…Tower's book Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (1843), implied that the Aqueduct, while bringing New York City the necessary water to grow into a teaming metropolis, fit harmoniously into pastoral ideals of the landscape and, in fact, enhanced it…

…Jr., View of Croton Dam. engraved by Henry Jordan & Frederick Halpin, frontispiece from Charles King's A Memoir of the Construction, Costs and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct .... New York. 1843 The Hudson River Museum of Westchester, Gift of John…

…Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva, New York. Jervis, John B. MSB. Jen/is Public Library, Rome, New York. King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843. Lart^in…

…Croton Lake, wood engraving in "From Croton to Town," Harpcr'i Magazine, July 6. 1872 Courtesy Dobbs Ferry Historical Society (not in exhibition) Photo: J. Kennedy this land by 1837, received $4,000 from the Water Commissioners for the Aqueduct…

…This expansion culminated in the construction of the New Croton Aqueduct in 1891, which involved not only the usual condemnations but de- struction of the original village of Katonah (figure 43). In sum, the old Croton Aqueduct had initiated a…

…When additional water was needed for New York, a sec- ond Croton Dam was built, which flooded Jervis' original. Although intact underwater, it no longer functions as designed. Ventilators and tunnels Since the Aqueduct was to be completely enclosed to…

…Characters were also added to the final versions of Aqueduct Bridge for Roadway, also engraved by Bennett, and Croton Aqueduct at Jewell's Brook, engraved by John William Hill. "I gain information and pleasure by talking with the artists who…

…IMAGINING THE AQUEDUCT J. F. Atwili, publisher, New York, Croton Water Celebration (City Hall Park), 1842. In pencil: "Aster House — Park Theatre/Croton Water Celebration, 1842" Lithographed music title for "The Croton Ode"; SVtx 12V'' inches The J. Clarence Davies…

…Old Croton Aqueduct, OMB number 1024-0018 (This designation includes the submerged portion of the Aqueduct between the Old and New Croton Dams, as well as the Bronx portion of the Aqueduct running from Westchester to the Manhattan end of…

…emerged as the new champion of the Croton River as a water source. 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…

…the so-called “48-Inch Line,” which is technically not a part of the Croton System, was named after the relatively short diameter of its conduit. True relief came in the form of the New Croton Aqueduct, an entirely new…

…An underground vertical passageway; Shafts are a building typology introduced to the New Croton Aqueduct conduit. These structures filled the niche of the Old Croton Aqueduct’s ventilators in providing circulation to the water underneath. More importantly, they also provided…

…Created by the New York State legislature in 1905 to replace the Board of Aqueduct Commissioners. Croton Aqueduct Board: Superseded the State Water Commission; The first board was established in 1833 with the task of providing New York

…After following the course of the Aqueduct down from the Old Croton Dam (replaced at the turn of the century by the New Croton Dam), the author recounts in these pages his guided tour of the South Gatehouse, complete with…

…The conduit associated with the Old Croton Aqueduct is carried across the river inside of the High Bridge, while the conduit associated with the New Croton Aqueduct is buried deep beneath the river, its presence completely imperceptible. In certain locations…

…Conclusion New York City Partners: Citywide New York City Department of Parks and Recreation: New York City’s Department of Parks and Recreation is in charge of the Old Croton Aqueduct Trailway, the segment of the Croton aqueduct that runs…

1835 1836 New York City Water Commission established John B. Jervis appointed Chief Engineer of Croton Aqueduct project Photography invented Old Croton Aqueduct completed (includes structures such as Old Ossining Weir, Archville Bridge, Murray Hill Reservoir, Yonkers Weir, West Burnside…

…Theophllus Schramke, ProHle of Lower Part of Croton Aqueduct, c.1842 Color lithograph, George Hayward's Lithography, NY; 10 x 38 Vs inches Jervis Public Library, Rome, NY Nathaniel Cum'er (1818-1888), Hydrographhs Map of the Counties of New…

…The Evening Post, New York, October 15, 1842. Fitzsimons, Neal, ed. and introd. The Reminiscences of John B. Jervis: Engineer of the Old Croton. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1971. Jervis, John B. Description of the Croton Aqueduct from the Dam…

…And of course from 1842 until the 1950s, the Old Croton Aqueduct pretty much took care of the water needs of the city of New York, so it was a valuable, valuable resource for the city. Another thing that the…

…of Empire series for the art gallery of New York City art patron Lumen Reed (1833-36, now in the collec- tion of The New- York Historical Society). The Croton Aqueduct's imagery — in public celebration, written accounts, popular engraving…

…Tower, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct, 1843 Book with 25 engraved plates (first plate unnumbered). New York and London: Wiley & Putnam. Presented by Tower to his brother, Julius Mrs. Helen Tower Wilson Names of Subscribers to Illustrations of the Croton…

…In suggesting the design for the Sing Sing Aqueduct Bridge, Jervis revealed early in 1837 the approach he would take in plan- ning the building of the other major structures of the Croton sys- tem. He informed the Water Commissioners…

…He [Douglass] made the location of the line of the aqueduct from the Croton river to the north bank of the Harlem River 33 miles, and determined the grade of the aqueduct at about 13' /4 inches to the mile…

…The Aqueduct and Surrounding Neighborhoods, Yonkers. c. 1890s, contemporary print from original glass plate negative The Hudson River Museum of Westchester Panetta The building of the Croton Aqueduct is usually incorporated into the history of New York City where it…

…Theophilus Schramke, Map of Croton Watershed and Aqueduct Route. From Description of the New York Croton Aqueduct in English, German and French. 1846 Courtesy William Lee Frost. Photo: J. Kennedy Panetta In 1836 the State Legislature felt pressure to act…

…After only a few months on New York's principal waterway, he was lured to the Croton project by the prospect of engineering one of the nation's first major urban water systems. Jervis eagerly plunged into his new assignment…

…The following table shows the length of the Aqueduct as it is divided into differ- ent planes of descent, from the gate chamber at the Croton dam to the gate chamber at the Receiving Reservoir on the Island of New…

…The construction of the Croton Aqueduct, independent of the service it provided New York, was a turning point in the history of Westchester County in the 19th-century; in conjunction with the railroad, it radically trans- formed Westchester's relationship…

…Concise Dictionary of American Biography (New YorK: Charles Scrlbner's Sons, 1964), p,520. 11. King. p. 221. 12. Reprinted in The Evening Post, New York, October 15, 1842. 13. Lt. Theophilus Schramke, Description of the New York Croton Aqueduct…