“the Dugway.” A nice view of the Old Croton Dam and gatehouse, several miles upriver from the New Croton Dam Detail showing the Old Croton Dam gatehouse Detail showing the gentle S-curve design of the Old Croton Dam Many…

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New Croton Dam, February, 1934. Click the image to enlarge it. New Croton Dam spillway, February, 1934. Click the image to enlarge it. Ice on the spillway of the New Croton Dam, February, 1934. Click the image to enlarge it…

Cornell Dam, Croton Lake, N.Y. Click the image to enlarge it. Here’s a nice view of the nearly-completed New Croton Dam (also known as the Cornell Dam) circa 1907. We can roughly date the image from the…

…Ice along the road to the New Croton Dam, February, 1934. Click the image to enlarge it. In the winter of 1934, members of the Bagley family of Peekskill made a visit to the New Croton Dam, recorded in this…

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Spillway of the New Croton Dam, from the George P. Hall & Son Photograph Collection at the New-York Historical Society. Click the image to enlarge it. This photograph of the nearly completed New Croton Dam gives us a look at…

original Croton Dam, the New Croton Dam and the entire aqueduct system. Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share…

…John Fish at the New Croton Dam, circa 1902 We recently acquired a great set of photographs showing the New Croton Dam under construction. The images are particularly exciting because they include some rare views of the construction site and…

the dam is mislabelled. The retaining wall, built to divert the Croton River during excavation, had been removed by the time these photos were taken. Detail showing stone at the base of the dam A rarely seen view of the…

A beautiful hand-colored post card of the New Croton Dam (aka the Cornell Dam) which, despite what the card says, is nowhere near Mt. Kisco. Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend…

stone to build the dam. How did they do it? These images from the June, 1898 and January, 1899 issues of The Engineering Record show the temporary dam that diverted the Croton River and the buildings, train tracks, cableways and…

There are many contemporary images of the old Croton Dam—engravings, lithographs and photographs—but this may be one of the few color depictions of the dam. This detail is taken from a chromolithograph advertising broadside (circa 1863-68) for…

The wooden work bridge, built across the Croton River near today’s Route 129. The bridge was used to move men and supplies from the docks at Croton Landing up to the New Croton Dam worksite. The buildings along the…

Supply—Present Condition of Work on the Great Croton River Dam.” Christopher Tompkins, author of The Croton Dams and Aqueduct , said this image is “especially noteworthy for its accuracy in depicting the excavation.” Below is the top section of the

of the soon-to-be submerged Old Croton Dam. Based on the state of completion of the dam we think these were taken circa 1902. 1 The images appear to document a visit to the site by “Mr. John Fish…

Blacksmiths at the New Croton Dam, September, 1895. Courtesy of the Ossining Historical Society. Among the many treasures of the Ossining Historical Society Museum is a substantial collection of photographs and other material about the Old Croton

…New Croton Dam, circa 1906 Croton Point and Ossining, circa 1905 Double Arches Promenade View from Quaker Bridge Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new

across the bottom from Croton Dam. One of the many interesting things about this map is that the New Croton Dam—then in the planning stages—is shown at the Quaker Bridge location. For more information on the Quaker Bridge…

river below the dam Other visitors to the dam Detail showing the man higher up the stairs looking through a pair of binoculars Detail showing the railroad tracks through the tunnel, used to bring stone to the face of the…

This detailed engraving shows the New Croton Dam when it was under construction in 1896. The image was commissioned for the cover of the October 17th issue of Scientific American magazine to accompany an article entitled “New York Water

online courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection. Bridge below the New Croton Dam, May 13, 1913. Courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection. A number of other photos were taken

Aqueduct. During a visit last week, curator Norm MacDonald showed us some recently donated material that included two rare photographs of blacksmiths at the New Croton Dam taken in September, 1895. Although there are probably thousands of photographs

In April 1925, Clarence White , one of the founding members of the Photo-Secession movement, took a group of students to photograph at Croton Dam. The series of images he made incorporate the soft, diffused light of Pictorialism with the…

documenting the New Croton Dam and the Aqueduct. The record for this specific item is here . Click the images to enlarge them. Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window…

Museum visit their website and watch this video of Norm discussing the collection (and why Ossining was featured on the television show Mad Men). Blacksmiths at the New Croton Dam, September, 1895. Courtesy of the Ossining Historical Society. Share

…Here’s a postcard of the nearly completed New Croton Dam, sent from Ossining on March 13, 1906. Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend

engraving showing the dam’s profile on the left and a rendering of how the completed dam would look—including the earthen section on the right that was replaced with masonry during construction. Share this: Print (Opens in new window…

…Luckily for us the route went by the New Croton Dam, there was a photographer along to record the trip, and the entire collection of 342 photos is available

Will’s Cigarettes card of the New Croton Dam. (ca. 1902-1917) Another card from the same company is here . Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share…