…By the 19th century, farming, shipping, ship-building and flour and brick manufacturing had become the predominant industries, along with work on the railroad and construction of the Croton and New Croton Dams and the New Croton Aqueduct. Etching of…

…This fountain is furnished with water by the Aqueduct called Aqua Paolo ; and it runs from the basin, in a very large stream into several canals, whence it is employed to work various corn, paper, and other mills, as well…

…He proposed to take the waters of the Croton at Pine's bridge, which he stated to be 183 feet above the level of the Hudson ; to conduct the water in an open Aqueduct, follow- ing the line of the…

under the whole length of the Aqueduct like one continuous stone. It attains a degree of hardness which gives it the appearance of the conglome- rate bearing the name of Pudding-stone, and is an article of the greatest importance…

…This Reservoir may be considered the termination of the Croton Aqueduct, and is distant from the Fountain Reser- voir on the Croton, forty and a half miles. The whole cost of the work, exclusive of the pipes in the city…

…They argued that they understood the public to be synonymous with the interests of the people of the whole state and not, as in the case of the Aqueduct, with the exclusive interests of the people of the county of…

…The objections to this project were, that it would be going into another state, that an Aqueduct bridge over the Hudson River would obstruct its navigation, and iron pipes laid across the bed of the 71 river would be exposed…

…it would be desirable to fill in the earth again to the natural form, also where the line of Aqueduct intersected villages, and using the open channel with slope walls for the residue of the distance. In regard to iron…

…For instance, the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation use their own logo on signs, while many signposts in Yonkers and the Bronx have only the letters OCA (Old Croton Aqueduct) on them. Our goal is to enable people to…

…Lee concluded that without the new aqueduct, the City's water sup- ply would have soon been inadequate, for the quality had been steadily deteriorating for decades: figure 7. above: The Tea Water

…Formal documentation includes measured drawings, many of which have already been created by the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) for the Old Croton Aqueduct; photography; archival research; written reports; and historic images and drawings. The Secretary of the Interior’s…

…Lee concluded that without the new aqueduct, the City's water sup- ply would have soon been inadequate, for the quality had been steadily deteriorating for decades: figure 7. above: The Tea Water Pump at Roosevelt and Chatham Streets. engraving…

…The ratio worsened in the 1840s and 1850s after the opening of the Aqueduct to about 40 per 1,000, and in the cholera year of 1849 it surpassed 60 per 1,000. Of course, this did not affect all…

…The estimated cost for a dam across the Croton River, the aqueduct, and reservoirs was $4,150,000, with an additional $1,262,000 for distributing pipes. They esti- mated the annual income, based on 30,000 customers, to be…

…This was the city which built the Croton Aqueduct. The lack of an adequate water supply obviously did not hinder the spectacular growth of the metropolis, but the citizens of the nation's largest city had to endure a dirty…

…Structures that are Accessible or Inaccessible to the Public Many of the Croton Waterworks sites, particularly those associated with the Old Croton Aqueduct, are located in areas where members of the public may interact directly with the exterior of a…

…By the 19th century, farming, shipping, ship-building and flour and brick manufacturing had become the predominant industries, along with work on the railroad and construction of the Croton and New Croton Dams and the New Croton Aqueduct. Etching of…

we shall not consider its intro- duction purchased at too dear a rate, even were the expenses attending it increased to double the actual amount. We need not attempt to specify in detail the benefits which are likely to accrue…

the state of carbonate ; if after, as well as before, in that of sulphate. Tea may be sub- stituted for galls, to which its effects and indications are similar. Fcrro cyanide of potassium yields, with solutions of the sesqui-salts…

| In the Frith of Forth, - - - 312 " I At Ritzebuttle, - - - 312 " At Apemalle, in Sleswick, - 216 " At Kiel, in Holstein, - - - 200 " Baltic Sea At Doberan, in Mecklenbergh, - - 168 " At Travemunse, .... 167 " At Zoppot, in Mecklenbergh, - - 76 " At Carshamm, - - - - - 66 " The average…

about 14 feet ; and on its summit stands an Egyptian obelisk formed of red granite, 55 feet in height, and covered with hieroglyphics. At the four sides of the rock are colossal marble statues, which designate the four great rivers…

skill, patience and ingenuity, and were boldly carried along the most precipitous mountains, fre- 11 42 quently to the distance of fifteen or twenty leagues. Many of them consisted of two conduits, a short distance apart ; the larger of these…

some ruins and appearances of them." In describing the temple and gardens at Cusco. Garci- lasso observes, " there were five fountains of water, which ran from divers places through pipes of gold. The cisterns were some of stone, and others…

may be momentarily assuaged by wetting the mouth, or holding a thin fluid in it — yet it can only be effectually relieved by conveying into the stomach a quantity of fluid sufficient to supply the deficiency. This supply is termed…

Legislature of New-Jersey as well as that of New- York, and it was also questionable whether such obstructions could be placed in navigable rivers without in- terfering with the powers of Congress to regulate the com- merce of the…

in early spring. The expansion of water during its congelation, at which time its volume increases one twelfth, and its contraction in bulk during a thaw, tend to pulverize the soil, to separate its parts from each other, and to…

oxidation of the lead. These * Containing 4.05 grains of solid matter to the gallon, or about one 18,000 part. 147 pipes have been highly recommended by our first chemists, and other men of sci- ence, as furnishing an…

properties of rain water. It is indeed to the presence of the two elastic gases, that rain water owes the taste which renders it palatable to animals and useful to vegetables. Ice water, being destitute of these gases is extremely…

of the country, is to be found in the impure water, with which the former are so generally supplied, and we may confidently predict, that in consequence mainly of the introduction of the Croton River into the City of New…

of water flowing on such occasions. With such opportunities to become acquainted with the changes of the stream they could not fail to know the quantity of water flowing at periods of the highest freshets, and know- ing it, to…