Town of Canaan

 Falls Village, Connecticut

               Established 1738, Incorporated 1739

Once there was a dream that Falls Village would become an industrial mecca.  It would be  fueled with an  abundance of hydropower thanks to miles of stone canals running along the Housatonic River at the great Falls.  Those canals (along with much of Falls Village) were built up over the course of several years.  In 1851, the canals finally opened. The crowds cheered, the water flowed, and everything leaked .....

.....Thanks to that dream and the fact that it died, Falls Village lives on--much as it was in1851.