From an article in the NY Times; "Like a monument to some bitter war, this 18th-century ghost town commemorates a victory over big government, a celebrated and unexpected triumph for conservationists and history buffs who succeeded in blocking the dam. But it also symbolizes the legacy of Tocks Island: families have been uprooted, history has been disrupted, and what little escaped the bulldozers is now threatened by benign neglect."

The full article can be found here: http://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/04/nyregion/instead-of-a-dam-a-delaware-river-ghost-town.html