Editing Ghost town (section)

====Flooding by dams====
Construction of dams has produced ghost towns that have been left underwater. Examples include:
* [[Kensico, New York]] was replaced by the [[Kensico Reservoir]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Halpern |first=W. Dyer |date=2011-01-24 |title=The Lost Village of Kensico |url=https://westchestermagazine.com/life-style/the-lost-village-of-kensico/ |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Westchester Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Loyston, Tennessee]], U.S., inundated by the creation of [[Norris Dam]] and reconstructed on nearby higher ground.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Watts |first1=Jennifer |title=Underwater Ghost Towns of Tennessee |url=https://tnmuseum.org/junior-curators/posts/underwater-ghost-towns-of-tennessee |website=Tennessee State Museum |access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref>
* [[St. Thomas, Nevada]], U.S., flooded by up to 70 feet of water by [[Lake Mead]] following construction of the [[Hoover Dam]].<ref>{{cite web |title=St Thomas Nevada - Lake Mead National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/lake/learn/nature/st-thomas-nevada.htm |website=National Park Service |access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref>
* [[Stiltner, West Virginia]], inundated by the creation of [[East Lynn Lake]] in 1969.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Robert |title=The Lost Town of Stiltner |url=https://www.herald-dispatch.com/wcn/wc_news/the-lost-town-of-stiltner/article_9f834abc-d8d6-503c-8abe-8bb6a9c387f8.html |website=The Wayne County News |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref>
* [[The Lost Villages]] of [[Ontario]], flooded by [[Saint Lawrence Seaway]] construction in 1958.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wheeler |first1=Maggie |title=The Lost Villages |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/the-lost-villages |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Canada |access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref>
* [[Nether Hambleton]] and [[Middle Hambleton]] in Rutland, England, which were flooded to create [[Rutland Water]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Hambleton, Upper Hambleton, Middle Hambleton, Nether Hambleton |url=https://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/Rutland/Hambleton/53286f79b47fc40c0d000400-Hambleton%2C+Upper+Hambleton%2C+Middle+Hambleton%2C+Nether+Hambleton |website=Survey of English Place-Names |publisher=English Place-Name Society |access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref>
* [[Ashopton]] and [[Derwent, Derbyshire|Derwent]], England, flooded during the construction of the [[Ladybower Reservoir]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=York |first1=Chris |title=Two Lost Derbyshire Villages Have Been revealed By Low Water Levels At Ladybower Reservoir |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/derwent-derbyshire_uk_5befe523e4b07573881ece57 |website=HuffPost UK News |date=17 November 2018 |publisher=Huffington Post |access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ladybower |url=https://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/visiting/miles-without-stiles/ladybower |website=Peak District National Park |access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref>
* The [[Tignes Dam]] flooded the village of Tignes in France, displacing 78 families.<ref>{{cite web |title=Village Destroyed as New Dam Floods Reservoir |url=https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA436HY83AJ25IFMIA88LM67F2B-VILLAGE-DESTROYED-AS-NEW-DAM-FLOODS-RESERVOIR/query/Tignes |website=British Pathe |publisher=Reuters |access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref>
* [[Mologa]] in Russia was flooded by the creation of [[Rybinsk reservoir]] in 1940.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mandraud|first=Isabelle|date=30 Jan 2015|title=Sunken towns of the Volga revive memories of Stalinist-era Russia|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/30/mologa-russia-flooded-rybinsk-reservoir-dam}}</ref> 
* Many ancient villages were abandoned during construction of the [[Three Gorges Dam]] in China, leading to the displacement of many rural people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Three Gorges Dam |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Three-Gorges-Dam |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |publisher=Britannica |access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref>
* In [[Guanacaste Province]], Costa Rica, inhabitants of Arenal and Tronadora were forced to relocate in 1978 to make room for the human-made [[Lake Arenal]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=La Nacion Costa Rica |url=https://lanacioncostarica.pressreader.com/article/281496460663685 |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=lanacioncostarica.pressreader.com}}</ref>
* [[Old Adaminaby]] in New South Wales, Australia, was flooded by a dam of the [[Snowy River Scheme]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Elder |first1=Bruce |title=A Complete Guide to Adaminaby, NSW |url=https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2022/12/a-complete-guide-to-adaminaby-nsw/ |website=Australian Geographic |date=9 December 2022 |access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref>
* Construction of the [[Aswan Dam|Aswan High Dam]] on the [[Nile River]] in Egypt submerged archaeological sites and ancient settlements, such as [[Buhen]] under [[Lake Nasser]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harford |first1=Tim |title=The Spectacular Failures and Successes of Massive Dams |work=BBC News |date=11 March 2020 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51459930 |access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref>
* [[Tehri]] was drowned after the construction of the [[Tehri Dam]] in the Indian state of [[Uttarakhand]].<ref>{{cite web |title=New Tehri - Overlooks The Gigantic Tehri Lake And Dam {{!}} Uttarakhand Tourism |url=https://uttarakhandtourism.gov.in/destination/new-tehri |website=Uttarakhand Tourism}}</ref>
* [[Aceredo]] and five other villages in the region of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], Spain, drowned by the construction of [[Alto Lindoso Dam]] downstream in Portugal in 1992<ref name="Pontevedra 2012">{{cite news  | last=Pontevedra | first=Silvia R. | title=Memoria de un pueblo ahogado | website=[[El País]] | date=14 December 2012 | url=https://elpais.com/sociedad/2012/12/14/actualidad/1355517771_214178.html | language=es | access-date=21 February 2022}}</ref> (later exposed after extreme drought conditions in early 2022<ref>{{cite web | title=Ghost village emerges in Spain as drought empties reservoir | website=[[The Guardian]] |date=12 February 2022 |agency=Reuters |location=Concello de Lobios |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/11/ghost-village-emerges-in-spain-as-drought-empties-reservoir-aceredo | access-date=21 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Butterfield | first=Michelle | title=Incredible photos show Spanish ghost village emerge after 30 years underwater  | website=Global News | date=18 February 2022 | url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8628758/ghost-village-spain-drought-reservoir-aceredo/ | access-date=21 February 2022}}</ref>).
* [[Capel Celyn]], Gwynedd, Wales, was lost to the [[Tryweryn flooding|Trywern Flooding]] of 1965. This was to create a reservoir, [[Llyn Celyn]], in order to supply the English areas of [[Liverpool]] and [[Wirral Peninsula|Wirral]] with water for industry.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-10-21 |title=Tryweryn: Personal stories 50 years after drowning |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-34528336 |access-date=2024-10-20 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[Dana, Massachusetts|Dana]], [[Enfield, Massachusetts|Enfield]], [[Greenwich, Massachusetts|Greenwich]], and [[Prescott, Massachusetts|Prescott]], Massachusetts; four towns in the [[Quabbin–Swift River Valley|Swift River Valley]] of Massachusetts who were flooded to create the [[Quabbin Reservoir]] in 1938 to create a water reservoir to provide water to the growing city of [[Boston]], Massachusetts and the surrounding suburbs. <ref>{{Cite web |title=The Harvard Advocate |url=https://theharvardadvocate.com/content/drowned-towns-preserving-the-lost-communities-of-the-swift-river-valley |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=theharvardadvocate.com}}</ref>