Boiceville, New York
Boiceville was one of six rail stations abandoned prior to the construction of Ashokan Reservoir. The town of Boiceville itself was evacuated in 1913 and relocated nearby. The reservoir displaced 2000 residents in total, who were spread out between multiple small communities.
About this community
- Dam
- Ashokan Dam
- River
- Esopus Creek
- Established
- 1823
- Inundated
- 1913
Sources
- Diane Galusha, Liquid Assets: A History of New York City’s Water System Expanded Edition (2016).
- Vera Van Steenbergh Sickler, History of the Town of Olive, 1823-1973 (1973).
- Louise Hasbrouck Zimm, ed., Southeastern New York: A History of the Counties of Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Rockland and Putnam (1946).
- https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rutland-daily-herald-ud-june-9-19/95368374/
- http://public-water.com/story-of-nyc-water/ashokan-reservoir/