Valley Forge, Connecticut
The foundries of Valley Forge made iron and steel products for households and railroads, as well as for the US army during the War of 1812 and Civil War.
About this community
- River
- Saugatuck River
- Established
- Early 1700s
- Inundated
- 1942
Sources
- Village of the Damned: The Fight for Open Space and the Flooding of a Connecticut Town by James Lomuscio
- https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/04/nyregion/the-view-from-weston-photo-exhibit-reveals-village-under-reservoir.html
- https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-valley-forge-96373.php