Wooster Lake and Wooster Bridge. Named after Lyman C. Wooster, the lake was once a ravine. By 1917, when it was named for Professor Wooster, the ravine had been dammed to form a pond. In 1922 a dirt dam was built at about what is now the south edge of the lake, and a rock and earth dam was built to define the north edge of the lake in 1936. Wooster Bridge was built in 1928 to carry steam pipes across the lake, and to connect Morse Hall with the cafeteria on the east side of the lake