The NAPANOCH PROJECT
Proving Grounds
Prior to the Manhattan Project;
The 1939 Army Corp of Engineers was determined to discover a new alternative weapon of mass destruction which was codenamed the "Laboratory for the Development of Substitute Materials"
The 1939 Army Corp of Engineers was determined to discover a new alternative weapon of mass destruction which was codenamed the "Laboratory for the Development of Substitute Materials"
All former weapons of mass destruction had been outlawed after World War I by the 1925 Geniva Protocol and later ratified by the 1928 Geneva Convention
It was time for the US Army to create the first Radiological Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Napanoch proving ground which preceded the Dugway proving ground, was devoted to Radiological WMD's exclusively
The Old Napanoch Paper Mill at Yama Farms was ideal to house the Napanoch Cyclotron due to it's close proximity (across the street) from the Rondout Hydro Electric Plant
- The former WMD's included chemicals weapons, like nerve gas, sarin gas, mustard gas and biological weapons such as Anthrax, Viruses, the Plague, etc
- The Geniva Protocol never mentioned anything about Gamma Radiation, nor Alpha or Beta particles
It was time for the US Army to create the first Radiological Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Napanoch proving ground which preceded the Dugway proving ground, was devoted to Radiological WMD's exclusively
- From 1913 until 1938, the most brilliant scientists, inventors, and industrialists were offered summer vacations to congregate and exchange experimental ideas at Yama Farms in Napanoch (by invitation only).
- They were composed of Intellectuals, scientists and Industry Giants like Harvey S Finestone, John Burroughs, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Eastman Kodak etc.
- Yama Farms abruptly closed permanently in 1938
- From 1937 until 1945, the three test villages just west of Napanoch– Lackawack, Montela and Eureka – were condemned under Eminent Domain , and became integral in the preliminary testing of dusting experiments of buildings, farms, crops, and basic human infrastructure with Mercury Hg 197 and Hg 203
- During the same time period, all of New York State's reformatory inmates with less than a 70 IQ were transferred to the Institution for Male Defective Delinquents in Napanoch
The Old Napanoch Paper Mill at Yama Farms was ideal to house the Napanoch Cyclotron due to it's close proximity (across the street) from the Rondout Hydro Electric Plant
- Mercury-203 was one of the first substitute materials chosen for experimentation due to it's short half life of 47 days, and it's effectively bunker penetrating and deadly gamma radiation
- The Toxic Legacy Waste and Fission by products were later discovered by the locals
- The Transuranic wastes leftover from the LDSM Reformatory / laboratory were disposed of in a 3,000 ft long TRU Burial trench in the 1960's which was then capped with 2 ft. of concrete and blacktop and later became known as the Joseph Yale Resnick Airport
- The "Laboratory for the Development of Substitute Materials" was the original codename until 1942, when it became the "Manhattan Engineering District"
Napanoch
The Hamlet had easy highway and railroad access, along with plentiful water resources, hydro electric plant, and it was safely tucked in at the very base of the 2500 ft tall Shawangunk Mountain ridge
Napanoch was conveniently located just 30 miles from the West Point ACOE and 90 miles North West of NYC's Columbia University.
It had the Napanoch experimental laboratory safely concealed behind the Secure Walls of the Institution, with over 1000+ human guinea pigs that were wards of the state and the three eminent domain towns just west of Napanoch for crop dust testing experiments.
(like a similar precursor to later day Vietnam dusting)
The Hamlet had easy highway and railroad access, along with plentiful water resources, hydro electric plant, and it was safely tucked in at the very base of the 2500 ft tall Shawangunk Mountain ridge
Napanoch was conveniently located just 30 miles from the West Point ACOE and 90 miles North West of NYC's Columbia University.
It had the Napanoch experimental laboratory safely concealed behind the Secure Walls of the Institution, with over 1000+ human guinea pigs that were wards of the state and the three eminent domain towns just west of Napanoch for crop dust testing experiments.
(like a similar precursor to later day Vietnam dusting)
Rondout Reservoir
The reservoir was made possible by the construction of the Merriman Dam along Rondout Creek. Construction began in 1937 and ended in 1954, three years after the reservoir began delivering water. It would be the first of four built by the city to satisfy its growing demand in the years after World War II. Three villages – Lackawack, Montela and Eureka – were condemned and flooded in the process. The small settlement of Grahamsville remains in existence just west of the reservoir.
The reservoir was made possible by the construction of the Merriman Dam along Rondout Creek. Construction began in 1937 and ended in 1954, three years after the reservoir began delivering water. It would be the first of four built by the city to satisfy its growing demand in the years after World War II. Three villages – Lackawack, Montela and Eureka – were condemned and flooded in the process. The small settlement of Grahamsville remains in existence just west of the reservoir.
Disclaimer;
- The Napanoch Project had been classified as a Top Secret , . . Military Base, by the ACOE from 1939 until 1946
- The National Security Act of 1947 was a major restructuring of the United States government's military and intelligence agencies following World War II which took effect on September 18, 1947,
- Napanoch was then classified as Restricted Data by the Atomic Energy Commission from 1947 until 1993
- The Department of Energy reclassified Napanoch to (SCI) sensitive compartmented information on a need to know basis, from 1994 until present day,
What was the role that Napanoch played Prior to World War II?
The Three villages bordering Napanoch – consisting of Lackawack, Montela and Eureka – were condemned under Eminent Domain in 1938 for WMD testing, and would later be turned over to NYC after the war to build an additional supplemental water supply.
The earthen Merriman Dam in Napanoch would be built across Rondout Creek from contaminated soil, and the Rondout Reservoir would become the first of four reservoirs built by NYC to satisfy its growing demand in the years after World War II.
The earthen Merriman Dam in Napanoch would be built across Rondout Creek from contaminated soil, and the Rondout Reservoir would become the first of four reservoirs built by NYC to satisfy its growing demand in the years after World War II.
- In 1943, Kolmar Chemical labs moves into the Masonic Lodge building, across from the old Schrade factory, to manufacture powders for women's makeup
- In 1944, the Army built a freezer plant (75,000 sq. ft.) at the Pepsi cola bottling factory, and had a special set of railroad tracks laid to it's plant
- In 1945, The Army declared Eminent Domain and commandeered the entire bottling plant including the Sun Ray water tunnel for use by Baxter Labs, for the War Effort
What was the role that bordering Ellenville played After World War II?
Young Farm boy Joe Resnick turns Inventor and Does Well for himself,
eventually building a laboratory staffed by 26 electronics engineers and technicians working on 3 shifts
eventually building a laboratory staffed by 26 electronics engineers and technicians working on 3 shifts
After the War, Ellenville
- The three brothers who had grown up at #419 Oak Ridge Rd. in the hamlet of Oak Ridge, were (Harry, Lou, and Joe) Resnick and they had named their very first company "Oak Ridge Development Partners"
- 419 Oak Ridge is located right on the outskirts of Ellenville and is known to the locals as the old Resnick chemical plant (Dynafoam)
- In 1965, Joseph Resnick becomes involved in several different Laboratories / Dynafoam / Sun labs, . . etc
- In 1965, Ellenville became the very first in the nation, to be awarded the very first "environmental pollution grant" under the Newly Created Pure Waters Bond act
- In 1965, Napanoch and Kerhonkson were offered the same public drinking water and sewer grants shortly thereafter
- In 1966, Congressman Joseph Resnick, sponsored the worlds first "domestic pet / animal cruelty law" in the nation, protecting domestic cats and dogs from being dognapped for Biomedical Research Experiments
- In 1966, Joe Resnick sells his local home and moves his family to Poughkeepsie, then spends most of his time in Washington DC
- His activities include openly lobbying / attempting to cut off funding for the HUAC, House on UnAmerican Activities
- He attempts to get the Village police and justice system Dissolved
- In 1968, when his party refuses to endorse him for the United States Senate, he goes it alone using his own finances to run for the Senate, without party backing in the 1968 Election
- Congressman Resnick seem to have a Personal Obsession to Run against Senator Jacob K. Javits whose earlier World War II days was serving in the Army's chemical corps
- We may never know, but In 1969, Joe Resnick's body is found in a Las Vegas. Nevada, hotel room
Former Napanoch / Ellenville Congressman Joseph Resnick from 1964 > 1968
and
In 1964, Robert F. Wagner, the Mayor of NYC wanted to bypass the Rondout reservoir and Merriman damn completely and begin construction on a new aqueduct tunnel.
Could it have been that much of the left over legacy wastes after the war, might have been hauled into Napanoch in 1946 and used for backfill to create the earthen damn across the Rondout Creek?
Could it have been that much of the left over legacy wastes after the war, might have been hauled into Napanoch in 1946 and used for backfill to create the earthen damn across the Rondout Creek?
Former Napanoch / Ellenville Congressman Maurice Hinchey from 1993 > 2013
Current Day Napanoch / Ellenville Congressman John Faso 2017
Summary
The military secret was human radiation experiments at the Napanoch Reformatory for defective delinquents
In West Napanoch, the towns of Lackawack, Montela, and Eureka were taken by eminent domain for radioactive mercury experiments
after the experiments were completed in 1945, NYC was allowed to put up the Napanoch / Merriman damn and use the condemned towns to build the Rondout reservoir upon, and then 3 more reservoirs behind it
The Important locations are;
The military secret was human radiation experiments at the Napanoch Reformatory for defective delinquents
In West Napanoch, the towns of Lackawack, Montela, and Eureka were taken by eminent domain for radioactive mercury experiments
after the experiments were completed in 1945, NYC was allowed to put up the Napanoch / Merriman damn and use the condemned towns to build the Rondout reservoir upon, and then 3 more reservoirs behind it
The Important locations are;
- In Napanoch; Yama Farms, the thee condemned towns, and the Institute for Male Defective DelinquentsIn
- In Ellenville ; Baxter laboratories, Kolmar labs., the Veterans Memorial Hospital of Ellenville, the Pepsi cola bottling plant aka Sun Ray Pure Water tunnel
- The Conclusion;
- We've currently witnessed several years of hiding strange occurrences in plain sight, present day, . . and no one has ever raised their voice, questioned authority, or even had the courage to speak to a public servant.
- What does that tell us about ourselves, complacency, and turning a blind eye
- . . . and What have we learned?
Merriman Damn Inspections from Jan 28th, 2006,
Therecent 2012 USGS Survey exposed radionuclides Strontium, Tritium, Uranium, etc. in local drinking water wells report with the NYS Troopers' Barracks drinking water well on Route 209 testing highest for Strontium with 19,800 parts per billion, and highly suspicious levels of fluoride
Recent News, February 1st 2018, The DEP's USGS report on sediment deposition in the Catskill Reservoirs reveals that outside sediment has been flowing into the reservoir water, but that it still remains safe to drink