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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.
Contents
Foreword by James Prosek
Ackowledgements
Introduction
1. Piercing the Surface
2. A Personal Connection
3. A Valley Blooms
4. A Lens on the Past
5. A Water Company RIses
6. Equity Versus Inequity
7. The Fighters
8. Road Wars and Water Rights
9. The Defeat
10. The Damned
11. At Peace at the Reservoir
12. Another Valley, Another Time
13. Casting About
14. Into the Woods, Again
15. Celebrity Status
16. Letters to the Editor
17. Artful Strategies
18. Friends in High Places
Epilogue
Works Cited and Consulted
Index
