Village of the Dammed
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Village of the Dammed

The Fight for Open Space and the Flooding of a Connecticut Town

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eBook - ePub

Village of the Dammed

The Fight for Open Space and the Flooding of a Connecticut Town

About this book

The powerful afterlife of a town that was seized by eminent domain and flooded to create a reservoir, featuring new material which brings the story up to date.
 
In the early 1940s, the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company flooded Connecticut's Saugatuck River Valley to create a reservoir that would meet the region's growing population. Under twelve billion gallons of water lay Valley Forge, once a thriving iron and steel manufacturing town, which was seized by eminent domain to create the reservoir and dam. In Village of the Dammed, journalist James Lomuscio tells the story of the rise and fall of Valley Forge, drawing on Civil War-era photographs of the town and other sources to show what the town was like, document the futile battle to save it, and reveal the flooding's life-altering repercussions. He also recounts a grassroots movement to prevent the development of nearby Trout Brook Valley in the 1990s, a heated fight with a different outcome. As the population of the American northeast continues to swell and spread, placing new demands on existing resources, communities are frequently confronted with forces and choices not unlike those faced by Valley Forge and Trout Brook Valley. Village of the Dammed reminds us to be ever vigilant in the protection of our irreplaceable environmental heritage.

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Information

Publisher
Brandeis University Press
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781684582976
Print ISBN
9781684582969
Subtopic
North American History

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Introduction
  10. 1. Piercing the Surface
  11. 2. A Personal Connection
  12. 3. A Valley Blooms
  13. 4. A Lens on the Past
  14. 5. A Water Company Rises
  15. 6. Equity Versus Inequity
  16. 7. The Fighters
  17. 8. Road Wars and Water Rights
  18. 9. The Defeat
  19. 10. The Dammed
  20. 11. At Peace at the Reservoir
  21. 12. Another Valley, Another Time
  22. 13. Casting About
  23. 14. Into the Woods, Again
  24. 15. Celebrity Status
  25. 16. Letters to the Editor
  26. 17. Artful Strategies
  27. 18. Friends in High Places
  28. 19. A Land Legacy
  29. Epilogue: Rising Up
  30. Works Cited and Consulted
  31. Index

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