Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania
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Dingmans Ferry is an unincorporated community in Delaware Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of 2014, it had a population of approximately 7,477 people. It was originally sited on
A woman walks up a hill in Dingmans Ferry, 1897
Tocks Island Dam controversy
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A 1950s proposal to construct a dam near Tocks Island across the Delaware River was met with considerable controversy and protest. Tocks Island is located in the Delaware River a short distance north
Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania
…National Recreation Area. When the Corps of Engineers acquired the land by eminent domain in the mid-twentieth century for the creation of the proposed Tocks Island Dam project, it relocated the community further up the hill. Local objections to the dam and purchasing of land willingly or by eminent domain had delayed the…
A house in the project area, now abandoned