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Essex Chain of Lakes

Plans To Dam The Upper Hudson Would Have Been Catastrophic

June 21, 2021 by Mike Prescott Leave a Comment

Gooley-Kettle19-511x800On almost every stream, pond or lake in the Adirondacks there is still evidence of lumberman’s dams and lumbering operations.  In the mid-to-late 1960s however, there was a controversial plan to dam the Upper Hudson River in order to supply water and hydro-electric power to the parched, urban, metropolitan area of New York City.

In the early 1960s there had been a severe drought along the entire northeastern seaboard. One of New York City’s answers to the drought problem was to tap the Upper Hudson to supply its seemingly unquenchable need for water. [Read more…] about Plans To Dam The Upper Hudson Would Have Been Catastrophic

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Dams, Cedar River, conservation, Essex Chain of Lakes, Finch Pruyn Lands, Goodnow River, Hudson River, Indian Lake, Indian River, Nelson Rockefeller, Newcomb, Paul Schaefer, Political History, Protect the Adirondacks

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