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New Croton Dam
[ 1 ] began in 1892 and was completed in 1906. [ 2 ] Building the dam meant diverting the river from its normal path and pumping the riverbed dry. To accomplish this, workers dug a crescent-shaped canal 1,000 feet (300 m) long and 200 feet (61 m)