The Norwalk River looks more like a real river here, as it leaves the Great Swamp. The exit point is blocked by an earthen dam and a floodgate that can be closed if damaging floodwaters are expected. This would turn the Swamp into a shallow lake, which would hold back more than one million tons of water that would otherwise rampage through the downstream communities.



Outpost Inn Pond in front of the condominiums.




The condominiums and the Great Swamp (right).
A flood-control structure is in the foreground.




Gate to hold floodwaters in the Great Swamp
to reduce damage to downstream communities.


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