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Photo of a woman and four girls posing while dancing on a lawn at the southern tip of Croton Point Park. The photograph was taken by Westchester resident John Gass, whose collection of over 1,000 images of Westchester’s bridges, parks, parkways,
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On July 2, 1923 the Westchester Board of Supervisors purchased Croton Point and opened a limited area to the public. One of the plans for the land was to create a second amusement park, similar to Playland, which opened in 1928. This drawing, by
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civil engineer and landscape architect Gilmore D. Clarke , shows what the amusement park at Croton Point would have looked like. The top of the drawing is the Hudson River and the large circular building in the center is where the main parking lot is
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today. Clarke designed many parks and public spaces in New York City and Westchester. This image, along with other works by Clarke, is available online at Cornell University Library . Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a
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By any measure, the New Croton Dam is an engineering marvel. For 14 years (from 1892 to 1906) 1,500 men used more than 500 pieces of heavy machinery, 745,000 barrels of cement, 100,000 tons of coal and an incalculable quantity of locally quarried
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stone to build the dam. How did they do it? These images from the June, 1898 and January, 1899 issues of The Engineering Record show the temporary dam that diverted the Croton River and the buildings, train tracks, cableways and towers that were
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needed to excavate down to bedrock and construct what was then the tallest dam in the world and the largest hand-hewn masonry structure since the pyramids. Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)
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This map is from the “pocket edition” of the New York Walk Book, published in 1923 by the American Geographical Society. The Croton area walks include: Salt Hill Route—Croton to Croton Lake Station Croton Lake Region—Harmon to Millwood Montrose to
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Harmon via Spitzenberg and Keg Mountains In addition to the maps the book has detailed pen-and-ink drawings like the one below of the mouth of the Croton River. Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new
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This postcard shows the Van Cortlandt Manor Ferry House, circa 1907. 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)
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This hand-colored engraving, after a painting by William Hart, is from the portfolio Gallery of Landscape Painters—American Scenery published in New York by G.P. Putnam & Sons in 1872. The view is looking southwest from what we know today as Finney
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Farm Road. Croton Point is jutting out into the river and the Palisades can be seen in the distance. William Hart came from a family of artists. His sister, Julia Hart Beers, painted a very similar view of Croton Point. Although the publication of
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this engraving was 1872, the copyright was 1869—the same year attributed to his sister’s painting. Perhaps they climbed the hill together, each recording the beautiful vistas they saw below. This image is courtesy of The Old Print Gallery in
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Washington, D.C., which is offering this print for sale. 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
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Anyone know where this was in Croton? 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
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A detail from an exquisite map of Central Park, published in 1865. The map appeared in A picturesque Guide through the whole Park showing all the improvements up to June 1865, published by L. Prang, Boston. The reservoir was drained in 1931 and