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
A house in the project area, now abandoned
The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is a 70,000-acre national recreation area administered by the National Park Service in northwest New Jersey and northeast Pennsylvania. It is centered a
Tocks Island Dam controversy
…Tocks Island Dam project was withdrawn, the lands were transferred to the oversight of the National Park Service which reorganized them to establish the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Tocks Island is a small island located a short distance north of the Delaware Water Gap in the Delaware River between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. It…
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Silver Thread Falls, the smaller waterfall at Dingman's Falls site, near Dingman's Ferry, Pennsylvania, June 2006
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The Delaware Water Gap as seen from the Delaware River Viaduct