Controversy on the Delaware: A Look Upstream at the Tocks Island Dam Project
In the aftermath of the ravaging 1955 flood, the Army Corps of Engineers set out to construct a dam across the Delaware River. The Tocks Island Dam would create a lake and recreational area consuming 70,000 acres of farmland and residential property. This video documentary exposes the grassroots environmental movement by local residents and the stand they took against the project.
- Runtime
- 14m
- Released
- 2006
Details
Release year: 2006
Storyline
In the aftermath of the ravaging 1955 flood, the Army Corps of Engineers set out to construct a dam across the Delaware River. The Tocks Island Dam would create a lake and recreational area consuming 70,000 acres of farmland and residential property. This video documentary exposes the grassroots environmental movement by local residents and the stand they took against the project.