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Shavertown, New York
Shavertown was a hamlet in Delaware County, New York. It was sacrificed and laid under water with the construction of the Pepacton Reservoir in 1954. Shavertown had a few hundred inhabitants, mostly reliant on the town's timber industry. The Delaware and Eastern Railroad ran through the town.Gareth Hanrahan Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan is an Irish game designer and novelist who has worked primarily on role-playing games. Career Hanrahan was one of the game designers included in the experimental community connected to the Gaming Outpost. When Mongoose Pu ..., Arkham Detetive Tales Extended Edition, page 19, 2010, Pelgrane Press References Geography of Delaware County, New York Hamlets in Delaware County, New York {{DelawareCountyNY-geo-stub ...
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Delaware County, New York
Delaware County is a county located in the US state of New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 44,308. The county seat is Delhi. The county is named after the Delaware River, which was named in honor of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, appointed governor of Virginia in 1609. History When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present area of Delaware County was divided between Albany and Ulster Counties. Albany County was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in theory, extending westward to the Pacific Ocean. This county was reduced in size on July 3, 1766, by the creation of Cumberland County, and further on March 16, 1770, by the creation of Gloucester County, both containing territory now in Vermont. On March 12, 1772, what was left of Albany County was split into three parts, one remaining under the name Albany County. One of the other pieces ...
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Pepacton Reservoir
The Pepacton Reservoir, also known as the Downsville Reservoir, is a reservoir in Delaware County, New York on the East Branch of the Delaware River in the Catskill Mountains of New York. Part of the New York City water supply system, it was formed by the construction of Downsville Dam, and impounds over one-quarter of the East Branch's flow. The reservoir lies south of the village of Delhi and is northwest of New York City. It is narrow and winding, some long and about across at its widest point. The reservoir is over deep at its maximum point and contains of water at full capacity. This makes it the city water system's largest reservoir by volume.Pepacton Reservoir


Delaware And Eastern Railroad
The Delaware and Northern Railroad was a small railroad in Delaware County, New York that was founded in 1905, and was planned to go from East Branch, where it would make a connection with the New York, Ontario and Western Railway, to Arkville, where it would connect with the Ulster and Delaware. This line ran close to the banks of the East Branch of the Delaware River, and had plans of expansion, but never made it far, only getting to Arkville. The line was scrapped in 1942, when the Pepacton Reservoir took over its right-of-way and forced the D&N to go out of business.H. H. GrossRails Rust in the Catskills "Railroad Magazine", September, 1943. History Delaware and Eastern Railroad The president of the New York, Ontario and Western Railway, whose name was R.B. Williams, got the idea for another railroad near the end of the 19th century. This railroad would start at the busy town of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, reach the beginning of the East Branch of the Delaware River nea ...
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Gareth Hanrahan
Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan is an Irish game designer and novelist who has worked primarily on role-playing games. Career Hanrahan was one of the game designers included in the experimental community connected to the Gaming Outpost. When Mongoose Publishing brought their ''Paranoia'' writing in-house, it was overseen by Hanrahan. Hanrahan wrote Mongoose's fifth ''RuneQuest'' setting, '' Hawkmoon: The Roleplaying Game'' (2007). Hanrahan authored the '' Traveller Core Rulebook'' (2008), which managed to outsell ''RuneQuest'' and become Mongoose's new #1 game. Hanrahan's 12th-century setting ''Deus Vult'' (2010) received new support in ''RuneQuest II''. When Mongoose separated from Rebellion in March 2010, Hanrahan was one of those let go during the resulting layoffs. Hanrahan helped Pelgrane Press support their GUMSHOE System by producing monthly supplements, starting in late 2010. In 2011, Cubicle 7 expanded its staff with industry insiders like Hanrahan, Walt Ciechanowski, Charles ...
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Geography Of Delaware County, New York
Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. The first recorded use of the word γεωγραφία was as a title of a book by Greek scholar Eratosthenes (276–194 BC). Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding of Earth and its human and natural complexities—not merely where objects are, but also how they have changed and come to be. While geography is specific to Earth, many concepts can be applied more broadly to other celestial bodies in the field of planetary science. One such concept, the first law of geography, proposed by Waldo Tobler, is "everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things." Geography has been called "the world discipline" and "the bridge between the human and th ...
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