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Granton, New York

Granton, New York

Granton was one of five villages displaced by Cannonsville Reservoir, built to provide water to New York City.

About this community

Dam
Cannonsville Dam
River
West Branch of the Delaware River
Established
1806
Inundated
1961
Population
9

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.
  • Helen Schriver-Zandt, Memories (2007).
  • David Murray ed., Delaware County, New York: History of the Century 1797-1897 (1898).
  • https://www.dcnyhistory.org/11GrantonNY-2.html