When Towns Are Turned Into Lakes
Over 30 years ago, the town of Geamana in Romania was abandoned and filled up with water to service the copper mine RoÅŸia Poieni. It is not the only city or town to be abandoned in the service of industrialization, but the pictures to go with it can be depressing. I can’t imagine my home town being permanently submerged under water, or to see it dried up decades later in a drought.
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The Shared Fate of Treece, Kan., and Geamana, Romania – NYTimes.com.
