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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The length of the new
part of the dam (the mason work of the old dam not having been carried away) is 180 feet;
so that with the mason work of the first erected dam, which still remains, it will…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The disadvantage under which this company labored, in
competition with the New River Company whose distribution was through iron pipes
still The company, therefore, dragged feebly on, till the
further diminished the returns.
building of the New London Bridge, in…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Townsend presented a report from the Lyceum of Natural
History, in New York, in answer to queries addressed to that Society, relative to the
probable supply and quality of water which Manhattan Island might furnish. As a disposition then existed…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Townsend presented a report from the Lyceum of Natural
History, in New York, in answer to queries addressed to that Society, relative to the
probable supply and quality of water which Manhattan Island might furnish. As a disposition then existed…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
" There were three
bridges below, one called Tompkins' Bridge, valued
at 1400 dollars, the bridge at the Wire Mill, cost 1200 dollars, and the Quaker Bridge over which
Tompkins Bridge was
the New York and Albany stages pass, valued at…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Now, although the Commissioners have no reason to doubt that the waters of the upper
Hudson are perfectly pure, and that by building a water-tight dam across the river, from
this city to the shores of New Jersey, the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The whole yield of all the pumps was 1954
hogsheads per hour.*
The lease and management of these works, continued in Morice's family till 1701,
when, finding the profits diminished by the competition of the New River Company the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The old Chronicler, Stowe, thus relates the rejoicings, on the occasion of first letting
the water of the New River into the cisterns or reservoirs prepared for it. "
Being brought to the intended cistern, but not, as yet, the water…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…This dam sets the water of the river back five miles, and forms a reservoir of about
four hundred acres, and has rendered it necessary to construct several new roads and
bridges as a substitute for those covered by the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Hence it may be believed, as I now think myself that many things supposed to be new, and now for the first time invented, may have been thought of long before, even in remote ages. Traite de la Construction des…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…bottom of the race to the rock at the foot of Fairmount, and
thence up the bank into the new reservoir. At the end of the pipe there is a stop-cock,
which is closed when needful for any purpose…
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.
…The dam across the Croton River was commenced in January, 1838,
and was completed about the end of 1840. This dam was formed of
1 All the original commissioners except I'.. new board. Mr. Brown
M. Brown served until the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
New- York, February 26, 1799. DEAR SIR I last night received your letter, dated yesterday the resolutions of the-
: ;
Common Council discover a mistake as to the character under which the gentlemen
named in them, made their communication to yourself…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…In addition to the supply from the New River, this company, in fulfilment of their
contract with the London Bridge Water Works Company, have a steam engine of 100
horse power on the banks of the Thames, between Blackfriars and…
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.
…The New River establishment at London charges all dwellings at the rate of five per cent.
on the rent of the same, which appears to be a good criterion to regulate the charge, and
this rate would produce a revenue…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Croton to the Harlem, will be
finished, some years, before the expensive and difficult work over the latter river can be."
Much, however, and of very difficult and expensive construction, remained to be done
on the island of New York…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…It must also be recollected that the principal supply of the city of London is procured from the New
River
and the River Lea, by the means of an open canal. The canal, to maintain its level,
meanders a distance…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
I have reason to love the State of New York, not merely like all her sons, but
I owe her a debt that few are ever permitted to incur. If, short of Heaven, I have an object paramount to her…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…As human beings were aggregated into larger societies, and the progress of civilization and refinement produced new and artificial wants, all the known modes of obtaining
water from wells, springs, fountains and rivers, were found insufficient, and it became an…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Next year, a new set of schemes seems to have been started, one was to bring the
Housatonic river to New York in an open canal, as well for purposes of commerce, as
for supplying water to the city, and…
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.
Just south of the Haskin property, extending east
from the Croton Aqueduct to the valley of the Mill
Brook, were the Butler, Berrian, Bassford and Fisher
farms, now mostly cut up into village lots and fiist
improving. Just west of…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Comprising
The Butchers of the cities of New York and Brooklyn.
SEVENTH DIVISION,
Under the direction of Mr. John Ridley, assisted by Mr. Silas S. Howell, aids to the
Grand Marshal. Comprising
1. Gold and Silver Artisans.
2. Mercantile Library…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Company, and the vesting,
exclusively, all such powers for the purpose aforesaid in the Corporation of the city of
New York, and further enabling the Corporation to raise by loans, a sum not exceeding
$2,000,000, for introducing an…
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 origin of the name is to be
found in the word Sint-sinck, the title of a powerful clan of the Mohegan
CROTON AQUEDUCT AT SING SING.
or river Indians, who called this spot Os-sin-ing, from ossin…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Although privileged by their charter to go over the whole island of New York,
and into West Chester County, to seek for good water, the Company contented themselves with sinking a large well at the corner of Duane and Cross…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The moneys to be raised by virtue of this act, shall be applied and expended
to and for the purpose of supplying the city of New- York with pure and wholesome
water, according to the plan so adopted and ratified…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Followed by,
New York Hose Company No. 5. Four wheeled hose carriage, painted green,
polished brass scrolls and mountings ;
a gilded arch sprung, from the top of the reel, surmounted by an eagle, from whose talons garlands of natural flowers…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The disadvantage under which this company labored, in
competition with the New River Company whose distribution was through iron pipes
still The company, therefore, dragged feebly on, till the
further diminished the returns.
building of the New London Bridge, in…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…commence operations, on condition of furnishing about a third part of the water for the
supply of one of the new public fountains, and dividing with the apostolic chamber, th
revenue which would arise from the disposal of the remainder.