Walloomsac River
Encyclopedia
The Walloomsac River from the Native American name, Wal-loom-sac is a 16.8 miles (27 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 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 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 Roaring Branch
Walloomsac River
Hoosic River
The Hoosic River, also known as the Hoosac, the Hoosick and the Hoosuck , is a 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...
in the northeastern United States
United States
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. It rises in southwestern Vermont
Vermont
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, in the Green Mountains
Green Mountains
The Green Mountains are a mountain range in the U.S. state of Vermont. The range extends approximately .-Peaks:The most notable mountains in the range include:*Mount Mansfield, , the highest point in Vermont*Killington Peak, *Mount Ellen,...
east of the town of Bennington in Woodford Hollow
Woodford, Vermont
Woodford is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 414 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 47.6 square miles , of which 47.5 square miles is land and 0.1 square mile is...
at the confluence of Bolles Brook and City Stream where it 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 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
Hoosick Falls, New York
Hoosick Falls is a village in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 3,182 at the 2010 census, a decline of 254 since 2000. During its peak around 1900, the village had a population of about 7,000...
.
Vermont
Walloomsac Brook- Vermont Route 9 - "Woodford Bridge" in Woodford Hollow (washed away in flood waters related to Hurricane IreneHurricane Irene (2011)Hurricane Irene was a large and powerful Atlantic hurricane that left extensive flood and wind damage along its path through the Caribbean, the United States East Coast and as far north as Atlantic Canada in 2011...
in August 2011), and another bridge east of downtown Bennington
The Roaring Branch
- North Branch Street - the bridge there is known locally as the Brooklyn Bridge
- Park Street
- U.S. Route 7U.S. Route 7U.S. Route 7 is a north–south United States highway in western New England that runs for from Norwalk, Connecticut, to Highgate, Vermont. The highway's southern terminus is at Interstate 95 in Norwalk, Connecticut...
- North Street - Railroad bridge between Route 7 and Northside Drive
Walloomsac River
- Northside Drive
- Hunt Street foot bridge (washed away in flood waters related to Hurricane Irene in August 2011)
- Vermont Route 279Vermont Route 279Vermont Route 279 , often referred to as the Bennington Bypass, is a two and three-lane undivided northwest bypass of Bennington in Bennington County, Vermont, United States...
via the western leg of the "Bennington Connector" - Silk Road via the Silk Covered BridgeSilk Covered BridgeThe Silk Covered Bridge is located northwest of Bennington, Vermont. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.-Recent history:...
- Murphy Road via two bridges at Paper Mill Village including the Paper Mill Village Covered BridgePaper Mill Village BridgeThe Paper Mill Village Bridge, also called the Paper Mill Bridge or Bennington Falls Covered Bridge, is a wooden covered bridge that crosses the Walloomsac River northwest of Bennington, Vermont off State Route 67A....
- River Road via the Burt Henry Covered BridgeBurt Henry Covered BridgeThe Burt Henry Covered Bridge, also known as Henry Covered Bridge or just Henry Bridge, is a covered bridge that spans the Walloomsac River near Bennington, Vermont....
New York
- Cottrell Road in two places
- Caretakers Road
- Factory Hill Road
- New York Route 22
- Railroad bridges in three places
Tributaries
Traveling upstream from the confluence with the Hoosic River, the following tributaries feed the Walloomsac:- Little White Creek
- Paran Creek
- Walloomsac River (original path through downtown Bennington, name ends at confluence of Roaring Brook and South Stream):
- Roaring Brook
- Barney Brook
- South Stream
- Jewett Brook
- Roaring Branch (of South Stream)
- Roaring Branch of the Walloomsac River (so named on maps from US 7 to VT 9, locally this name continues to Bolles Brook)
- Furnace Brook
- Stratton Brook
- Basin Brook
- Walloomsac Brook (so named on maps from VT 9 to confluence of Bolles Brook and City Stream)
- Bolles Brook
- Bickford Hollow Brook
- Hell Hollow Brook
- City Stream
- Stamford Stream
- Bolles Brook
- Furnace Brook