…is an enlarged view of one of the bridges and a portion of the foundation wall and Aqueduct adjacent to it. The Aqueduct has a cast iron lining over the bridges like that described at the Sing Sing Kill. These…

…A view is given of the Aqueduct of Spoleto, in Italy. The bridge supporting this Aqueduct is remarkable for the slen- der form of the piers and their great height; being only ten and a half feet thick and two…

…These bridges and the adjacent work form a very interesting point on the line of Aqueduct. Plate XII. is a view of the Aqueduct at this place : at the left of the picture may be seen the bridge over the…

the system, including the 1927 adaptation to the High Bridge, the complete removal of the receiving reservoir in Bryant Park, the paving of walkways atop the aqueduct berm, and current plans to add eight-foot-high fencing to the High…

…Martineau felt the use of inverted siphons would elimi- nate the need for the high bridge to keep a uniform grade level for the aqueduct. Douglass, in recommending the more expensive open aqueduct bridge was following the advice of Colonel…

…But he used to run on it all the time (...) The aqueduct’s great, and as I was saying, you know, years ago, the only time they opened up the aqueduct and the only time most people in Ossining got…

…Craton Aqueduct. Seaied Prapotais wiii be received .... for completing the embankment on the Weet side of tlie Aqueduct In Seth St, December 29, 1842 Broadside announcement to contractors Jervis Pubiic Ubraiy, Rome, NY Letter to John B. JervIs from John…

…Viewed from the Westchester Side of the Harlem River, 1861; Sing Sing Bridge, Croton Aqueduct, Showing the Road Bridge Underneath It, 1863 From Photographic Views of the High Bridge and the Gate Houses of the New Reservoir (belonged to third…

…Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct are also involved in Waterworks-related educational programming: http://www.aqueduct.org/. Other examples of infrastructure-centered curricula are available through such organizations as the National Canal Museum: http://www.canals.org/ educators/My…

…23, 1836) Ink and watercolor on paper; I8V2X 26^8 Inches Jervis Public Library, Rome, NY, drawing #161 Sectional Drawing of Aqueduct Alternate Plan— copy II, c.1837 "Profiles of the Aqueduct on the Hudson River," 'Ordinary Cutting," "Deep Cutting…

…The Aqueduct that conveyed the Aqua Neroniana to Rome, was built of brick ; this, as well as the former, was in some instances 70 Roman feet high. The Aqueduct that brought the Aqua Marcia into the city was repaired by…

RW a P H e 107 the Aqueduct, would support iron pipes. The design was a bold one, yet instances where such bridges have been con- structed for road-ways afford examples of the feasibility and permanency of the structures…

…Martineau and Douglass, was a closed Aqueduct of masonry. These gentlemen each made an estimate of the cost of bringing the water of the Croton River to the city of New- York by a closed Aqueduct of masonry, and the…

…Gabriel Purdy and Robert Tompkins, for exam- ple, complained of damage and petty theft by Aqueduct workers to farm lands along the line of the Aqueduct: One of them had a few rails, and some small wood ... taken; another a…

…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…

…The design and construction of the Aqueduct is also noted as one of the remarkable technical accomplishments of 19th-century engineering. The Croton Aqueduct is usually thus described as an example of an innovative technology and as a response to…

…Jervis would go on to oversee the construction of the first phase of the Waterworks—which has come to be known as the Old Croton Aqueduct—so it is his name that is commonly associated with the design of the…

…Theophilus Schramke, Description of the New York Croton Aqueduct in English, German and French (New York and Berlin: printed by Mundt, 1846). Schramke published the only known illustration of workers on the initial phase of the Aqueduct project. A straightforward…

…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 Avenue Bridge, Sing Sing Kill Bridge, Ventilators, Clendening Valley Crossing…

…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…

…The foreigner who visits this country will find the Croton Aqueduct an interesting specimen of our public works, and will be pleased with a pedestrian tour along the line of work to the Fountain Reservoir among the hills of the…

…No bricks were used in the construction of the channel- way of the Aqueduct. Ventilators were constructed along the course of the Aqueduct 2 feet square, and rising above the ground 2 or 3 feet. The Aqueduct when it was…

…This exposure and the painting's subsequent issuance as an etching probably made High Bridge from Harlem Lane the best known Aqueduct painting of this later period. Artists, writers, and the general public also associated the Croton water system with…

…The Dam, as well, symbolized the technological power of the Aqueduct. In confining the forces of nature, it likely invoked fear- some feelings of the sublime so desired in landscape paintings of the period. Yet popular imagery did not really…

…81 GENERAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE AQUEDUCT. Plate I. is a section of the Aqueduct showing the form of the masonry used in earth excavations. The foundation is formed with concrete ; the side walls of stone ; the bottom and sides of…

…Gabriel Purdy and Robert Tompkins, for exam- ple, complained of damage and petty theft by Aqueduct workers to farm lands along the line of the Aqueduct: One of them had a few rails, and some small wood ... taken; another a…

…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…

…The great length of this Reservoir is favourable for the purity of the water which enters the Aqueduct: spread over this large surface, it will have an opportunity to settle and part with some of the impurities which it receives…

…A two-day festival organized by the Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct in celebration of the Old Croton Aqueduct. C conduit: A tunnel or channel for carrying water or other fluids. Aqueduct Commission: Created by the passage of “An…

…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…