Gatehouse Cobbs Hill Reservoir Rochester NY

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1908 Reservoir completed - 140,000,000 gallons. Gatehouse at top designed by J. F. Warner. Land surrounding reservoir is landscaped by Olmstead Brothers. Local citizens donate $30,000 for trees to forest east side of reservoir. George Eastman offers to donate 15 acres of costly north side of hill, if city will acquire Eastern Wide Waters for recreational park. Park contains 62 acres. . 1909 Cobbs Hill Park given additional acreage by George Eastman.

2005 Watch out or we are going to lose it.

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