community known as The Bowery. Below is another view of the Bowery, looking north toward the dam, which can be seen in the distance. The label on the card incorrectly refers to the “Quaker Bridge Dam”, which was one of…

enlarge it and then click the arrow icons to cycle through the images. View looking north Close-up of John Fish Detail showing the machine shops below the dam The machine shops below the dam (where the park is today…

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…

before the Cornell farm site was chosen. 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 on X (Opens in new…

…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. Croton River below the

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…

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

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

suspension bridge Looking south at the construction area below the dam Detail showing stones stacked up next to the railroad tracks Detail showing another view of the machine shops Detail showing some construction buildings on the other side of the

…Large chunks of stone on flat railcars, waiting to be transported through the tunnel to the face of the dam. This is probably the house of Aaron Cornell, along the original bank of the Croton River. The road below the…

…Below are details from the image, showing the immense scale of the structure—made entirely of hand-hewn stone which was cut, moved and placed without the aid of modern construction equipment. The image comes from the George P.

involved in the construction as a subcontractor but so far a search of online and offline sources has turned up nothing. If you have any information please send us an email . The scanned images below have been adjusted in Photoshop…

the same day but unfortunately most show the car on unidentifiable country roads. One exception is an image taken at the Croton Lake Station of the “Old Put”—the New York Central Railroad, Putnam Division—shown below. 2 The company…

…the first time in fourteen years water is flowing over the huge dam of the Croton Reservoir at the estimated rate of 2,000,000,000 gallons a day, the vast tide dropping to the Croton River, 150 feet below…