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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
family, I have received, through you, the polite invitation of
the Common Council, to attend the celebration of the introduction of the Croton Water in the city of New York, on
the 14th instant. I have some doubts whether I…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2015/06/10/celebrating-high-bridge/
Celebrating High Bridge
Celebrating High Bridge
High Bridge stands as one of America's most significant early engineering achievements and New York City's oldest existing bridge. Originally designed as a component of the Old Croton Aqueduct system, this structure…
illustrations_aqueduct_raw.txt
…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 eleva- ted and…
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.
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2015/06/10/celebrating-high-bridge/
Celebrating High Bridge
Celebrating High Bridge
High Bridge stands as one of America's most significant early engineering achievements and New York City's oldest existing bridge. Originally designed as a component of the Old Croton Aqueduct system, this structure…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…There is, therefore, every probability that had not water
been introduced into the city of New-York from abroad, the supply from the wells
would, in a few years, have been insufficient for the economical, domestic and manufacturing purposes of…
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.
…Two on the southerly side of the structure are to control the flow of the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow 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.
…Two on the southerly side of the structure are to control the flow of the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow 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.
…Two on the southerly side of the structure are to control the flow of the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow 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.
…Two on the southerly side of the structure are to control the flow of the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow 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.
…Two on the southerly side of the structure are to control the flow of the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow 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.
…Two on the southerly side of the structure are to control the flow of the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow of water…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…line of the aqueduct, but to descend on the Westchester side some 14 feet with the water in iron pipes, and after passing it over the river in a
horizontal line, to raise it on the New York side within…
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…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…The war of the revolution,
which commenced in 1775, and the consequent occupation
of the city of New-York by the British troops, was the
cause of the abandonment of the work in its unfinished state. In the year 1798…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…The water procured from wells in the city of New- York, has gradually been
growing more and more impure, as the city has increased in size, until a very large
proportion of it, is entirely unfit for culinary and dietetic…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
by Stephen Allen, Esq., late Mayor, in November last, desiring me to assist Canvas White, Esq., with my advice and
counsel, as to the best method of supplying the city of
New-York with plenty of good water, I beg…
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.
…The Croton watershed lies almost wholly
in the State of New York, although draining a small area in Connecticut. It extends about thirty-three miles north and south and eleven
miles east and west, and has an area of 339…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw.txt
…people of the whole state and not, as in the case of the Aqueduct, with the exclusive interests of the people of the county of New York. Earlier takings for canals and roads were justified, according to the memorialists, because…
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.
…It is the old aqueduct
HISTORY
WESTCHESTER
COUNTY
which crosses the Harlem River over High Bridge; the new is carried
underneath the stream.
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South of the Croton River the next Hudson tributary of interest is
the Sing Sing…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…They were directed to make their report to the
Legislature, by the second Monday of January, 1834, and
to present a copy thereof to the Common Council of the
City of New-York on or before the first day of…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…They were directed to make their report to the
Legislature, by the second Monday of January, 1834, and
to present a copy thereof to the Common Council of the
City of New-York on or before the first day of…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
and to ascertain if some new supply could not be obtained. This led to the construction
of the Aqua Marcia, of which Pliny thus speaks :
" Of all the waters in the
world, that which we call the Marcia, in Rome…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…In a note to page 31, of the New York edition of Black's Translation of the Essay
on New Spain, this passage occurs :
" The
largest and finest construction of the Indians in this way, is the aqueduct
of the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…A new feature has been stamped upon the face of our metropolis. But yesterday it was
the dusty trading mart, unattractive and unadorned to-day the pure mountain stream
gushes through its streets and sparkles in its squares. To the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…and he proposed that the assemblage join him in nine hearty
cheers for the City of New York and perpetuity to the Croton water.
The cheers were given with a heartiness that made the welkin ring again. Not a single…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…documentation in the 1970s of the Westchester portion of the Old Croton Aqueduct, we propose a current and complete documentation survey of the Old and New Croton Aqueduct systems, referred to in this Plan/Guidelines Does this charter recognize previously…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…To the Committee of the Croton Water. SIRS:
The Consul General of the Two Sicilies, in acknowledging the receipt of the polite invitation of theCommon Council of the city of New York, has the honor to inform
the Committee, that…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2013/02/26/clean-sweet-abundant-water/
Clean, Sweet, Abundant Water!
Clean, Sweet, Abundant Water!
This article features an excerpt from Maria Lydia Child's Letters from New-York, celebrating the opening of the Croton Aqueduct in October 1842. Child eloquently describes New Yorkers' joy at accessing…
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…