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West Hurley, New York

West Hurley, New York

Ashokan Reservoir submerged the community of West Hurley in 1915. 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
1669
Inundated
1908

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).
  • Alphonso T. Clearwater, The History of Ulster County, New York (1907).