 feet (96 m) long and drains an area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km²).