The Normans Kill is a
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A creek in North America and elsewhere, such as Australia, is a stream that is usually smaller than a river. In the British Isles it is a small tidal inlet.
Creek may also refer to:
People
* Creek people, also known as Muscogee, Native Americans
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in
New York
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's
Capital District located in
Schenectady and
Albany counties. It flows southeasterly from its source in the town of
Duanesburg
Duanesburg is a town in Schenectady County, New York, United States. The population was 6,122 at the 2010 census. Duanesburg is named for James Duane, who held most of it as an original land grant. The town is in the western part of the county.
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near
Delanson to its mouth at the
Hudson River in the town of
Bethlehem. In the town of
Guilderland
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, the stream is dammed to create the Watervliet Reservoir, a drinking water source for the city of
Watervliet and the Town of Guilderland. A one megawatt hydrolectric plant at the dam provides power to pump water to the filtration plant.
The Normans Kill has a drainage area of over , and includes portions of
Schoharie County along with the counties in which the Normans Kill itself flows through.
The Normans Kill has been used historically as a source of
water power during colonial times, during which many
mills sprung up along its banks. Prior to the
Industrial Revolution, blocks of ice were cut out of the creek for shipment to the city of
New York
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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as a form of early refrigeration. Its name is derived from the
Dutch word for a
Norwegian, who the Dutch called "North Men or Normans", hence North Man's Stream/Creek" the ethnicity of
Albert Andriessen Bradt
Albert Andriessen Bradt (1607 – June 7, 1686) was one of the earliest Norwegian settlers in New Netherland. In the early records he is often referred to as Albert Noorman ('Norwegian').
Biography
Albert Andriessen Bradt (spelled "Bratt" during h ...
(originally spelled "Bratt"), an early settler who owned sawmills near the first waterfall of the creek in the early 17th century, and the word ''
kill'', Dutch for creek. Earlier names of the stream include
Godyns Kil, Norman's Kill, Normans Kil, and the indigenous place name Ta-wa-sen-tha, Ta-wal-sou-tha, or Tawalsontha. Locals call and spell it Normanskill (one word) Creek
Geography
The Normans Kill is over long
[ with a basin that is over .][ The last is tidal.
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History
Originally called "Tawasentha" (a place of the many dead), the Normans Kill is named for Albert Andriessen Bradt
Albert Andriessen Bradt (1607 – June 7, 1686) was one of the earliest Norwegian settlers in New Netherland. In the early records he is often referred to as Albert Noorman ('Norwegian').
Biography
Albert Andriessen Bradt (spelled "Bratt" during h ...
, a Norwegian immigrant to Rensselaerswyck. The creek is named for his Norwegian (Norman) heritage. He was one of the first Scandinavians to the Dutch colony of New Netherland. He was a tobacco planter and as such came to the area of the Normans Kill for that purpose. He proceeded to construct two sawmills along the Normans Kill.
Tributaries
* Vly Creek
Vly Creek is a river in Delaware County and Greene County in New York. It flows into Bush Kill by Fleischmanns, New York
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- '' Vlaie'' meaning "swamp" in Dutch.
* Krum Kill
Krum Kill is a stream in the U.S. state of New York.
"Krum" most likely is derived from Dutch meaning "crooked".
The Krum Kill proper starts in the location of the campus of the State University of New York at Albany, in the vicinity of what i ...
* Hunger Kill
** East Branch Hunger Kill
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Etymology
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** Blockhouse Creek
*** Kaikout Kill
* Bozen Kill
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** Wolf Creek
* Bonny Brook
* Indian House Creek
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''I-os-co'' is the historical Native American name for a tributary of Normans Kill in Guilderland
Guilderland is a town in Albany County, New York, United States. In the 2020 census, the town had a population of 36,848. The town is named for the Gelderland province in the Netherlands.
The town of Guilderland is on the central-northwest borde ...
, but its current name is not known.
See also
*List of rivers of New York
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of New York.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented by order of confluence with their main stem, from mouth to source.
Long Island Sound (nort ...
References
External links
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Rivers of Albany County, New York
Rivers of Schenectady County, New York
Rivers of New York (state)
Tributaries of the Hudson River