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Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…it is eleven and a
quarter miles from the dam. The arch is 20 feet span and
has a versed sine or rise of 5 feet. From this the Aqueduct
passes on, encounters one tunnel, and reaches the valley of…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Croton Dam Stein, Albert Engineer, 133, 61
147, 79, 86, 87, 8, 91
Syphon Bridge, 160
Croton Maid, 193, 78, 9, 20, 24, 6, 15, 195
Supply of Water, 215
Curtis, Zebina, Water Project, 89
Taxes Ward, 139
Clendening Valley…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…From this abutment the old channel
of the river was filled by an embankment, with a heavy protection wall on the lower side,
which was raised 15 feet above the waste weir of the dam, and designed to be 50…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) Current Designation(s) WEST BRANCH RESERVOIR 1895 Plate 2-, New Croton Aqueduct The West Branch Reservoir was formed by the Carmel Dam. For more information, see fiche on page XXX. Type Significance(s…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
It was intended to make the waste of the dam 100 feet, with abutments of
eight
feet high; but in consequence of the disappointment in regard to the extent of the rock in
the river, it was found difficult to…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The
contractors for the new dam in the Croton, for instance, were bound to have it in such an
advanced stage by 1st November of this year, as to throw two feet water from the lake
into the aqueduct. The…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…river, at 1, -
3.000
4,000 cubic yards excavation of rock in river, at 5,
-
20,000
Coffer Dam.
240,000 feet, board measure, white oak timber, at $35, - -
$ 8,400
700,000 feet board measure, white pine timber…
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…Aqueduct of Spoleto, Italy, .... - 3'^ Sections of the Croton Aqueduct, - - - - 84 & 86 Entrance Ventilator, .'.-■-- 88 Isometrical View of Culvert, ------ 90 Tunnel and Gate Chamber at the head of the Aqueduct, - - 92 View above the Croton Dam, ------ 95 Entablature over the…
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…79 Having ascertained the elevation in the city at which it would be desirable to use the water, it was only necessary then, to find a point on the Croton River where a dam could be constructed that would turn…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…From the very beginning, many sites along the Aqueduct—the Murray Hill Reservoir, High Bridge, Old Croton Dam—became popular destinations for sightseeing and recreation. Also popular were the fountains fed by the Waterworks, which produced jets of water that…
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completed in 1890 and the New Croton Dam, designed to meet the ever-increasing demands for fresh water from New York City, was completed in 1907 after 15 years of construction. Construction of New Croton Dam, 1901 Source: History of…
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.
…Terrace Bridge and Mall
RockhuKl Lake
A Squatter Village
Mouth of the Croton
Provoost's Tomb -Jones's Woods
Croton Dam
View near Hell-Gate
Ventilators
The Beekman Mansion
High Bridge over the Croton
Turtle Bay and BlackweU's Island
Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…The largest body of water in the county is
Croton Lake, artificially formed by the Croton Dam,
HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
five miles from the mouth of the Croton River, for
supplying the city of New York with water.
The…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…On one side stands the, Q,ueen of
Cities, representing the scientific enterprise of our citizens, and pointing to the Croton Dam
and Aqueduct, which leads the waters of a distant river to our city, for our protection and
comfort…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
side of the rocky hill, and continues over an uneven surface
encountering two tunnels before it reaches Manhattan Valley, which is about 35 miles from the Croton dam. This
valley is four fifths of a mile wide where the Aqueduct…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…A prominent American architect who worked as an assistant engineer during the construction of the Old Croton Aqueduct system. receiving reservoir: One of two types of reservoirs utilized in the Croton system; Receiving reservoirs were intermediate reservoirs, located downstream, that…
Hogue, O. Wendell, and Veronica Gilbert Agne. “A Brief Historical Sketch of Croton-on-Hudson.” In Croton on Hudson Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948, September Nineteenth to Twenty-Sixth. Croton-on-Hudson, NY: Croton Golden Jubilee Committee, 1948. Seq 14 only — additional pages not yet extracted from HathiTrust htid nyp.33433062496793.
…In 1894 a parish was established at Croton Dam , and in 1898 a new church ( now the Parochial School ) was erected on Grand Street . This church was in use until the present- day church and rectory were built and dedicated…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…From Manhattan Valley the Aqueduct passes through a
tunnel, and following its course the next work of interest is
at Clendinning Valley, which is thirty-seven miles from the
Croton Dam. This valley is 1900 feet across, and the
Aqueduct…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…Old Croton Dam Site, reference number 73001289 1974: Old Croton Aqueduct, reference number 74001324 1983: 135th Street Gatehouse, reference number 83001721; High Pumping Station (Bronx, NY), reference number 83003882 40 National Historic Landmark (National Park Service) 1974, 1992: Old Croton…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…On one side stands the, Q,ueen of
Cities, representing the scientific enterprise of our citizens, and pointing to the Croton Dam
and Aqueduct, which leads the waters of a distant river to our city, for our protection and
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…three sections of the Croton Aqueduct, including
the dam in the Croton, the aqueduct bridge over Sing Sing Kill, and the necessary excavations and tunnelling on the line of about S miles from the Croton to Sing Sing village."
On…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…conduit pursuing this grade, corresponds with the top of the dam on
the Croton but in order to adapt the aqueduct to draw at a lower level from the Croton
;
reservoir, the bottom grade was depressed at the head 2…
Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881.
…of the dam, shad fish annually ascended the
river some miles above the present lake. The fishinf is now entirely
confined to trout, perch, and other fresh water fish.
In iSoo it was proposed to render the Croton river navigable…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The line cuts a small section of marble of inferior quality, about two miles below the Croton dam. In running through the State farm
at Sing Sing, it passes a few hundred feet
(mostly by a tunnel) in a marble…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…From Clendinning Valley the Aqueduct soon reaches the
Receiving Reservoir which is thirty-eight miles from the
Croton Dam. This Reservoir occupies an elevated part of the island
between 79th and 86th streets and between the 6th and 7th
Avenues…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…On the other side is the Queen of Cities, calling attention to a picture, representing the
Dam at the Croton River, the origin of the aqueduct. On the lower part of the border,
surrounding the picture, are emblazoned the arms…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…French & Hastie, by means of a boat floating through the aqueduct,
between the Croton Dam and Harlem River. Some unimportant defects were discovered
inside the aqueduct, a short time before the water was shut off, and two small leaks ap…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
Could we suppose that the Croton River will ever in any
season of drought, fail to furnish a supply greater than
would be carried off from this Reservoir and the Reservoirs
at the city by evaporation, we have still a…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…From Clendinning Valley the Aqueduct soon reaches the
Receiving Reservoir which is thirty-eight miles from the
Croton Dam. This Reservoir occupies an elevated part of the island
between 79th and 86th streets and between the 6th and 7th
Avenues…
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.
…this loose and disintegrated rock has been removed to the depth of 75 feet below the base of the core wall , for it is only at this great depth that a suitable foundation for extending the dam has been found .