Poesten Kill
| Poesten Kill | |
|---|---|
Poesten Kill adjacent to New York Route 2 in Brunswick | |
Watershed of the Poesten Kill and its tributaries | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| Region | Rensselaer County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Dyken Pond |
| • location | Berlin, New York, United States |
| • coordinates | 42°43′2.74″N 73°25′40.58″W / 42.7174278°N 73.4279389°W |
| • elevation | 1,624 ft (495 m) |
| Mouth | Hudson River |
• location | Troy, New York, United States |
• coordinates | 42°43′14.49″N 73°41′54″W / 42.7206917°N 73.69833°W |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Length | 26.2 mi (42.2 km) |
| Basin size | 89.4 sq mi (232 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 130 cu ft/s (3.7 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 2,897 cu ft/s (82.0 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Hudson River Watershed |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Newfoundland Creek |
| • right | Bonesteel Creek, Quacken Kill, Sweet Milk Creek |
The Poesten Kill is a 26.2-mile-long (42.2 km) creek in Rensselaer County, Upstate New York. It flows westerly from its source at Dyken Pond, located in the town of Berlin, to its mouth at the Hudson River in the city of Troy. The creek was historically used as a source of water for the local farmers and residents. During the Industrial Revolution, the creek became an important source of water power, and many mills and factories sprung up along its banks.
The name of the creek is derived from a local farmer and miller, Jan Barensten Wemple, who lived near it in the 1660s. He was known by the nickname "Poest"; kille was a Dutch word for "waterway".