Shavertown, New York
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Shavertown, New York was a small Catskills hamlet that was permanently submerged in the mid-20th century to create the Pepacton Reservoir, part of New York City’s water supply system.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former hamlet
ⓘ
submerged settlement ⓘ |
| associatedReservoirCompletion | Pepacton Reservoir completion in 1950s GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
displacement of residents
ⓘ
flooding of valley lands ⓘ |
| causeOfDisestablishment | land acquisition for New York City water supply ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalMemory | one of several drowned Catskills towns ⓘ |
| currentPhysicalState | underwater settlement remains ⓘ |
| disestablishedAsSettlement | 20th century ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
New York City water supply history
ⓘ
local histories of Pepacton Reservoir communities ⓘ |
| hadFunction | local service center for surrounding farms ⓘ |
| hadInfrastructure |
churches
ⓘ
post office ⓘ school ⓘ stores ⓘ |
| hasLegacy | memorials and historical accounts in Catskills region ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | lost community ⓘ |
| historicalCounty | Delaware County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Catskills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
local commercial center
ⓘ
residential community ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Catskill Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Delaware County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ Town of Andes, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInWaterBody | Pepacton Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInWatershed | Delaware River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Andes, New York
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Downsville, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | East Branch Delaware River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Shaver family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | New York City water supply system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfHistoricalProcess | creation of New York City Delaware System reservoirs ⓘ |
| populationCharacteristic | sparsely populated ⓘ |
| reasonForSubmergence | construction of Pepacton Reservoir ⓘ |
| regionTypeBeforeSubmergence | agricultural area ⓘ |
| rememberedFor | being submerged for New York City’s water needs ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Pepacton Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | permanently submerged ⓘ |
| submergedFor | Pepacton Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| submergencePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| transportConnection | local Catskills road network ⓘ |
| usedToBe | small rural hamlet ⓘ |
| waterSystemComponentOf | New York City Delaware System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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