The Cannonsville Reservoir is a reservoir in the New York City water supply system in Delaware County, New York . It was formed by construction of the Cannonsville Dam on its west end, which impounded over half of the West Branch of the Delaware River . Lying on the western part of the Delaware Watershed, it is the westernmost of New York City's reservoirs. It was placed in service in 1964, and is the most recently constructed New York City-owned reservoir.
6-540: The town of Cannonsvile was destroyed to make room for the reservoir, which lies within the towns of Tompkins and Deposit . Its 455 square miles (1,180 km) drainage basin is the largest of all of the NYC reservoirs. Capacity is 95.7 billion US gallons (362,000,000 m). Water from the reservoir flows through the 44-mile (71 km) West Delaware Tunnel into the Rondout Reservoir , before joining
12-872: The 85-mile (137 km) Delaware Aqueduct , which provides New York City with about 50% of its drinking water. The Delaware Aqueduct then crosses beneath the Hudson River and continues on to the West Branch Reservoir in Putnam County, New York , then the Kensico Reservoir in Westchester County , both north of the city. It then continues further south to the Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers, where it joins
18-554: The flows of the Catskill and New Croton aqueducts for distribution through the New York City tunnel system. The Cannonsville Dam is being considered as a site for a 14.08MW hydroelectric generating station. No motor boats are allowed on the reservoir; non-motorized boats that have been steam-cleaned and that have required tags may be used in the reservoir during the summer. Cannonsville, New York Cannonsville
24-481: The town's first house, and being its first Postmaster. In 1960, Jules Victor Schwerin produced the documentary film Indian Summer about the destruction of Cannonsville and the creation of the Cannonsville Reservoir. The film included Grant Rogers, a Catskill singer/songwriter as well as other townspeople. American folk singers Pete and Mike Seeger did the music for the film. In 2022 Indian Summer
30-734: Was a town in Delaware County in Upstate New York . The town was founded in the late 18th century and survived until 1964, when it was flooded to create the Cannonsville Reservoir , which is part of the Delaware System and provides water to New York City . Its site is located in the present-day town of Tompkins . Cannonsville was named after Benjamin Cannon, Sr. He is alternately credited with building
36-603: Was digitally restored from the original 35mm film elements and preserved back onto 35mm film by Charles Cadkin and BB Optics, Inc. The original film elements reside in the Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection. 2023 saw the premiere of a new short film, The Fall of Cannonsville by Charles Cadkin at the Museum of Modern Art alongside the newly preserved copy of Indian Summer. The Fall of Cannonsville features interviews conducted in 2019 and 2022 with Cannonsville residents paired with archival material and landscape footage of
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