Saw Mill River
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The Saw Mill River is a 20 mile (32 km) long tributary of the Hudson River in the United States, flowing from Chappaqua to Yonkers, New York, where it empties into the Hudson. In the 17th century, the Saw Mill River was known as Nepperhan Creek. In the 19th century, the lower portion was an important industrial area, with the New York and Putnam Railroad running along the river from Putnam County to central Yonkers, and thence to Tibbets Creek and the Harlem River. Early in the 21st century this "Old Putnam Railroad" became the South County and North County Trailways, a network of bicycle/pedestrian trails. The Saw Mill River Parkway parallels the river along its west bank for much of its route through Westchester Country, and Sawmill River Road along the east.
The last 2,000 feet (600 m) of the river, originally including a small gorge, are buried in a flume passing under downtown Yonkers and its railroad station. A 2007 proposal to spend $34 million to expose parts of the flume to daylight, as part of a $3 billion redevelopment plan for Yonkers, is being considered.
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