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Shonnard, Frederic, and W.W. Spooner. History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900. New York: The New York History Company, 1900.
…On the 26th of April, 1837, bids were opened " for furnishing the materials and completing the construction of twenty-three
sections of the Croton Aqueduct, including the dam in the Croton,
the aqueduct bridge over Sing Sing Kill, and the…
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…The Old Croton Aqueduct has been decommissioned, and contains more visible physical markers, while the New Croton Aqueduct is still online and has adapted over time to meet modern needs. Historically, infrastructure was not entirely hidden, and in the case…
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Community College Brooklyn Bridge Brooklyn Heights Center for Brooklyn History Conference House Croton Aqueduct Green-Wood Cemetery Jackie Robinson House King Manor Lorillard Snuff Mill Louis Armstrong House New York Botanical Garden Old Quaker
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…Especially important to this reuse proposal is the involvement of stakeholding organizations located in New York City and Westchester County. Shafts The Croton Waterworks shafts are associated with the construction and maintenance of the New Croton Aqueduct, which is still…
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…When the City and State Governments finally gave their formal support to the construction of an aqueduct that would draw water from the distant Croton River Watershed in Westchester and Putnam Counties, Major David Bates Douglass, a West Point professor…
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…The available capacity of this Reservoir, down to the level where the water would cease to flow off in the Aqueduct, has been estimated at six hundred millions of gallons. Could we suppose that the Croton River will ever in…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Croton Aqueduct, and the works connected therewith, and distributing the water through the city,
shall be diverted from such object.
5. All the provisions of law heretofore passed on this subject,
pledging the faith of
the city of New York…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…the best manner of bringing the Croton
water across the Harlem River, the chief engineer was instructed to furnish the Commissioners with an estimate of the cost of crossing said river by an aqueduct bridge, on an
inclined plane and…
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…Tower, lUustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1843), pp.61-3; James Grant Wilson, The Memorial History of the City of New York, from its earliest settlement to the year 1892 (New York: New-York History Company…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…CROTON AQUEDUCT. 259
That the city has enjoyed the blessings of peace and prosperity, during the execution of
this noble enterprise, though not unmingled with severe privations, is cause of devout
gratitude to our Heavenly Benefactor.
May this virtue flow…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…That Act provided for the
appointment of a Board of Commissioners of three persons,
by the Common Council, to superintend the execution of
the plan and make contracts for introducing water into
the city of New- York.
* This report was…
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…the opening of the Old Croton Aqueduct to the public on October 14, 1842. The piece was designed by Robert Lovett, Sr., a prominent American engraver.
Lovett was born on March 19, 1796, in New York City. Following military service…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2015/01/23/the-1842-croton-water-celebration-medal/
…the opening of the Old Croton Aqueduct to the public on October 14, 1842. The piece was designed by Robert Lovett, Sr., a prominent American engraver.
Lovett was born on March 19, 1796, in New York City. Following military service…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…Sources of the Croton River.
The sources of the Croton River are principally in the
county of Putnam, at a distance of fifty miles from the city
of New-York ; they are mostly springs which in that elevated and uneven…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…of
232 CELEBRATION OF THE
New York, in the celebration of an event, as important to the interests, as it is honorable
to the character, of your city. The completion of the Croton Aqueduct, and the supplying of a great…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…But fortunately,
--
no arguments are needed in this place to convince the citizens of New-York that
pure Croton water needs no corrective, -- and that it is the sworn enemy of Jire,
whether in the shape of alcoholic poison, or…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…of
232 CELEBRATION OF THE
New York, in the celebration of an event, as important to the interests, as it is honorable
to the character, of your city. The completion of the Croton Aqueduct, and the supplying of a great…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2015/01/23/the-1842-croton-water-celebration-medal/
…the opening of the Old Croton Aqueduct to the public on October 14, 1842. The piece was designed by Robert Lovett, Sr., a prominent American engraver.
Lovett was born on March 19, 1796, in New York City. Following military service…
Shonnard, Frederic, and W.W. Spooner. History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900. New York: The New York History Company, 1900.
…When it became certain, in 1831, that the water-supply problem
was to find its solution in a continuous aqueduct from the Croton --
such a continuous aqueduct being practicable in this case because
of the Croton's sufficiently lofty elevation…
Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…The Croton Aqueduct or High Bridge. --
The high bridge which crosses the Harlem River
at the northwest corner of Morrisania was built as
an aqueduct to convey the water of the Croton River
to the reservoirs of New York City…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
This dam sets the water of the river back five miles, and forms a reservoir of about
four hundred acres, and has rendered it necessary to construct several new roads and
bridges as a substitute for those covered by the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…AN ACT
PRESCRIBING THE MANNER IN WHICH THE CROTON AQUEDUCT SHALL PASS THE
HARLEM RIVER. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact
as follows :
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…Chilton, of New-York.
THAMES WATER. CROTON WATER. QUANTITY OF WATER. Brentford.
1 Gallon = 10 lbs. Avoirdupois, Source ofthe Chelsea. In the City of
Grand Junc- Source of the At its source New-York as
at 62° Fah., Chelsea Wa…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
for distributing the water in the city, will make the total
cost of supplying the city of New- York with water about
12,000,000 dollars*
The water was introduced into the Distributing Reservoir
on the 4th of July, 1842…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
And now, having concluded the narrative and descriptive parts of the Memoir, it will
not be deemed an unreasonable indulgence of patriotism civic or pride, to present a brief
and flattering comparison between this New York Aqueduct, and the most…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…an Aqueduct from
the Croton, we make copious extracts.
To the Honorable the Common Council of the City of New York :
The Water Commissioners appointed under the Act of the Legislature of this State,
supplying the City of New York…
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…along the road which once ran across what is now the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail." The image captures an early motorcar on a path near the New Croton Dam.
Date: Various
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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…of the Courts. Members of the Bar. Professors and Students of Columbia College, and the University. New York Lyceum. Society of Letters.
CROTON AQUEDUCT. 273
Chamber of Commerce. Board of Trade. Historical, Philosophical, Philological and other Scientific Societies. Members of…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…MORRIS, and sung in front of the Park Fountain, by the Members of the
New York Sacred Music Society, on the completion of the
Croton Aqueduct.
CELEBRATED OCTOBER XIV, MDCCCXLII.
Gushing from this living fountain,
Music pours a falling strain…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The
contractors for the new dam in the Croton, for instance, were bound to have it in such an
advanced stage by 1st November of this year, as to throw two feet water from the lake
into the aqueduct. The…