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Cobbs Hill Park began as public land acquired for the city's second distributing reservoir, completed in 1908 with a capacity of 144,000,000 gallons. George Eastman donated land along Culver Road in 1909, and with financial help from other citizens the city purchased land east of the reservoir in 1912. Widewaters Field north of Norris Drive was purchased from New York State in 1922, bringing the total area to 128 acres. Cobbs Hill, at the eastern end of the Pinnacle Range, is an outstanding example of frontal moraine left by the melting edge of the ice sheet at the close of the recent ice age, composed of boulders, sand, and gravel, and rising 140 feet. Gideon Cobb, who lived from 1791 to 1864, was a pioneer landowner, tavern keeper, and brickmaker who lived on the southeast corner of Monroe and Highland Avenues.
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