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Rock Rift, New York

Rock Rift, New York

Rock Rift was one of five villages seized by eminent domain to make way for Cannonsville Reservoir, built to provide water to New York City. Despite its small size, Rock Rift had a church and several businesses, including two bars and a general store. Cannonsville Reservoir inundated the town site in 1965.

About this community

Dam
Cannonsville Dam
River
West Branch of the Delaware River
Established
1806
Inundated
1961
Population
75

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Sources

  • Diane Galusha, Liquid Assets: A History of New York City’s Water System Expanded Edition (2016).
  • “Cannonsville General Testimony Exhibits.” 1972. New York City Department of Environmental Protection, DEP Archives.
  • Beatrice Bennett, The Den (2006).
  • Helen Schriver-Zandt, Memories (2007).
  • https://www.dcnyhistory.org/tompkins001RB.html