Delaware County NY Genealogy and History Site
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PHOTOS & INFORMATION - RESERVOIRS - CANNONSVILLE AND PEPACTON
 photo by Gary Teed |
CANNONSVILLE RESERVOIR - The construction of the Cannonsville Reservoir in Delaware County, NY was started in 1955 and placed into service in 1964, it holds 95.7 billion gallons at full capacity. "When the water filled the valley, it consumed 19,910 acres of Delaware County; eliminating 94 farms, destroying five settlements - Cannonsville, Granton, Rock Rift, Rock Royal and Beerston, and displacing 941 people."
HISTORY
QUERY
PHOTOS
The following written by Gary Teed from a store of memories of when he was a seven year old boy during this tumultuous time. This is a streaming file so all should be able to get this quite easily.
"OH, CANNONSVILLE" by Gary Teed
mp3 streaming file on this server
also at IndieMusicPeople
Lyrics only to "OH, CANNONSVILLE" by Gary Teed
Correspondence at the Delaware County, NY Mailing List Archives
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Online since 1996 - created and managed by Joyce Riedinger
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11 Jun 2020
