…Published a celebratory ode to the Croton Aqueduct following the water celebration in New York City. The poem praised the engineering feat that brought clean water from the Croton River to Manhattan. The fact that a Virginia newspaper published poetry…

Croton Aqueduct Watershed, 1908 A map and graph from the May 23, 1908 issue of Scientific American illustrating reservoirs within the Croton watershed system following completion of the New Croton Dam, with their relative elevations. Date: Various Source: crotonhistory.org…

Designation(s) SHAFT NUMBER 25 STEPS AND RETAINING WALL c 1892 Plate 29, New Croton Aqueduct Type Marking the point where the New Croton Aqueduct entered Manhattan Island, Shaft Number 25 employed revolutionary engineering in its design. Significance(s) Interpretation…

…AMAWALK FOUNTAIN 1897 Plate 9-, New Croton Aqueduct Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign ARDSLEY OPEN-CUT c 1888s Plate 24-11, New Croton Aqueduct A single arched granite bridge stretching 160 feet, the Archville Bridge carried the Croton Aqueduct across…

Croton Aqueduct over Harlem River Lithograph showing the Croton Aqueduct spanning the Harlem River, with a man fishing in the foreground on the riverbank, surrounded by trees and rocks. Date: 1844 Location: Harlem River, New York City Type: lithograph Subjects…

The Old and New Croton Aqueduct System (1887) Map/engraving from Scientific American (June 4, 1887) showing both the Old (dotted line) and New (solid line) Croton Aqueduct routes from Putnam County to Manhattan. A comprehensive overview of the entire…

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MILL RIVER CULVERT - Old Croton Aqueduct, Mill River Culvert, U.S. Route 9 at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery" . Library of Congress . Retrieved January 6, 2026 . ^ "DEP Donates Century-Old Valve Actuator from New Croton Dam for Permanent Display at Education

…Harlem River, New York City Type: lithograph Subjects: river, bridge, boats, trees, people, horses Source: NYPL, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (F.B. Tower) License: Public domain

Westchester County to reservoirs in Manhattan . It was built because local water resources had become polluted and inadequate for the growing population of New York City . Although the aqueduct was largely superseded by the New Croton Aqueduct ,

…19 JEROME PARK BRIDGE c 1890 (Demolished) Plate 29A-, Old/ New Croton Aqueduct Type Elaborately arched, the bridge provided access to Shaft Number 21 from Gatehouse Number 5. Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s…

published the New Croton Aqueduct tunnel was three years away from completion and the dam was still in the planning stages. 2 The narrow part of the Croton, where today’s Quaker Bridge crosses the river, was one of several…

height of 50 feet (15 m) from the beautifully decorated cast iron Croton Fountain in City Hall Park . [ 13 ] The famous Bethesda Fountain in New York's Central Park , unveiled in 1873, is another tribute to the Croton Aqueduct. Even…

York City's Water Story [1] Archived 2018-12-02 at the Wayback Machine "How a Massive Public Works Project Saved a Parched New York," by SAM ROBERTS, New York Times, December 4, 2017 Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park…

HISTORY Home History The Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct strive to educate the public about the extraordinary history of water in New York City. The Croton Water Supply System was named to the American Society for Civil Engineering’s…

…Aqueduct Bridge for Road-way, ----- 103 Croton Aqueduct at Mill-River, ... - 104 Croton Aqueduct at Jewell's Brook, - - - 105 Croton Aqueduct at Hastings, ... - - 106 Croton Aqueduct at Yonkers, ----- 108 Croton Aqueduct at Harlem River, - - - - - 110 View of the Jet at…

…BOYD’S CORNERS DAM 1866-1870 (Demolished 1980s) Plate 1-, Old/ New Croton Aqueduct Simple in design, the Boyd’s Corners Dam was 670 feet long and 57 feet high. Stretching across the West Branch of the Croton River, the…

of Ossining.) Though the Aqueduct was built to meet the city’s needs for 100 years, the supply was soon insufficient due to the spiraling population growth to which it contributed. The New Croton Aqueduct, triple the size and much…

Entablature, New Croton Reservoir, Yorktown Heights, Westchester County, NY ", 1 photo, 1 measured drawing, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page HAER No. NY-132, " New Croton Dam & Reservoir, Croton River, Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester County, NY ", 22

metropolis in 1879—straining the water supply system with its unrelenting growth. The other looks south—to the future—showing both the path of the New Croton Aqueduct tunnel and the then-planned location (later abandoned) of “the most massive

…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

Center" . New York City Department of Environmental Protection. December 9, 2015 . Retrieved April 2, 2016 . ^ Lange, Robie S. (October 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Croton Aqueduct" . National Park Service. {{ cite

Esopus Creek Neversink River Rondout Creek Delaware River East Branch West Branch Aqueducts New Croton Old Croton Catskill Shandaken Delaware Neversink East Delaware West Delaware Storage reservoirs Croton Distributing Highbridge Hillview Jerome Park

…http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/ home/home.shtml New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation (Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park): The segment of the Old Croton Aqueduct trailway located in the Old Croton Aqueduct State…

Bird's Eye Views of the Croton Aqueduct, 1879-1887 Bird's Eye Views of the Croton Aqueduct, 1879-1887 This post examines two historical perspective maps depicting New York City's water infrastructure during a critical period of urban…

…It was a stunning achievement for the time.” 1 The map is so detailed that it shows all three major components of the Old Croton Aqueduct in New York City: High

Bird's Eye Views of the Croton Aqueduct, 1879-1887 Bird's Eye Views of the Croton Aqueduct, 1879-1887 This post examines two historical perspective maps depicting New York City's water infrastructure during a critical period of urban…

Bird's Eye Views of the Croton Aqueduct, 1879-1887 Bird's Eye Views of the Croton Aqueduct, 1879-1887 This post examines two historical perspective maps depicting New York City's water infrastructure during a critical period of urban…

. Retrieved December 19, 2025 . ^ "Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park" . New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Archived from the original on November 5, 2011 . Retrieved October 6, 2011 . ^ "History of the

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