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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…by the creation of a public fund or stock, to be called, " The
Water Stock of the City of New-York," which shall bear an interest not exceeding five
per cent, per annum, and shall be redeemable at a period…
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.
The failure of this embankment might not only create a devastating flood in the valley below , but also cause a current above , of such irresistible velocity , as would de- stroy the earthen part of the old Croton dam , thus at…
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.
The failure of this embankment might not only create a devastating flood in the valley below , but also cause a current above , of such irresistible velocity , as would de- stroy the earthen part of the old Croton dam , thus at…
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.
The failure of this embankment might not only create a devastating flood in the valley below , but also cause a current above , of such irresistible velocity , as would de- stroy the earthen part of the old Croton dam , thus at…
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.
The failure of this embankment might not only create a devastating flood in the valley below , but also cause a current above , of such irresistible velocity , as would de- stroy the earthen part of the old Croton dam , thus at…
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.
The failure of this embankment might not only create a devastating flood in the valley below , but also cause a current above , of such irresistible velocity , as would de- stroy the earthen part of the old Croton dam , thus at…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Representatives of the Grand Lodges of New Jersey, Connecticut, Georgia, South
Carolina, District of Columbia, and Hamburg, with small banners of arms. The Officers of the Grand Lodge. Grand Tiler, with drawn sword. Four Grand Stewards with white rods. Grand…
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 New York and Hudson River road was chartered by the legislature in May, 1846, and the company was soon after organized, Mr. John B. Jervis, the engineer of the Croton Aqueduct, being employed as chief engineer. Work was begun…
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.
…1826, and is entitled "An
act to incorporate the New- York and Harlem Spring Water Company." Anson G. Phelps
and James Renwick, Esquires, and their associates, are declared a body corporate for the
purpose of supplying the city of New…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
ing for a patent for his discovery, and that when completed, they would make proposals
to the Board, for a contract for furnishing the city of New York with water. The Board adopted a resolution expressive of their desire to…
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…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The north end
of the new weir is germinated by an abutment that rises 12 feet above it. From the toe of
the masonry an apron is extended 35 feet, composed of hewn timber secured by ties, bolts,
and treenails…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The fifty companies of
the city were all in the ranks, with guests from Philadelphia, New Jersey, Connecticut,
Long Island, and from other quarters we believe. The Butchers were as numerous and respectable a body of men as could be…
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.
…This report
marks the beginning, as a serious undertaking, of the project to
conduct the Croton water to the city. The history of New York's water supply is the subject of a monumental work by Mr. Edward Wegmann (published…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…wholesome water can be
obtained on this Island, for the wants of a large and rapidly increasing city like New
York. The various perforations which have been made, in the absence of all other proof,
would sufficiently establish this position…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…it by steam
power into the filtering reservoir, distributes it by carts like the, now obsolete, water-carts of New- York, among
its customers.
The fountains in the streets and public places of Paris, are frequent and among the
;
unfinished…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Harlem heights." This led to the incorporation by
the next Legislature, in 1827, of a fourth company, called the New- York Well
Company. The water was to be procured on the island, by sinking wells in the most elevated
grounds…
comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
…The Croton Trails Committee completed a Village Trailway Master Plan in 1993, establishing and mapping an interconnected Village-wide network of existing and proposed trails that link open space sites, and connect to the Old Croton Aqueduct Trailway that runs…
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.
…Nothing less than a
river, distributed through thousands of channels, and brought to the premises of every
householder, will be commensurate to the wants of a population such as the city of New-
York contains, and will contain. If further…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…and that when completed, they would make proposals
to the Board, for a contract for furnishing the city of New York with water. The Board adopted a resolution expressive of their desire to encourage Mr. Rumsey's
invention, and to…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…Rendering of the proposed blue-painted line running the length of the Old Croton Aqueduct, as well as a temporary QR code sign painted on the sidewalk Facing Page: Rendering of medium-sized sign panels installed on the New Ossining…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The acknowledgement was taken, on the same day, by Henry White, Esq., one of his
Majesty's Council for the State of New York, and the deeds were recorded in
the Office of
the Secretary of State, at Albany, on…
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.
…All nations, ancient and modern,
employed this machine and the Long Island and New Jersey farmer now raises water
;
from his well, by the same contrivance in use in the time of the Pharoah's.
The Swape is still in…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…Instead of designing a new large signage scheme, we would like to work with Croton signs that have recently been proposed by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, designed by Nancy Owens Studio. These signs are three…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…But we know that slavery was coeval with the foundation of Rome for although Romu-
;
lus, as it is related by Livy, at the commencement, and in order to increase its popula-
218 MEMOIR OP THE
tion, made his new…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…Therefore in the following section we will present a survey of existing interpretation of the Croton Waterworks, as well as a range of proposed interpretation. Plan/Guidelines 50 as is the case for the Old Croton Aqueduct portion of the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
To bring the water of the Passaic, taken above the falls at Paterson, New
Jersey and to cross the Hudson by iron pipes laid on the bottom of the river to cost
$1,932,000.
4th. A plan of his…