Waterman Reservoir

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Waterman Reservoir
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Waterman Reservoir
Location Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°52′45″N71°34′55″W / 41.87905°N 71.58194°W / 41.87905; -71.58194
Type Artificial lake
Basin  countries United States
Surface area318 acres (129 ha)
Average depth9 ft (2.7 m)
Max. depth12 ft (4 m) [1]
Surface elevation330 ft (100 m) [2]

Waterman Reservoir (also known as Waterman's Reservoir) is a large lake along Putnam Pike in Glocester and Greenville in Providence County, Rhode Island.

The Waterman Reservoir was created in 1838 on the site of a swamp and is 318 acres (129 ha) when full with an average depth of nine feet (2.7 m). [3] It was named after Resolved Waterman, an early eighteenth century Greenville resident and landowner. [3] Prior to the creation of the reservoir, the area was swampy, so a dam was constructed to create the reservoir and at the same time a causeway (now part of the Putnam Pike) was built so travelers no longer had to go around the swamp using Austin Avenue, which prior to the 1930s was known as (Old) Killingly Road. [4]

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References

  1. Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management <http://www.dem.ri.gov/maps/mapfile/pondbath.pdf>
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Waterman Reservoir
  3. 1 2 "History". Archived from the original on 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  4. Jim Ignasher, "Smithfield’s “Powder Mill” Turnpike," February 1, 2015, Originally published in Your Smithfield Magazine, February – 2012 https://smithapplebyhouse.org/smithfields-powder-mill-turnpike/