collection has several by Cartwright maps online, including this map showing downtown Sing Sing in 1835. Pages recording the survey of the creeks in the marsh on Croton Point—now the capped Westchester County dump. Click the image to enlarge…

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…When he gets to Croton he makes “a call” at Van Cortlandt Manor—“one of the pleasantest incidents of my journey”—and enjoys the hospitality of James Stevenson Van Cortlandt, his widowed

least 1871 the long bridge on the Ossining side was a drawbridge, to allow boats to sail up the lower Croton River. ↩︎ For information about and images of American Locomotive Company trucks from 1909-1913 see here and here . ↩︎ See…

Long Session Transact a Lot of Important County Business,” New Rochelle Pioneer , August 12, 1911, page 3, here . ↩︎ Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook…

Dyckman, the local woman he would marry six years later. Miss Dyckman lived just north of Croton in Oscawana and she was related to the Dyckmans who once owned the magnificent Boscobel estate. (For those who don’t know this…

if you’ve never been it’s a great trip for all ages. See details here . Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in…

Ossining Historical Society. According to OHS president Norm MacDonald, the occupants of the truck can be seen on the left—David Miller (who appears to be looking at the person who took the photo) and with her back to us…

had a long history, dating back to 1860 when the Board of Supervisors of Westchester County was authorized “to construct a bridge at or near the mouth of Croton river.” Like all bridges on the Croton River during the 19th…

such heavy loads. The truck shown in the photo appears to be a 2- to 3-ton model built by the American Locomotive Company of Providence, Rhode Island. The company manufactured one of the highest quality trucks during the period…

It’s not surprising that such a heavy truck would break through weathered wooden planks of a bridge built for lighter vehicles. Detail showing David Miller and Aimee Marie Dyckman on the left and the repair crew using a fulcrum…

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October 2, 1837 and the last entry is dated October 1, 1838. ↩ See Water for Gotham: A History by Gerard T. Koeppe, page 151. ↩ Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in…

the rear tire of the 2- to 3-ton vehicle. By the end of the summer of 1911 the Westchester County Board of Supervisors took action to fix the bridge and noted two incidents—one doubtlessly recorded by this photograph…

whose maps and surveys are a treasure-trove of information about the Croton and Ossining area in the early to mid 1800s. Records show that he made a map of the “Villages of Sing Sing and Sparta” as early as…

were then owned and operated by Philip Van Cortlandt , (who was often referred to as “General Van Cortlandt” due to his rank at the end of the Revolutionary War) but they had been built by the Underhills in 1792 and…

the road you can even see Van Cortlandt Manor. Detail showing the mouth of the Croton River on the left, part of Croton Point in the upper right, and Van Cortlandt Manor in the lower middle between the trees. After…

Van Cortlandt family. 1 The bible contains a handwritten page recording Abraham Underhill’s marriage “in a publick Meeting of the people called Quakers at Croton in the Town of Cortlandt, the 19th day of the 12th month, 1805 according…

…King, 1843. ↩ Ibid. ↩ See Correspondence of the Van Cortlandt Family of Cortlandt

…In Cortlandt, Quaker preacher William Purdy bought land on the south side of the Croton River from the Van Cortlandt’s in 1800, though according to family lore the

Detail from a map of Cortlandt Manor in 1797 showing (A) the mill complex, (B) Van Cortlandt Manor and the Ferry House, (C) Bethel Chapel and the Quaker Meeting House, (D) docks on the Hudson River and (E) the location…

River shows that at one point there was a drawbridge on the southern end of the Van Cortlandt bridge. The area in the river on the right marked with dotted lines was a channel for ships. Here are other posts…

Underhill family Underhill flour mill Van Cortlandt family Published January 8, 2014

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water system Parker-Bale American Legion Post No. 1597 Van Cortlandt Bridge Westchester County Historical Society Published August 19, 2013 October 15, 2017

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…Spanning the Croton River between Van Cortlandt Manor and Quaker Bridge, High Bridge was 100 feet long, perched 60 feet above river. It was used