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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…In April, of next year, the Committee, consisting of Stephen Allen, Judah Hammond,
CROTON AGlUEDUOT. H. I. Wyckoff, and H. Mead, reported that they, in company with Mr. Carrol, who had
examined the Rye pond and the Bronx river, at…
Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…When the Croton dam gave way in the fixll of 1840, the wild,
hurryins: torrent, as it approached nearer and nearer, is said to
have sent a savage roar through these woods, causing the very
watch-dogs to howl for…
illustrations_aqueduct_raw.txt
Croton River where a dam could be constructed that would turn the water into a channel having a gradual descent to the required elevation at the city. So that it may easily be conceived, it is only diverting the water…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Croton, making a distance of forty miles. From Crawford's Mills, the route by an undulating course, requiring the construction of two tunnels,
one 1,320 yards in length, and the second 1,760 yards, reached Macomb's dam, at…
Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
Much valuable property was destroyed in this vicinity by the
great Croton flood of 1840, caused by the giving way of the dam,
on which occasion the river (directly opposite the mansion) rose
suddenly to the height of eight feet…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…This completed the contracts, from the dam at the Croton to the distributing reservoir, a distance of about 41 miles, and all the work was to be finished in 1841.
The opposition, however, to the syphon bridge over the Harlem…
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 line was divided into four divisions, the first extending from the Croton ten and one-half miles
to below Sing Sing, the second ten miles farther to Hastings, the
third ten miles to Fordham Church, and the fourth ten…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The whole length of aqueduct
now under contract, extending from the Croton to the Harlem River, is THIRTY-THREE
MILES.
Owing to a turn-out for wages early in the season, the work on the line between the
dam and…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…By
rebuilding and raising the dam, a head of 142 feet above tide would be obtained, and
no serious obstacles occur in the route before intersecting those laid out for the Croton. But upon guaging the streams of supply, it…
comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
…PAGE 55 CROTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 126 Old Post Road North. 126 Old Post Road was built in 1905 in the English Cotswald style. The fieldstone house was built from the same stone used in the construction of the Croton Dam…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Commencing at the Croton dam, on a level 40 feet above the river, which descends from
this point to tide-water, at the average rate of 25 feet to the mile, the grade of the aqueduct was compelled to encounter…
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.
…of the core wall , for it is only at this great depth that a suitable foundation for extending the dam has been found . The removal of this soft rock and the replacing it with masonry has again materially in- creased…
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. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition.
…When the Croton dam gave way in the fall of 1 840, the wild, hurrying torrent -- as it approached nearer and nearer -- is said to have sent a
savage roar through these woods, causing the very watch-dogs to howl…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…An archway over the Highland turnpike, now highway, about eleven miles
below the Croton dam, of 20 feet span, and 14 feet in height.
4th.
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…7th January, 1841, by a great and sudden rise in the water of the Croton,
and consequently of the Croton Lake, which carried away the dam for a distance of near
200 feet. It was the part described as
an…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…On the other side of the banner the Queen of Cities, represented by a female wearing a crown, is calling attention to a
picture, a view of the dam on the Croton
River
the origin of the aqueduct. On the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
On the other side of the banner the Queen of Cities, represented by a female wearing a crown, is calling attention to a
picture, a view of the dam on the Croton
River
the origin of the aqueduct. On the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…But over and
above the running supply, the Croton lake created by the dam, is estimated to contain
100,000,000 gallons for each foot in depth from the surface, and this may be drawn down
five or six feet…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…The velocity of the water in the Aqueduct has been ascertained to be about one mile and a half an hour when it is
2 feet deep this was determined by floating billets of wood
;
from the Croton Dam to…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Jervis, that he suggested as a temporary expedient, the laying down pipes
along the coffer dam in the river, through which the Croton water might be conducted to
the New York shore. The Commissioners repeat this suggestion without expressing an…
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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .
Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, April 17, 1900: "SERGEANT MURDERED. First Bloodshed in Croton Landing Strike. SOLDIER SHOT BY ASSASSIN. Member of Mount Vernon Militia, While Relieving Guard, Suddenly Falls, Pierced With Bullet Fired By Unknown—Excitement Runs Wild Over Affair." Public-domain newspaper dispatch from Croton Landing covering the first death at Camp Roosevelt during the 1900 New Croton Dam strike — Sergeant Robert Douglass of the Eleventh Separate Company, New York National Guard, shot at 9:50 p.m. April 16, 1900. Transcribed verbatim by Jeff Paine at https://jeffpaine.blogspot.com/2022/12/first-bloodshed-during-croton-dam.html
…With Bullet Fired By Unknown--Excitement Runs Wild Over Affair. CROTON LANDING, N. Y., April 17.--The first bloodshed as the outcome of the strike at the Cornell dam was the life's blood of Sergeant Robert Douglass of the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…up the stream, where there are abundant facilities for such purposes."
The total cost of the aqueduct, from the Croton dam to the distributing reservoir
inclusive, will be nearly 9,000,000 of dollars,
New- York, 27th July, 1842.
The…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw.txt
…In referring to the Croton Lake created by the Dam as the "Fountain Reservoir," Fayette Tower probably used the phrase as a double connotation of the organic water source and the man-made. Natural fountains were an ancient symbol of…
Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…The cost of VI hich is estimated at 230
i;i650
Pine's Bridge crosses the lake about one mile above the dam. On the south side of the Croton is a small settlement bearing
the name of Crotonville, which…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…After following the course of the Aqueduct down from the Old Croton Dam (replaced at the turn of the century by the New Croton Dam), the author recounts in these pages his guided tour of the South Gatehouse, complete with…
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.
…Putnam's
Ikl., 1857.
* Tho liistory of the proceedings wiiich leii to the removal of McConib's
dam nud tho thwarting of tliis plan of the water commissioners will lie
found in subsequent pages of this chapter.
in 1827, to…