This Ulster and Delaware train station

Train station

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, MP 19.2, was a busy station, serving an even busier town

Town

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. This station was actually located in the village

Village

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 of West Shokan, with the actual town of Shokan being a mile east of the station itself. This station was the stop for summer residents staying at boarding houses, and a stop for local people going to church or school

School

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. The station was abandoned on June 8, 1913 and the site is now underwater, as the Ashokan Reservoir

Ashokan Reservoir

The Ashokan Reservoir is a reservoir in Ulster County, New York, USA. The reservoir is in the eastern end of the Catskill Park, and is one of several reservoirs created to provide the City of New York with water. However, it is one of only two reservoirs in the Catskill Watershed. It is also New...

was built where 12.45 of U&D trackage used to be.