Silvermine River

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox river | name = Silvermine River | native_name =  | name_other = | name_etymology = | nickname =  | image = SilvermineTavernMillPond08042007.JPG | image_size = | image_caption = Mill pond along the river in the Silvermine neighborhood | image_alt =  | map = Silvermine River watershed.png | map_size = | map_caption = Map of the Silvermine River watershed  | subdivision_type1 = United States | subdivision_name1 = New York, Connecticut | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 =  | length = {{convert|8.4|mi|km}} | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max =  | source1 = West Branch Silvermine River | source1_location = just east of Flat Rock Drive, Ridgefield, CT | source1_coordinates= {{Coord|41.255|-73.514|display=inline}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|700|ft|m}} | source2 = East Branch Silvermine River | source2_location = pond northwest of Whipstick Road and Nod Road, Ridgefield, CT | source2_coordinates= {{Coord|41.269|-73.482|display=inline}} | source2_elevation = {{convert|700|ft|m}} | mouth = Norwalk River | mouth_location = north end of Deering Pond | mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|41.134|-73.430|display=inline}} | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = {{convert|59|km2|mi2}} | basin_landmarks = | basin_population = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | waterbodies = | waterfalls = | bridges = | ports = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}

The '''Silvermine River''' is an {{convert|8.4|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed April 1, 2011</ref> river that flows through the towns of Norwalk, Wilton, New Canaan and Ridgefield, Connecticut. It is spanned by the 1899 Perry Avenue Bridge in the Silvermine neighborhood, and by the Silvermine River Bridge that carries the Merritt Parkway. It is a tributary of the Norwalk River which it joins at the north end of Deering Pond. <ref>[http://www.norwalkriver.org/silvermineriver.htm Silvermine River Pictorial Atlas] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718093909/http://www.norwalkriver.org/silvermineriver.htm |date=2011-07-18 }} Norwalk River Watershed Association. Accessed 12 Feb 2011.</ref>

==See also== *List of rivers of Connecticut

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Category:Rivers of Fairfield County, Connecticut Category:Rivers of Connecticut