Shavertown, New York

Shavertown was a hamlet in Delaware County, New York. It was submerged by the construction of the Pepacton Reservoir in 1954. Shavertown had a few hundred inhabitants, mostly reliant on the town's timber industry. Acid factories in Shavertown produced wood alcohol and other chemicals. The Delaware and Eastern Railroad ran through the town.

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