Published 2 years ago

The Lost Underwater Hamlets of the Catskills

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Lucy Sante has just come out with a book on New York City’s water system and the people in its way. The city, at various stages, considered various schemes: dams in the Hudson and in the Long Island Sound. Each time, the city opted instead to flood a few small villages upstate.

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The Lost Underwater Hamlets of the Catskills

Lucy Sante, the author of “Nineteen Reservoirs,” circumnavigates the Ashokan Reservoir, under which lie “apple knocker” villages razed and flooded by New York City for drinking water.

2 years ago·New York, United States

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