…Croton Water Celebration. 1842, litho- graphed music title for "The Croton Ode" Courtesy The J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York. 29.100.2036 Charles King's A Memoir of the Construction, Cost and Capacity of…

…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 Collection, Museum of the City…

…1838 1842 1842 Panic of 1837, followed by fiveyear depression New York’s Croton Aqueduct opens October 14. Daylong celebration culminates in fifty-foot shower of water spouting from Croton Fountain in City Hall Park. Attending the celebration are President…

…The many commercial listings of private plumbers wishing to obtain work bringing Croton water into residences (for example in several 1842 issues of the New York The Evening Post) bring to mind a number of issues, not the least of…

…Amidst great fanfare, water finally began to flow into the Murray Hill Reservoir on July 4, 1842. A massive public celebration for the completion of the Croton Waterworks followed on October 14. These celebrations notwithstanding, the opening of the Waterworks…

…s A Memoir of the Construction, Costs and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct, Compiled from Official Documents, Together with Account of the Civic Celebration of the 14th October, 1842 (New York, 1843) The Hudson River Museum of Westchester, Gift of…

…1838 1842 1842 Panic of 1837, followed by fiveyear depression New York’s Croton Aqueduct opens October 14. Daylong celebration culminates in fifty-foot shower of water spouting from Croton Fountain in City Hall Park. Attending the celebration are President…

…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…

…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 civic celebration of the…

…THE OLD CROTON aqueduct LENDERS TO THE EXHIBITION Blake, Nelson Manfred. Water for Cities: A History of the Urban Water Supply Problem in the United States. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1956. Cooper, Linda Gilbert, ed. A Walkers to the Old…

…A notice in The Evening Post, October 15, 1842, for Atwill figure 47: F. Jones, Thomas Dusenbury, Plumber ... Croton Water, color lithograph advertisement Courtesy The J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York. 29.100.2484a Hardin…

…One local historian concluded that the strongest bond between the metropolis and Westchester in 1841 was the Croton River. Howe, p.83. figure 44. above: Fayette B. Tower. Croton Aqueduct at Clendinning |sic] Valley, c.1842. ink on paper Courtesy…

…The 14th of October following was set apart as a day for the celebration of the introduction of the water into the city : and it was an occasion of unrestrained enthusiasm and joy. Multitudes came in from the country around…