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Cannonsville Reservoir

Reservoir in Appalachian Mountains, NY

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The Cannonsville Reservoir is a reservoir in Delaware County, New York, that was formed by the Cannonsville Dam at the west end of the reservoir, impounding over half of the West Branch of the Delaware River. It is the westernmost of New York City's reservoirs, being at the western portion of the Delaware Watershed. Placed in service in 1964, it is the most recently constructed New York City-owned reservoir. The town of Cannonsville was destroyed to make room for the reservoir. The reservoir lies within the towns of Tompkins and Deposit. It has the largest drainage basin of all of the NYC reservoirs, being at 455 square miles (1178 km2). The reservoir's capacity is 95.7 billion US gallons (362,000,000 m3). This water flows over halfway through the reservoir to enter the 44-mile (71 km)…

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