Cobbs Hill Park
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Cobbs Hill
Cobbs Hill Park
Public land first acquired for the city's second distributing reservoir. Completed 1908. Capacity 144,000,000 Gallons. George Eastman donated land along Culver Road 1909 and with the financial help of other citizens the city purchased land east of the reservoir in 1912. Widewaters Field north of Norris Drive purchased from New York State, 1922. Total Area 128 Acres.
Cobbs Hill
Eastern End of the Pinnacle Range.
Outstanding example of frontal moraine left by the melting edge of the ice sheet at the close of the recent ice age. Composed of boulders, sand and gravel. Height 140 feet. Gideon Cobb (1791-1864). Pioneer land owner, tavern keeper and brickmaker lived on the southeast corner of Monroe and Highland Avenues.
Erected 1978 by City of Rochester.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Natural Features • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1908.
Location. 43° 8.502′ N, 77° 34.552′ W. Marker is in Rochester, New York, in Monroe County. It is in Cobbs Hill. It is on Culver Road 0.1 miles north of Norris Drive, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Rochester NY 14620, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Finger Lakes. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
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