…determined to build the dam across the Croton River, the surface of the natural flow of water was about 38 feet below the elevation required as a head for the water to flow into the Aqueduct leading to the city…

…Keepers’ Houses The Old Croton Aqueduct was subdivided into regions, each of which was assigned a 28 Top: New Croton Dam Bottom: 135th Street Gatehouse Pumping Stations Pumping stations were usually constructed adjacent to water towers, as an essential mechanism…

…When the City and State Governments finally gave their formal support to the construction of an aqueduct that would draw water from the distant Croton River Watershed in Westchester and Putnam Counties, Major David Bates Douglass, a West Point professor…

…Sign HIGH SERVICE RESERVOIR FOUNTAIN c 1869 (Demolished) Plate 29, Old Croton Aqueduct The High Service Reservoir Fountain had an 80 foot diameter basin for aerating the reservoir water. Significance(s) Current Designation(s) HIGH SERVICE RESERVOIR GATEHOUSE (EAST) 1866…

…The Plan to meet the Need Water Woria Money of 1774 Wooc^engraved illustration in Charles King's A Memoir of the construction, costs and capacity of the Croton Aqueduct, compiled from official documents, together with an account of the…

…In referring to the Croton Lake created by the Dam as the "Fountain Reservoir," Fayette Tower probably used the phrase as a double connotation of the organic water source and the man-made. Natural fountains were an ancient symbol of…

…EAST BRANCH GATEHOUSE 1888-1892 Plate 5-, New Croton Aqueduct The flow of water between Sodom Reservoir and Bog Brook Reservoir is controlled by a gatehouse located near Bog Brook Dam Number 1. The superstructure measures 23 X 27 feet…

…Croton Aqueduct at Clendinning |sic] Valley, c.1842. ink on paper Courtesy Mrs. Helen Tower Wilson. Photo: T. Harnik figure 45. below: Fayette B. Tower. Croton Aqueduct at Clendlnning [sic] Valley, fronn Illiistratumi of the Cmiou Ar/iuJiic!. 1843. engraved…

…This dam was proposed to be built about 2 feet above the level of high tide, thereby keeping all the salt water below ; and above the dam would be the fresh water for supplying the city, which must be pumped…

…melting snow destroyed 200 feet of the earth embankment of the nearly complet- ed dam and created a freshet which sent water rushing down the Croton to its juncture with the Hudson. In its wake, earth and flood waters carved…

…He suggested two possible routes to get Croton water to the City, one along the Hudson and one inland, and favored a masonry aqueduct tunnel. The cost for either route averaged about $4.5 million. In aligning solidly behind the…

…Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign 119TH STREET GATEHOUSE 1894-1895 Plate 30-6, Old Croton Aqueduct The existing 119th Street Gatehouse replaced one built in the center of Amsterdam Avenue. Like its predecessor, it provided an outlet for the water…

…only of the building of the Croton Aqueduct but also the beauty of its surroundings and how it complemented them. For example, he not- ed that the clearing of the area around the Dam and the juxtaposi- tion with man…

…Cross section of the Old Croton Dam, illustrating the engineering significance of the system Left: An 1850 painting of the Croton Water Reservoir, an architecturally significant feature of the system. 34 35 Lack of Awareness or Understanding of Historic Heritage…

…best known Aqueduct painting of this later period. Artists, writers, and the general public also associated the Croton water system with park-like public amenities in both the City and the countryside — in the fountains, reservoirs, the Dam and Lake…

…Like the railroad, the construction of the Croton and New Croton Dams and the New Croton Aqueduct played an important role in shaping Croton-on-Hudson’s development. Construction began on the Croton Dam in 1837 after several water crises…

…under the Aqueduct, and one having two arches each 25 feet span for the river. Plate XVIII. is a view of the work at Saw Mill River. The water is set back at this place by a dam for a…

…It was Major Douglass who determined that a gravity aqueduct could be built from a dam on the Croton River to the north bank of the Harlem River at a constant slope of 13V4 inches per mile. Having set the…

…On these criteria the Croton Aqueduct provides an outstanding case study of the factors inherent in the design of any successful, large scale engineering work. The first step was to determine the quantity of water to be deliv- ered at…

…High Bridge, Aqueduct, and Water Tower, reference number 72001560 1973: Old Croton Dam Site, reference number 73001289 1974: Old Croton Aqueduct, reference number 74001324 1983: 135th Street Gatehouse, reference number 83001721; High Pumping Station (Bronx, NY), reference number 83003882 40…

…From Manhattan Valley the Aqueduct passes through a tunnel, and following its course the next work of interest is at Clendinning Valley, which is thirty-seven miles from the Croton Dam. This valley is 1900 feet across, and the Aqueduct…

…The history of the building of Croton Aqueduct reminds us of the value of water, one of the most important rural resources in the 19th century, and the ways it had become an invaluable commodity for urban populations and allied…

…Based on White's and Douglass' report, the Water Commissioners recommended to the Common Council a dam of 130-150 feet in height and a reservoir to be built 6 miles from the mouth of the Croton. The Common Council…

…Jervis, Description of the Croton Aqueduct from the Dam to the Distributing Reservoir (New York, 1842),

…Engineer of the Old Croton. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1971. Jervis, John B. Description of the Croton Aqueduct from the Dam to the Distributing Reservoir. New York, 1842. Jervis, John B. "Memoir Presented October 18, 1876." Transactions of the American…

miles from the Croton Dam. This valley is 1900 feet across, and the Aqueduct is supported upon a foundation wall of dry stone work having the face laid in mortar, except over three streets where bridges are built, having an…

…Tower, View above the Dam, in Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct, 1843, engraved by William James Bennett Courtesy The Historical Society of the Tarrytowns (different version in exhibition). Photo: J. Kennedy Contents 6 Foreword Philip Verre, Director 9 Water for…

…Like the railroad, the construction of the Croton and New Croton Dams and the New Croton Aqueduct played an important role in shaping Croton-on-Hudson’s development. Construction began on the Croton Dam in 1837 after several water crises…

…Jervis, Description of the Croton Aqueduct from the Dam to the Distributing Reservoir (New York, 1842), p.lO. 6. Ibid., p.7. Temperament, temperance and Tolerance An Appraisal of Conflicts Over Land Values and Laborers Along the Line of the…

…Multitudes came in from the country around, and from sister cities : — all business was laid aside for the pleasing ceremonies of the day, and the Croton water, with the beauty and grandeur of its fountains, met with a welcome which…