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480: 33: 851: 1284:"New York State Code of Rules and Regulations, Part 862.6: Table I Classifications and Standards of Quality and Purity Assigned to Fresh Surface Waters Within Drainage Basins of Streams Entering the Hudson River in Orange, Ulster, Dutchess, and Putnam Counties, Except Rondout Creek below Rondout Reservoir, Esopus Creek below Ashokan Reservoir, Wappinger Creek, Waters Contained Within Boundaries of State-owned Forest Preserve Lands and Those Portions of Various Waters in Said Basins for Which Standards Have Been Previously Adopted by the Water Resources Commission" 380:. Just below, at the ruin of an outbuilding for the dairy farm, the Notch Trail and wood road crosses the brook at a bridge also dating from the dairy farm era. Shortly afterwards, at a Y-shaped junction, the Notch Trail follows the other branch of the Y toward the mountain on the other side of the stream's valley, 350:, an artificial lake established in the early 20th century to support a small summer camp built around it. It descends gently at first, losing only 40 feet (12 m) from its starting elevation of 711 feet (217 m) in the quarter-mile (400 m) from its source to the boundary between the camp property and 652:
Two years later, Cornish died at his desk in Manhattan; his wife followed him two weeks later. Their heirs, battling over the estate in court, did not move into the property and were not as diligent in maintaining it. As a result, it began to show the signs of neglect, and in 1956 a fire gutted the
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between the two mountains, Breakneck Brook begins to descend more steeply. A pump house that once tapped the stream for Cornish's mansion remains. At a wooden bridge marks the crossing of the yellow-blazed Undercliff Trail, which connects the trail systems on the two mountains. A quarter-mile from
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was not enough to prevent them from feeling the vibrations when explosives were used to loosen stone at the quarry on the mountain's other side. In 1936 Cornish offered to donate the entire estate to the state for use as a park upon his death to prevent it from being used for quarrying.
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and DEC biologist Thomas Lake expressed doubt that any river fish ventured into tributaries like Breakneck Brook distinguished by steep drops they took just before reaching the river. "They have probably been inaccessible to Hudson River fishes since the glacial lakes filling the
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follows the federal lead in its own data, but classifies streams separately for regulatory purposes. Under those regulations, the entire brook and Surprise Lake are considered Class B waters, suitable for primary and secondary contact recreation, and fishing.
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almost a mile (1.6 km) away to drain into the Hudson just south of Cold Spring, bounding the Breakneck Brook watershed on the east and southeast in the process. A very small portion of the watershed on its south borders on the Hudson's direct
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While Class B waters are not considered hazardous to aquatic life, it is unlikely to harbor any fish species commonly found in the river. In a 2006 paper on the role of the tributaries in shaping the river's fish population, Robert Schmidt of
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Another quarter-mile covers most of the remaining 300 feet (91 m) of vertical drop. At 100 feet (30 m) in elevation, another unnamed tributary comes down from Bull Hill. The Brook Trail ends at its small trailhead on
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restrictions that would have forbidden any commercial exploitation of the property, and in any event he considered the land too rugged and unsuited to the intensive use the parks he had developed were intended for.
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Two of the park's hiking trails parallel Breakneck Brook for much of its course. Most of the land the brook flows through was once part of the estate of Edward G. Cornish, chairman of the
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The Breakneck flows relatively straight in a southwest direction from its source to its mouth, draining the small and narrow valley between two of the higher mountains in the
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moved south. Eventually they covered the mountains completely. When they melted they left behind the soil types that still dominate the Breakneck Brook valley—
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Despite the fact that it was responsible for their own home, the Cornishes grew concerned about the effect of quarrying on the Highlands. The mass of
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and pressuring and scouring the mountains alongside it. Ice covered the entire area, with the creeks forming as it melted 20,000 years ago.
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continued. The dam in particular began to fail and leak. In 2011 OPRHP removed it, finding it too expensive to repair. It told the state's
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was completed through the property and across the brook. On the section above it, Cornish and his wife decided to establish a model
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for the dairy farm that once operated in this area. It is only 60 feet (18 m) lower than the stream was at the park boundary.
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The ruins of the estate remained, making the trails in the area a popular destination for hikers. All continued to deteriorate as
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The road/trail and stream continue another 0.1 mile to 500 feet (150 m) in elevation. Here, at the narrowest point of the
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mansion. Six years later, the remaining heirs sold the land to Central Hudson Gas & Electric, the Mid-Hudson's major
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On the north it is bordered by the watershed of an unnamed stream that flows down from between Breakneck Ridge and
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here, it has already dropped 200 feet (61 m), mostly in a series of small cascades, to where it crosses the
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An unpaved road parallels the brook to its northwest. Shortly after it crosses onto state land the blue-
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and joins the wood road. The road and stream draw closer as it reaches a large open area, formerly the
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is small. It extends to the ridgelines of the two mountains it sits between, 1,280-foot (390 m)
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across the Hudson, which led to a landmark court ruling and spurred the growth of modern
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on the property, and ruins of structures built for that purpose, including a large
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to the north of that peak. The basin does not extend much to the northeast beyond
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that flows down from a wetland to the northeast, 300 feet (91 m) above the
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A tenth of a mile (160 m) to the southwest, Breakneck Brook receives an unnamed
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diamond merchant Sigmund Stern, one of the EA's board members, was building an
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But, in the face of opposition aroused by the larger power plant proposed by
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The watershed is almost entirely wooded. Most of the lower portion is within
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The brook begins flowing from the outlet of the dam at the southwest end of
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treats Breakneck Brook and the similarly small tributaries to its north in
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could get away from the city during the summer. Its early alumni included
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just after crossing under railroad tracks used by the passenger trains of
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Human use of the brook began at the start of the 20th century, when
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and flows southwest towards the Hudson from there, mostly through
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gneiss. The latter is especially resistant to weathering and
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for himself on 650 acres (260 ha) of the brook's lower
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J. Robert Folchetti & Associates LLC (September 2007).
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The Breakneck Brook valley runs parallel to some of the
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The faults were steepened by glacial pressures as the
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Breakneck Brook empties into the 398:New York City's water supply system 280:, is a 1.7-mile-long (2.8 km) 13: 1233:"Greenway Grant Feasibility Study" 1210:"Northgate (Stern/Cornish Estate)" 1096:The Chazen Companies (June 2007). 464:line into the neighboring town of 14: 2853: 2832:Rivers of Putnam County, New York 2806:West Canada Lake Wilderness Area 2726:Tappan Zee Bridge (2017–present) 849: 664:power generating station on it. 495:; there it gives way to that of 31: 16:River in New York, United States 2827:Tributaries of the Hudson River 1185:University Press of New England 806:United States Geological Survey 796:with till closer to the brook. 687:, brother of New York governor 589:During the camp's early years, 570:and dammed the brook to create 216: • coordinates 141: • coordinates 1: 861: 834:drained," the authors wrote. 792:-like water-sorted sediments 574:, where Jewish boys from the 468:, it remains entirely within 299:, United States. 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nearby mountain
New York
Hudson Valley
County
Putnam
Town
Philipstown
Surprise Lake
41°27′23″N 73°57′17″W / 41.45639°N 73.95472°W / 41.45639; -73.95472
Mouth
Hudson River
41°26′18″N 73°58′25″W / 41.43833°N 73.97361°W / 41.43833; -73.97361
tributary
Hudson River
Putnam County
town
Philipstown, New York
Surprise Lake
Hudson Highlands State Park
Breakneck Ridge
National Lead Company
dairy farm
cistern
Hudson Highlands
Lake Surprise
Hudson Highlands State Park
blazed
Breakneck Ridge
reservoir

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