Waterman Reservoir

Waterman Reservoir is a large lake along Putnam Pike in Glocester and Greenville in Providence County, Rhode Island.
The Waterman Reservoir was created in 1838 on the site of a swamp and is when full with an average depth of. It was named after Resolved Waterman, an early eighteenth century Greenville resident and landowner. Prior to the creation of the reservoir, the area was swampy, so a dam was constructed to create the reservoir and at the same time a causeway was built so travelers no longer had to go around the swamp using Austin Avenue, which prior to the 1930s was known as Killingly Road.