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Grahamsville Weekly News 1925

Local News Items of Interest

Montela

Montela Main Street showing the Post Office and Motel

Another Montela Main Street view.. Early 1900's

Montela old Wooden Bridge across the Rondout Stream

Montela Lumber Camp in the Mountains 1908

Montela old wooden bridge crossing

Montela Mill

Montela Sawkill Falls

The reservoir was made possible

by the construction along the Rondout Creek Construction began in 1937

and ended in 1954, three years later the reservoir began delivering water. It would be the first of four built

by the city to satisfy its growing demand in the years after World War I I .

Pictures below are of that time period 1938-39-40

showing some of the work in progress and some of the

equipment used at that time.

The following pictures were given to this web site by

Mrs.Virginia L. Brackman and Mr. Tim Champagne

Me, Bill Winters, Jr at age 16 working on the Lackawack, NY Dam on Grizzly #2 in the summer of 1947

Photo taken by my good friend the late Richard Gibbons. His Step Dad Jerry Rayburn, Safety Engineer is

the one who got us our summer jobs at Lackawack and the Neversink, NY Dam in the summer of 1948

Left:View of the caisson at base of the dam Right:Another view of caisson at the base of the dam

Left:Mr. E. Robinson Sandra. Right: Mr. Bryers July 3, 1938 Right: Site of the Caffer Dam July 3 1938

Left: Bottom Dump Euclid. Wheel was 60 inches high. July 3,1938 Right: 1939-40 view of the old Lackawack Road

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