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these cuts the Point almost in two. At half tide, by portaging a couple of hundred feet, one can pass through the Point down to the mouth of the Croton River without going outside into the Hudson." This detail is from a topographic map published in
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1891 1 , but it is probably the most accurate depiction of the water courses in the marsh area as it was in 1905 when this article was written. Atlas of the Metropolitan District and adjacent country comprising the counties of New York, Kings,
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Richmond, Westchester . . . Published by Julius Bien & Co. New York. 1891 ↩ Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new
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These details are from a map of the Town of Cortlandt which accompanied the 1940 census. According to a note on the map it was prepared in January, 1935 "in the office of the County Engineer, with workers supplied by the Westchester County Emergency
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Work Bureau." The map can be viewed and downloaded from the National Archives 1940 Census website . 1 The map from the National Archives website has been converted from a negative to a positive image. ↩ Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print
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These images are taken from a topographic map of the "Haverstraw Quadrangle," which was surveyed in 1938 by the U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey and published in 1943 1 . This map provides so many layers of information—buildings,
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roads, elevations, vegetation, bodies of water, place names, and more—that we can get a good sense of what Croton was like before Route 9 was built. Here are some highlights: A. All but one of the buildings on the west side of Riverside Avenue were
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torn down when Route 9 was built. The exception is the old Croton train station , which today is the office of F.A. Burchetta Co., electrical contractors. B. This isn't the Duck Pond, it's the area where Croton Auto Park is today. In the late 19th
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and early 20th centuries this was the site of a brickyard, so the pond shown here is most likely water filling in the excavation area. C. Ed Rondthaler's beloved "Picture Tunnel" under the railroad tracks. D. These railroad side-tracks across from
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the Duck Pond were removed to make way for Route 9, but what's even more interesting is that the area where the tracks were located was filled in. The curve of Riverside Avenue at this point most likely follows the original bank of the Hudson River.
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E. This curved bridge, which allowed some north-bound trains to loop back around, is still with us today. It's the bridge you drive across to go to Half Moon Bay, Senasqua Park, the Croton Yacht Club and Croton Landing. F. A round-house for trains,
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when Croton was an even bigger railroad facility than it is today. G. The bungalow colony that existed on Croton Point, shown in exquisite detail. If you're interested in learning more about the colony check out the new Facebook page, Croton Point
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Bungalows . If you’re interested in what existed in the same place hundreds of years earlier —the Lenape fort and cemetery, the Haunted Hollow, and Money Hill—where Capt. Kidd was said to have buried his treasure—stay tuned. From the USGS Historical
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File, Topographic Division ↩ Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Pinterest (Opens in new
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These aerial and ground photographs were taken by Jack Boucher in 1978 and are now part of the Historic American Engineering Record collection of the Library of Congress. The collection includes a large number of photographs and plans documenting the
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original Croton Dam, the New Croton Dam and the entire aqueduct system. Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new
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This post card, postmarked June 11, 1907, was published by William Terhune, Ossining on Hudson. The promenade across Ossining’s famous double arches is being rebuilt and is scheduled to be reopened in September, 2013. Above is a post card showing the
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location circa 1907 and below is a photo of the site under construction today. Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in
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Click the map to enlarge it. See the key to points of historic interest, below. This fascinating map of "Teller's Point or Croton Point" was drawn by Edward Hagaman Hall for an article published in the March, 1898 issue of the magazine The Spirit of
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'76 . In addition to recording the roads and buildings, Hall provided a numbered key (see below) to points of historic interest. Edward Hagaman Hall was a journalist who became involved in a variety of preservation organizations at the turn of the
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century. According to the New York Preservation Archive Project , Hall's "efforts in preservation can be attributed in large part to the City Beautiful movement in the early 1900s. . . . Hall was pivotal in the nascent efforts to pass legislation
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monitoring the aesthetic fabric in New York City." He was also an officer of the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks and the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society. The ASHPS was instrumental in advocating the preservation of
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Croton Point. The group held an option to purchase the land in 1917 and published an article in the first issue of their bulletin, likely written by Hall, that detailed the historic importance of the Point. "The Trustees of the American Scenic and
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Historic Preservation Society hope that the project for a public park on Croton Point . . . will receive the public support which it deserves." 1 Explanation of Map Place whence Peterson and Sherwood fired on the boat . . . the Vulture , September