Rockland, Rhode Island
1916 photo of Old Rockland Cemetery. The cemetery plots were relocated before Gainer Memorial Dam inundated the town. Rockland was one of five hamlets submerged by Scituate Reservoir, which displaced an approximate total of 1600 people.
About this community
- River
- Pawtuxet River
- Established
- 1731
- Inundated
- 1925
Sources
- https://www.provwater.com/about-us/about-us-overview/history#:~:text=1920%20%2D%20Development%20of%20a%20Modern%20System
- https://www.provwater.com/water-quality/scituate-watershed/watershed-history
- https://rihistoriccemeteries.org/newsearchcemeterydetail.aspx?ceme_no=SC150
- https://brownpoliticalreview.org/dark-history-of-pvd-water/