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Clearing the Valley: Memories from beneath the Cannonsville Reservoir

Hard labor, deep history, and lost towns behind New York City’s thirst for water

Posted 6/22/25

WALTON — Before the Cannonsville Reservoir swallowed 20,000 acres in Delaware County, it was Jack Constable’s job to clear them.

The Cannonsville Reservoir, 16 miles long, was placed …

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