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line shows the line of the old aqueduct and in the full black line shows the course of the new aqueduct.” The Old and New Croton Aqueduct System, looking south from Putnam County. Scientific American , 1887. Click to enlarge. When…
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…Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign YONKERS BARN (Demolished) Plate 25, Old Croton Aqueduct Part of the complex allotted to the overseer of the Yonkers section of the Old Croton Aqueduct. Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) Current Designation(s…
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Croton Aqueduct Tunnel Sections
Engineering drawing showing various cross-sectional views of a tunnel, likely part of the Croton Aqueduct system. The drawing includes five different sections with detailed measurements and annotations.
Date: c.1842
Location: Croton-on-Hudson, NY…
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…Current Designation(s) Type Significance(s) Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) Sign MUSCOOT DAM 1905 Plate 15-, New Croton Aqueduct Current Designation(s) MILL RIVER WASTE WEIR 1837-1841 Plate 22-6, Old Croton Aqueduct Spanning a…
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Completion of the Croton Aqueduct — Broadside (1842)
Printed broadside celebrating the completion of the Croton Aqueduct, October 14, 1842. These broadsides were distributed during the celebration parade along with copies of the Croton Ode by George Pope Morris.
Date: October…
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Croton Aqueduct Distributing Reservoir Elevations
An architectural drawing showing two elevations of the Croton Aqueduct Distributing Reservoir, with detailed views of the structure's sides fronting on Forty-Second Street and Fifth Avenue.
Date: c.1842
Location: Croton-on-Hudson…
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Croton Aqueduct Tunnelling Method — Jervis Drawing (1837)
Ink and watercolor engineering drawing by chief engineer John B. Jervis showing workers tunnelling through earth during the construction of the Croton Aqueduct. Jervis designed the entire 41-mile system, including the dam…
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Gravesite Bartow–Pell Mansion Croton Aqueduct Aqueduct Walk Lorillard Snuff Mill New York Botanical Garden Enid A. Haupt Conservatory Lorillard Snuff Mill LuEsther T. Mertz Library United Workers Cooperatives University Heights Campus Gould Memorial
NYPL, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (F.B. Tower)
Croton Aqueduct at Sing Sing Kill — F.B. Tower (1843)
Tower's plate showing the Croton Aqueduct crossing the Sing Sing Kill (creek) near present-day Ossining. The aqueduct was carried over streams and valleys on stone arches and bridges…
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Croton Aqueduct Plans and Sections — Jervis Drawing (1837)
Ink and watercolor rendering of aqueduct cross-sections, elevations, and construction plans by chief engineer John B. Jervis. Shows the precise engineering behind the gravity-fed system that carried Croton water to…
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Marvel" . Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct . January 15, 2009. Archived from the original on February 23, 2016 . Retrieved April 14, 2026 . ^ "Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Trail – Hike, Bike, Explore Westchester" . www.visitwestchesterny.com
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Skyline Taconic Tongue Mountain Range Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Croton_Aqueduct&oldid=1348836551 " Categories : Croton Aqueduct Aqueducts in New York (state) Aqueducts on the National Register of Historic Places
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alongside Aqueduct Avenue, and it continues under the southern part of University Avenue. 1887 engraving from Scientific American shows Old Croton Aqueduct in dotted line looking south from Putnam County . Croton Reservoir in foreground; Manhattan in
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"Children of Darkness" . The New York Times . Retrieved September 15, 2009 . ^ "Aqueduct Walk Highlights: NYC Parks" . www.nycgovparks.org . Retrieved June 8, 2022 . ^ Moloney, Síle (April 19, 2024). "LPC Designates Aqueduct Walk as Bronx's First
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Wavertree Yankee Others Battery Maritime Building City Pier A Pier 57 Others Columbus Monument Croton Aqueduct Croton Aqueduct Gate House Space Shuttle Enterprise Former Florence Mills House See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in
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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 ,
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Aqueduct NYC Segment according to the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation ASCE History and Heritage of Civil Engineering - Croton Water Supply System "Croton Aqueduct" in 1902 Encyclopedia John B. Jervis Drawings Collection of the Jervis Public
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NY-108, " Old Croton Aqueduct, Indian Creek Culvert, Reservoir & Quaker Bridge Roads, Crotonville, Ossining, Westchester County, NY ", 5 photos, 3 measured drawings, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page HAER No. NY-107, " Old Croton Aqueduct, Entrance
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ventilating towers (shafts), three stone weirs (chambers which were used to empty the aqueduct for maintenance), and one "Keeper's House" located in Dobbs Ferry . The locations of ventilating towers along the trail within the Old Croton Aqueduct
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Croton Dam; Croton Aqueduct at Sing Sing (1880)
View of the Old Croton Dam and the aqueduct near Sing Sing (now Ossining). From the Emmet Collection. Shows the dam and surrounding landscape nearly 40 years after the aqueduct's completion…
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…Significance(s) Appendix QUARRY RAILROAD BRIDGE 1838-1839 Plate 24-7, Old Croton Aqueduct Interpretation Sign SAW MILL RIVER CULVERT 1838-1839 Plate 27-1, Old Croton Aqueduct The design was chosen for its engineering efficiency, as two smaller arches…
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National Historic Landmark New York State Register of Historic Places The Croton Aqueduct at High Bridge in 1859 Location of Croton Aqueduct Nearest city New York City , New York Built 1837–1842 Architect John B. Jervis ; David Douglass; James
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Aqueduct Walk is a community park in the Bronx , New York City, running between Kingsbridge Road and Tremont Avenue . [ 27 ] Aqueduct Walk is designated as an official New York City scenic landmark . [ 28 ] [ 29 ] Gallery [ edit ] "Shutting off the
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photos, 4 measured drawings, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page HAER No. NY-115, " Old Croton Aqueduct, Overseer's House, Walnut Street, Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, NY ", 2 measured drawings HAER No. NY-116, " Old Croton Aqueduct, Maintenance
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Old Croton Aqueduct". IA, The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology . Vol. 4, no. 1. pp. 15– 25. JSTOR 40967954 . External links [ edit ] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Croton Aqueduct . NYC GOV Water System History NYC GOV New
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pages, 2 photo caption pages HAER No. NY-207, " Old Croton Aqueduct, Ventilator No. 10, North of Scarborough Road, Briarcliff Manor, Westchester County, NY ", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page HAER No. NY-208, " Old Croton Aqueduct, Ventilator No. 18,
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…11912.000082 Significant dates Added to NRHP December 2, 1974 [ 1 ] Designated NHL April 27, 1992 [ 2 ] Designated NYSRHP June 23, 1980 The Croton Aqueduct or Old Croton Aqueduct was a large and
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…Profile and ground plan of the lower part of Croton Aqueduct Operation [ edit ] Croton Distributing Reservoir (1842) Water started flowing through the aqueduct on June 22, 1842, taking 22 hours for gravity to take the water the 41 miles (66
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Old Croton Aqueduct, New York, New York County, NY ", 53 photos, 1 measured drawing, 185 data pages, 7 photo caption pages HAER No. NY-119, " Old Croton Aqueduct, Harlem River Crossing, Spanning Harlem River, Bronx, Bronx County, NY ", 13 photos…
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…NY-117, " Old Croton Aqueduct, Quarry Railroad Bridge, Aqueduct Lane at Williams Street, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, NY ", 3 photos, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page HAER No. NY-110, " Old