History
Construction began in 1941, as the city realized that after World War II, it would need to increase its supply aggressively to meet explosive growth. Neversink was ultimately chosen after opposition from the region's trout fishermen and the geologic unfeasibility of the site scotched plans for smaller reservoirs along Willowemoc Creek.
Two local hamlets with long histories in the area, the ironically named town of Neversink and the aptly named Bittersweet, were condemned and flooded to make the reservoir a reality (the former was relocated some distance away and still exists today; the latter is gone completely). The reservoir was finished in 1953 and began sending water the following year, although only in 1955 did it reach its planned capacity.
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