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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…1799, repeated expressions of
opinion, both by the people and by the Common Council,
had declared, should of right,
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be exercised only by the public authorities of the city that of procuring and distributing
a supply of…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…generally supplied, and we may
confidently predict, that in consequence mainly of the introduction of the Croton
River into the City of New-York, no city in the world of equal size, will surpass it
in salubrity. To the operation…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…the Bronx could have been
conducted to New York, in pipes of conduit, without any previous machinery but ;
I am now satisfied no such place exists, for although water in an open aqueduct will run
with tolerable fluency, having only…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…Governor and
Senate, and they were required " to examine and consider
all matters relative to supplying the city of New-York with
a sufficient quantity of pure and wholesome water ; to adopt
such plan as in their opinion will be…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…Swan, " who is President of
the New-York and Sharon Canal Company," in which it is
asserted, " it has been ascertained that that River (the
Croton) can be carried into the city of New-York, and
that without it, a…
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…A lifelong resident of the village with a background in history, he “loves to speak about the aqueduct.” For him, the Croton 93 94 were down there before we closed the weir chamber. Unfortunately when I walked to the south…
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.
…The origin of the name is to be
found in the word Sint-sinck, the title of a powerful clan of the Mohegan
CROTON AQUEDUCT AT SING SING.
or river Indians, who called this spot Os-sin-ing, from ossin…
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…No essential change occurs in the form of the channel- way from the Fountain Reservoir on the Croton, to the Re- ceiving Reservoir on the island of New- York ; a distance 80 of thirty-eight miles, except in crossing Harlem…
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…Theophilus Schramke, Croton Aqueduct. Method of Tunneling in Earth, c.1837-46, ink and watercolor on paper Courtesy ESL Information Services, Engineering Societies' Library Photo: J. Kennedy to the more modest Westchester farmers, struggling to establish themselves. New York's…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…This plan of supplying the city with water
was objected to, because it could not be accomplished except by an Act of the Legislature of New-Jersey as well as
that of New- York, and it was also questionable whether…
Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. The Hudson River from Ocean to Source: Historical, Legendary, Picturesque. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903.
…Croton aqueduct carries the water to the
294 The Hudson River
citv. Its capacity is 100,000,000 gallons a day, but
this supply was found to be inadec[uate for the rapidly
growing city, and a new aqueduct, commenced…
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.
…The "High Bridge " over the Croton, at the old head of the navigation,
was a wooden, rickety structure, destined soon to fall in disuse and
absolute decay, because of a substantial new bridge, then being
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constructed across…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Folsom, the Librarian of the New York
Historical Society ;
who is preparing for the press a complete English version of Cortes'
Letters. " Chronicle of New Spain" was published
Gomara, the Chaplain of Cortes, whose
in 1552, states in addition to…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Absorbed possibly in other great public works, especially the Western Rail Road, the
city of Boston has not as yet decided to attempt the new aqueduct.
The city of Albany is partially supplied with water by a chartered company. The…
NYPL / Detroit Publishing Company
…the High Bridge from the east, showing the Croton Aqueduct bridge spanning the Harlem River. By 1898, the High Bridge had been carrying water for 50 years and was one of New York City's most beloved landmarks. From the…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…In 1823, the Sharon Canal Company was chartered by
the State, andamong its duties was that of supplying the
city of New-York with pure and wholesome water. The
work was not, however, undertaken. In January, 1824, Mr. White made…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
This aqueduct, like all our other public
works, was undertaken not only for the present but for the future. Its capacity is
graduated
not to supply the wants of the present population of the city, but to meet the
exigencies…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…1,460,000 francs, altogether a little
more than $300,000.*
For its bold and lofty arcades, the solidity of its masonry, and the imposing grandeur
of the whole structure as it bestrides the beautiful valley of Alcantara, the aqueduct…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…The river water of New-England, and the other hilly portions of the United
States,, is usually of this description, though in the time of floods, and after heavy
rains, they contain much sedimentary matter. River water gradually deposits
much…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
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tion of 244,000, much beyond that then contained in the city of New York, would be
accommodated.
Notwithstanding the expense which the city had incurred by these preliminary surveys and estimates, no farther action seems to have…
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…New-York has accomplished ; particularly when it is considered that this is only one of the parts which make up the whole. From Clendinning Valley the Aqueduct soon reaches the Receiving Reservoir which is thirty-eight miles from the Croton…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…estimate of the cost of constructing an
aqueduct. This was carried. Next year, a new set of schemes seems to have been started, one was to bring the
Housatonic river to New York in an open canal, as well for…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The Senate created Decemvirs to complete the aqueduct, naming Curius who had
commenced it, and as his colleague, Fabius Flaccus. Curius died soon after the appointment, and the glory of terminating the work accrued to Fabius alone. The Anio Vetus…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…3, of New Haven, as
invited guests, attended by a band of music. The Engine Company No. 3, of New
Haven, consisted of 38 men, in red shirts, fire caps, and dark pants, drawing their engine,
painted blue and cream…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
" The
largest and finest construction of the Indians in this way, is the aqueduct
of the city of Tezcuco. We still perceive the traces of a great mound, constructed to
heighten the level of the water. How must we admire…
Higgins, Alvin McCaslin. The Story of Croton. Paper read before the Ossining Historical Society, 1938. Published posthumously in The Quarterly Bulletin of the Westchester County Historical Society, Vol. 16, No. 3 (1940), pp. 49-63.
…After Henry Hudson visited the site of Croton in 1609, the Kitchawan Indians continued to occupy it and -all the hinterlands rich with
wild game, fish, fruits and fertile soil. As the Dutch burghers of New
York and Albany prospered…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Ogden Hoffman accepts, with great pleasure, the invitation of the Common
Council to join with them in celebrating the introduction of the Croton water into the
city of New York.
October 13, 1842.
The first Water Commissioners, and the resident…
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…Investors poured their capital into new insur- ance companies. Unfortunately, another fire in 1845, three years after the opening of the Croton system, destroyed many blocks in the business section below Wall Street, wiping out several of the new firms…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…In Great Britain, all the water-works seem to have been private speculations, in which
the hope of gain was the alluring cause except, indeed, the original undertaking of Hugh
Myddleton, to introduce the New river into London. He certainly…
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.
…Old Croton Aqueduct, 95,000,000 gallons; Bronx River Conduit, 28,000,000 gallons; New Croton Aqueduct, 300,000,000 gallons-- total,
425^000,000 gallons. With the completion of the works now in their
last stages, the supply obtainable…