Cannonsville, New York
E796303
Cannonsville, New York was a former Delaware County community that was largely submerged and displaced in the 1960s to create the Cannonsville Reservoir, part of New York City's water supply system.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former community
ⓘ
populated place ⓘ |
| associatedWithProject | New York City Delaware System reservoirs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Company towns and reservoir towns displaced for water projects
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Former populated places in New York State ⓘ Underwater populated places in the United States ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| displacedFor | Cannonsville Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| displacementPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| formerFunction |
farming community
ⓘ
rural hamlet ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | lost town ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Upper Delaware Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Catskill region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Delaware County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInWatershed | Delaware River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | West Branch Delaware River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Cannonsville family (local settlers) ⓘ |
| notableEvent | inundation for reservoir creation ⓘ |
| partOf |
New York City water supply system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Town of Deposit, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationRelocatedTo | nearby communities in Delaware County, New York ⓘ |
| reasonForAbandonment | construction of Cannonsville Reservoir ⓘ |
| remnants | foundations and road traces under reservoir at low water ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Cannonsville Reservoir basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
disincorporated
ⓘ
largely submerged ⓘ |
| submergedBy | Cannonsville Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterSupplyFor | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.