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Lossing, Benson John. The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea. New York: Virtue & Yorston, 1866. Internet Archive identifier: hudsonfromwilder00lossi. Illustrated travel-history of the Hudson River valley by the writer and artist Benson J. Lossing, whose chapter on Teller's / Croton Point is a primary source for Senasqua place-name etymology, Sarah Teller's 1682 purchase, and the Underhill vineyard.
…Not having
time to visit the fountain reservoir, I have availed myself of the pencil
services of a friend, in giving a sketch of the dam from a point just
below it.
The Croton aqueduct runs parallel with the Iludson…
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…Brickmaking was still a major industry in the village and the construction of New Croton Dam, which began in 1892, had finally reached the point where the Croton River had been diverted around the construction
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…Robert Underhill made his first move towards success by leasing water rights below a dam built along the river just above the Hudson. Along with the water rights,
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…This is the gravestone of John Byron Goldsborough, who moved to Croton in 1895 to supervise the construction of the New Croton Dam. Modern technology now allows
Lossing, Benson John. The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea. New York: Virtue & Yorston, 1866. Internet Archive identifier: hudsonfromwilder00lossi. Illustrated travel-history of the Hudson River valley by the writer and artist Benson J. Lossing, whose chapter on Teller's / Croton Point is a primary source for Senasqua place-name etymology, Sarah Teller's 1682 purchase, and the Underhill vineyard.
…protracted rain-storm and melting snows, swept
away the dam, and carried with it, riverward, a quantity of earth and
gravel, sufficient to half fill the beautiful Croton Bay. The dam was
immediately rebuilt, at greater altitude, and a lake…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…That he will build the said dam for one million five hundred thousand dollars, and
the said locks for one hundred and fifty thousand dollars each, and the coffer-dam for
two hundred thousand dollars.
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…Photograph of the New Croton Dam construction site in 1898, the year the Village of Croton-on-Hudson was
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…Topographical Map Showing the Entire Watershed of Croton River above the Croton Aqueduct Dam. 1858. hand-colored lithograph Courtesy Jervis Public Library, drawing #148. Photo: G. R. Farley figure 43. above: New Croton Dam under Construction, c.1890, photograph Courtesy…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
CORE WALL MARCH 1ST 1901 EMOVED DISINTEGRATED FLIMESTONE SHATTERED LIME STONE THE NEW CROTON DAM LONGITUDINAL SECTION ON AXIS OF DAM , SHOWING CORE WALL REMOVED AND ITS DEFECTIVE LIME STONE FOUNDATION , WHICH HAS BEEN EXCAVATED FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE…
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…Jervis showing workers tunnelling through earth during the construction of the Croton Aqueduct. Jervis designed the entire 41-mile system, including the dam, aqueduct, and High Bridge.
Date: 1837
Type: illustration
Subjects: tunnel, workers, construction, aqueduct
Source: Library of Congress…
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…This is the gravestone of John Byron Goldsborough, who moved to Croton in 1895 to supervise the construction of the New Croton Dam. Modern technology now allows
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…An archway over the Highland turnpike, now highway, about eleven miles
below the Croton dam, of 20 feet span, and 14 feet in height.
4th. The large culvert on Mill River, requiring an arch of 25 feet span, and 170…
Harper's New Monthly Magazine / Wikimedia Commons
…The aqueduct traveled 41 miles by gravity from the Croton Dam to the receiving reservoir in Manhattan.
Date: December 1860
Type: engraving
Subjects: Croton Aqueduct, pathway, people, waterway, boats
Source: Harper's New Monthly Magazine / Wikimedia Commons
License: Public domain
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
The failure of this embankment might not only create a devastating flood in the valley below , but also cause a current above , of such irresistible velocity , as would de- stroy the earthen part of the old Croton dam , thus at…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
The failure of this embankment might not only create a devastating flood in the valley below , but also cause a current above , of such irresistible velocity , as would de- stroy the earthen part of the old Croton dam , thus at…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
The failure of this embankment might not only create a devastating flood in the valley below , but also cause a current above , of such irresistible velocity , as would de- stroy the earthen part of the old Croton dam , thus at…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
The failure of this embankment might not only create a devastating flood in the valley below , but also cause a current above , of such irresistible velocity , as would de- stroy the earthen part of the old Croton dam , thus at…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
The failure of this embankment might not only create a devastating flood in the valley below , but also cause a current above , of such irresistible velocity , as would de- stroy the earthen part of the old Croton dam , thus at…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
On the 20th January, 1843, the then Commissioners made their final report, which,
announced the completion of the Croton Dam, and that it had undergone, without
freshet caused by the warm rains, and the breaking
damage, the test of a…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…idea of building a dam across the
Hudson. We have now gone over most of the preliminary steps
which were taken before deciding upon the source for a
supply of water. --Having fixed upon the Croton River as
a stream…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw.txt
…All the bridges below the dam were carried away, and above the dam. Pines Bridge, and we are informed Wood's Bridge also — leaving no crossing over the Croton from its mouth to Golden's bridge ....■^^ The newspaper account provides…
NYPL, Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Hydrographic Map Showing Line of Croton Aqueduct (1846)
Detailed map from the NYPL Map Division showing the complete route of the Croton Aqueduct from the Croton Dam through Westchester County to Manhattan. Compiled under the direction of chief engineer John…
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…Quaker Bridge was definitely there in 1884 and would have been dwarfed by the dam behind it, that the New York Sun in 1888 called “The Biggest
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…The temporary dam in this photo was about 1,600 feet long. Approximately 1,821,400 cubic yards of earth and 400,250 cubic yards of rock were excavated for
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…A change, too, was made, on the recommendation of the chief engineer, in the position of the dam in the Croton ;
a place about 400 feet down the stream being supposed
more suitable for the purpose. This change led to…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…If the river, as low down as the proposeds ite for the dam, will be closed by a
CROTON AQUEDUCT. 133
covering of ice for three months in the year, we should think the cutting off so much of
the…
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may be found in an article, “Croton Bridge Meeting,” published in the Sing Sing newspaper Hudson River Chronicle on October 26, 1841. Earlier that year what we now call the Old Croton Dam had collapsed, sending a deluge of water…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…Louis , Mo. , June 8th , 1904 Pamphlet 462 21 13861282 ES MODIFICATIONS OF THE PLAN OF THE NEW CROTON DAM . BY WILLIAM R. HILL . The responsibility of the engineer in charge of con- structing dams and reservoirs , is but vaguely appreciated…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…There are three distinct features of the dam , the spill- way at the north end ; the main stone dam crossing the valley and the embankment at the south end . The spill- way wall is built on the side of the…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…There are three distinct features of the dam , the spill- way at the north end ; the main stone dam crossing the valley and the embankment at the south end . The spill- way wall is built on the side of the…