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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…At Ariana, about four miles from Tunis, other remains of this aqueduct are visible. When mountains were tunnelled in its course, at every 60 yards, vertical openings were
driven through from the surface of the channel way to the upper…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…182 MEMOIR OF THE
During the last fall, the water was introduced, several times, from the Croton Lake
into the aqueduct. For greater security it is made to pass through two chambers, each
having nine small gates, of 16 inches…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…At various points there are galleries and
staircases, to descend to the subterranean aqueduct. I descended to examine the work
with M. Girard, the engineer, by a flight of steps from the cellar of a house where one of
the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
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on 28th February, published in the newspapers of New York, Albany, Utica, Hartford, Ct.,
and Philadelphia, inviting proposals until 26th April, "for furnishing the materials and
completing the construction of twenty-three sections of the Croton Aqueduct, including
the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…through the aqueduct. Eleven of them are constructed with doors that admit an easy
entrance into the aqueduct. They rise 14 feet above the surface of the ground over the
aqueduct, and are constructed with well dressed stone, circular in…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…Martineau
and Douglass, was a closed Aqueduct of masonry. These
gentlemen each made an estimate of the cost of bringing
the water of the Croton River to the city of New- York by
a closed Aqueduct of masonry, and the…
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…The Aqueduct that conveyed the Aqua Neroniana to Rome, was built of brick ; this, as well as the former, was in some instances 70 Roman feet high. The Aqueduct that brought the Aqua Marcia into the city was repaired by…
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O, blessed be the Croton!
O, blessed be the Croton!
The article introduces a poem by Lydia Maria Child celebrating the Croton Aqueduct's opening in 1842. Child, described as "renowned in her day as a tireless crusader for truth…
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RW a P H e 107 the Aqueduct, would support iron pipes. The design was a bold one, yet instances where such bridges have been con- structed for road-ways afford examples of the feasibility and permanency of the structures…
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…Martineau and Douglass, was a closed Aqueduct of masonry. These gentlemen each made an estimate of the cost of bringing the water of the Croton River to the city of New- York by a closed Aqueduct of masonry, and the…
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…Gabriel Purdy and Robert Tompkins, for exam- ple, complained of damage and petty theft by Aqueduct workers to farm lands along the line of the Aqueduct: One of them had a few rails, and some small wood ... taken; another a…
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…An underground vertical passageway; Shafts are a building typology introduced to the New Croton Aqueduct conduit. These structures filled the niche of the Old Croton Aqueduct’s ventilators in providing circulation to the water underneath. More importantly, they also provided…
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…The design and construction of the Aqueduct is also noted as one of the remarkable technical accomplishments of 19th-century engineering. The Croton Aqueduct is usually thus described as an example of an innovative technology and as a response to…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…The great length of this Reservoir is favourable for the
purity of the water which enters the Aqueduct: spread
over this large surface, it will have an opportunity to settle
and part with some of the impurities which it receives…
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…Jervis would go on to oversee the construction of the first phase of the Waterworks—which has come to be known as the Old Croton Aqueduct—so it is his name that is commonly associated with the design of the…
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…Theophilus Schramke, Description of the New York Croton Aqueduct in English, German and French (New York and Berlin: printed by Mundt, 1846). Schramke published the only known illustration of workers on the initial phase of the Aqueduct project. A straightforward…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…But of this strong aqueduct, which
* If this be " stone
accurate, and arches," or arches of any kind really existed, then it would decide, that
the construction was not by Solomon, since in the detailed descriptions of his magnificent temple…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…In the report of the undersigned, made to your Board on the 12th December, 1837, a
plan for abridge of sufficient height and stability to support the regular inclination of the
aqueduct grade was presented. This plan provided for an…
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…Jervis appointed Chief Engineer of Croton Aqueduct project Photography invented Old Croton Aqueduct completed (includes structures such as Old Ossining Weir, Archville Bridge, Murray Hill Reservoir, Yonkers Weir, West Burnside Avenue Bridge, Sing Sing Kill Bridge, Ventilators, Clendening Valley Crossing…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The
Aqueduct. The whole length of aqueduct, arched complete, is 137,630
running measure, or about 26 miles. That complete on the 1st of July last, as per
feet,
our semi-annual report of that date, was 77,587 feet…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…The bottom of the interior of the pipes on the level part,
is 12-ro feet below the bottom of water way of the Aqueduct
on the north side, and 10 TV below that on the south side of
the…
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…Croton Aqueduct at Clendinning |sic] Valley, c.1842. ink on paper Courtesy Mrs. Helen Tower Wilson. Photo: T. Harnik figure 45. below: Fayette B. Tower. Croton Aqueduct at Clendlnning [sic] Valley, fronn Illiistratumi of the Cmiou Ar/iuJiic!. 1843. engraved…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…The Aqueduct that conveyed the Aqua Neroniana to
Rome, was built of brick this, as well as the former, was
;
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…They commenced the construction by making a trench in
the ground of sufficient dimensions for the masonry of the
Aqueduct : upon the bottom of this trench was laid a mass
of masonry 1 foot thick, upon which two walls were…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…is a view taken above the dam showing the
position of the entrance to the tunnel which leads from the
Reservoir to the gate chamber at the head of the Aqueduct. The entablature which is seen on the left against…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…This bridge
was erected under the contract of Young and Scott of Philadelphia, and the work conducted by Andrew Young (of the firm), who was the first contractor to commence work
on the aqueduct. It is due to Mr. Young…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Sir, let us for a moment suppose that the Municipal Legislature after incurring a heavy debt, had, in a moment of prejudice, passion, or fear, before the completion of
the aqueduct, suspended its further construction. Could we imagine a spectacle…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
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The Commissioners were in hopes, as they had abandoned the idea of crossing the
Harlem river with an aqueduct bridge, that they would have been enabled to recommend
the building of a similar structure for carrying the water over…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…He proposed to take the waters of the Croton at Pine's
bridge, which he stated to be 183 feet above the level of the
Hudson ; to conduct the water in an open Aqueduct, following the line of the Croton…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…The foreigner who visits this country will find the Croton
Aqueduct an interesting specimen of our public works, and
will be pleased with a pedestrian tour along the line of work