DeRuyter Reservoir

[7]: 140  The initial purpose was to provide additional water to the Erie Canal during the dry season.[4]: 964 In 1899, it was reported that the reservoir had 622 acres (2.52 km2) of surface area and a capacity of 500,000,000 cubic feet (14,000,000 m3).Located at the headwaters of Limestone Creek, the reservoir could provide an additional 4,000 cubic feet (110 m3) per minute to the canal, for 100 days.Though DeRuyter Reservoir was supposed to ensure the canal remained navigable between "Lock No.39 and a point nine miles west of Higginsville, New York", the reservoir had proved insufficient by 1864, and it was suggested that a feeder canal be constructed at Fish Creek.
Madison CountyOnondaga CountyNew YorkUnited StatesReservoirPrimary inflowsPrimary outflowsLimestone Creeknot a well-defined measuresmallmouth basspickerelyellow perchrock bassblack bullheadcommon sunfishwalleyeErie CanalheadwatersFish CreekThe Post-StandardRome SentinelNewspapers.com