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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…to the Fire
Department. This ceremony passed off as follows :
CROTON AQ.UEDUCT. 261
PRESENTATION OF THE BANNER TO THE NEW-YORK FIRE DEPART-
MENT.
Mayor's Office, New York City, 9i o'clock A. M., )
Ikth October, 1842.
\
Present…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw.txt
…Rejecting the Bronx River as yielding an inadequate supply, the Commissioners proposed tap- ping the Croton watershed. The estimated cost for a dam across the Croton River, the aqueduct, and reservoirs was $4,150,000, with an additional $1,262…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…to the Sum of
TWO SHILLINGS,
current Money of the Colony of New- York, payable on DEMAND,
by the MAYOR, ALDERMEN, and COMMONALTY of
the City of New-York, at the Office of Chamberlain of the said City,
pursuant to…
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.
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GREAT
FIRE
(NEW
YORK
CITY).
mitted his report in the November following. " Major Douglass adhered unfalteringly to the conviction that the Croton, and the Croton
only, should be looked to and relied on. Like the Roman Marcius,
. . . who, when…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Cartwright, Esq., a civil engineer, residing at the village of Sing Sing, and who possesses much local knowledge of the
Croton and its vicinity, to run levels on both sides of said river, starting from Garretson's
mill, at aheight…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The Committee appointed to make arrangements for celebrating the introduction of
the Croton water into the city of New York on the 14th instant Respectfully
Report :
That, having taken into consideration the great importance of this stupendous monument of the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…To the Honorable the Water Commissioners of the City of New York :
GENTLEMEN : The resolution of your Board, requiring the undersigned to prepare
plans and estimates for crossing Harlem River, by a bridge, the arches of which shall be
164…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Next in order came the Fire Department of Newark, New Jersey, which had been
invited by the New York Fire Department. They arrived on the morning of the procession, and were escorted by Engine Company No. 21, and Hose Company…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
He closed
a
by offering toast, which was drunk by all, accompanied by cheers it was as follows :
" THE EXECUTIVE OF THE STATE OP NEW YORK."
When the applause consequent upon this toast had subsided, the Governor addressed
the company…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…I, Nathaniel Jarvis,
Clerk of the City and County of New
York, do hereby certify,
that the votes given at a General Election held on the 14th, 15th, and 16th days of April,
"
1835, in the respective wards of said…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…celebration and its objects were regarded the
beauty of the fountains, and the proud consciousness which every citizen of New York
felt that his or her own cherished and honored city had, in this mighty undertaking,
accomplished a 'work with…
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," or aqueduct over which the waters of the Croton
How from the main land to Manhattan Island, crosses the Island at One
Hundred and Seventy-Third Street. It is built of granite. The aqueduct
is fourteen hundred…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Resolved, That the plan adopted by the Water Commissioners for the city of New
York, for supplying the city of New York with a sufficient quantity of pure and wholesome water for the use of its inhabitants, and described in…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Invitations have been sent to the Corporations of Brooklyn, Albany, Troy, Jersey
City, Newark, Elizabeth town, Rahway, New Brunswick, Trenton, and Philadelphia, and
228 CELEBRATION OF THE
Trustees of Williamsburgh, all of which have been accepted, except that to Philadelphia…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
beauty of the fountains, and the proud consciousness which every citizen of New York
felt that his or her own cherished and honored city had, in this mighty undertaking,
accomplished a 'work with no superior, either for extent or for…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…He also says :
"When I first interested myself on this subject, I was in hopes a place sufficiently
high might have been found, from whence the waters of the Bronx could have been
conducted to New York, in pipes of…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…a rock in the sea, bearing in his talons
"
the motto of the company, " Semper paratus on the back slide a painting of the New
York city Coat of Arms. Banner was borne on the engine tassels supported by two
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…This De-
After
partment arrived on the morning of the procession, and were received at the Ferry and
escorted to the line, by a delegation of the New York Fire Department, in the following order Hose Company No. 8, Engine…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…AN ACT
To PROVIDE FOR SUPPLYING THE ClTY OF NEW YORK WITH PURE AND
WHOLESOME WATER.
(Passed May 2, 1834.)
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do
enact as follows :
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…am instructed, in communicating the acceptance of the invitation, to say, that the
Mayor and Common Council of Newark, regard the great work referred to in your communication, as an enduring monument of the enterprise of the citizens of New…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…These two Companies arrived by
rail road from Philadelphia on the day previous, and were received at the landing in Jersey City, by a Committee appointed by the New York Fire Department. On their arrival in the city, they were…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…All revenue to be received for water, to be procured by the works for supplying
the city of New York with pure and wholesome water, and furnished to the inhabitants
of said city, is especially pledged and appropriated as a…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The first water works were commenced in 1799, (the year in which the Manhattan
Company was incorporated for supplying New- York with water,) and consisted of forcing
pumps, worked by steam engines, which raised the water from the Schuylkill into…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…of gallons of water from the mouth
of the Croton, in accordance with his first proposition, and at an elevation of 125 feet
above low water, at the city of New York, it would puzzle the most expert proficient in…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…a project which contemplates erecting a dam in the Hudson river, beyond the boundary line of the State of New York. It
is true, the act makes it the duty of the Commissioners to examine and consider all
matters relative…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The Manhattan Temperance Benevolent Society of the city of New York. Mr. Abraham Van Disberk, the Grand Marshal of the day, on horse back next was the ban- ;
ner of the Society, carried by Mr. Henry Van Benscoton, Mr. Sillick…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The necessary additions,
comparatively not large, are now in rapid progress, which will diffuse the salutary current
through every remaining artery and vein of our metropolis, exciting new and healthful
pulsations in her system, and spreading comfort, activity, and vigor…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Whereas, By an act of the Legislature of the State of New York, passed 2d April,
inst, entitled an act, for supplying the city of New York with pure and wholesome
" it is
water, among other things enacted, that it…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…materials
were largely enhanced between 1835 and 1837. "The whole project, in fact," say the Com-
" was
missioners, entirely new, and perhaps without precedent as to cost, and therefore it
o%ht not to be considered as a want of…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
river, and passing through the towns of Paulding, Patterson,
and south-east to Crawford's
Mills on the east branch of the Croton, making a distance of forty miles. From Crawford's Mills, the route by an undulating course, requiring…