6-639: The Walloomsac River ( / ˈ w ɑː l uː m s æ k , ˈ w æ l ʊ m s ɪ k / ) from the Native American name, Wal-loom-sac is a 16.8-mile-long (27.0 km) tributary of the Hoosic River in the northeastern United States . It rises in southwestern Vermont , in the Green Mountains east of the town of Bennington in Woodford Hollow at the confluence of Bolles Brook and City Stream where it
12-462: Is labeled Walloomsac Brook on maps but is locally known as "The Roaring Branch". The river then flows west toward Bennington and passes the downtown area to the north. For many years this section was intermittent due to the water having been diverted to power mills in town (ca. 1810). This divergence gave the name Walloomsac to a portion of the river flowing through town on the present course of South Stream. The combined Walloomsac / South Stream joins
18-733: The Hoosac , the Hoosick (primarily in New York) and the Hoosuck (mostly archaic), is a 76.3-mile-long (122.8 km) tributary of the Hudson River in the northeastern United States . The different spellings are the result of varying transliterations of the river's original Algonquian name. It can be translated either as "the beyond place" (as in beyond, or east of, the Hudson) or as "the stony place" (perhaps because
24-740: The Roaring Branch northwest of town. From here the river flows westward as the Walloomsac River and joins the Hoosic River below Hoosick Falls, New York . The river is crossed by the following roads / railroads via bridges. Traveling upstream from the confluence with the Hoosic River, the following tributaries feed the Walloomsac: 42°56′06″N 73°15′57″W / 42.935124°N 73.265762°W / 42.935124; -73.265762 Hoosic River The Hoosic River , also known as
30-571: The river flows north, west, and northwest, through the towns of Cheshire and Adams , the city of North Adams , and the town of Williamstown . It then travels through Pownal in the southwest corner of Vermont, after which it enters Rensselaer County , New York . There, it flows through the towns of Petersburgh and Hoosick , where it passes over a hydroelectric power dam in the village of Hoosick Falls . (There are also dams in Johnsonville , Valley Falls , and Schaghticoke .) The river provides
36-653: The river's stony bottom is usually exposed except in spring, or perhaps because local soils are so stony). The Hoosic River watershed is formed from tributaries originating in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts , the Green Mountains of Vermont , and the Taconic Mountains . The main (South) Branch of the river begins on the west slope of North Mountain and almost immediately fills the man-made Cheshire Reservoir in Berkshire County, Massachusetts . From there,
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