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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The supply of this aqueduct is derived from the mountains of Cintra. Its course is
between 8 and 9 miles, and it terminates in the city, in a Chateau d'Eau or Castellum, whence the waters are distributed to numerous…
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…A two-day festival organized by the Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct in celebration of the Old Croton Aqueduct. C conduit: A tunnel or channel for carrying water or other fluids. Aqueduct Commission: Created by the passage of “An…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Delorme also mentions a circumstance in this syphon aqueduct, which has given rise
to much discussion among those who have examined the subject ;
he states that these
syphon pipes, after having descended about 75 feet, each divided itself into two…
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…
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…Theophilus Schramke, Map of Croton Watershed and Aqueduct Route. From Description of the New York Croton Aqueduct in English, German and French. 1846 Courtesy William Lee Frost. Photo: J. Kennedy Panetta In 1836 the State Legislature felt pressure to act…
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…A more clearly defined difference between the visibility of the Old versus the New Aqueduct conduits is illustrated as the Aqueducts cross the Harlem River between the Bronx and Manhattan. The conduit associated with the Old Croton Aqueduct is carried…
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…Kennedy Harnik once, -when required for the aqueduct, became of great and intrinsic value in the estimation of the owners and their neighbors ....^^ Eventually, the City paid $165,786 for 813 acres of rural West- chester land. Although modest In…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…This fountain is furnished with
water by the Aqueduct called Aqua Paolo ; and it runs
from the basin, in a very large stream into several canals,
whence it is employed to work various corn, paper, and
other mills, as well…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The total expenditures up to 31st December, 1841, for all objects connected with the
aqueduct, were $7,107,463 03.
. The early part of the working season of 1842 was rainy, and occasioned some solicitude lest the contractors, especially those…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
to this be added the great length of the aqueduct to be built, and the large amount of excavation to be effected, in many places from fifteen to thirty feet in depth, and that through
a soil abounding with rock…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The work performed during the winter consisted, principally, of excavation of earth
and rock, in tunnelling, and in quarrying stone, and preparing them for use in the construction of the culverts, bridges, and other erections connected with the
aqueduct, which…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…He is also, under the direction of the Committee, to advertise for, and make contracts,
examine and certify bills and generally to perform such duty as may be refor work,
quired of him by the Croton Aqueduct Committee. He is…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The work on this dam is now so nearly completed, that whenever it
is considered safe and proper to do so, the quantity of water sent into the aqueduct may
be increased to its full capacity. This massive structure, of…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…The Aqueduct has a cast iron
lining over this bridge (as it has over all of this character)
it is formed of plates five eighths of an inch thick, put
together with screw-bolts and nuts and the joints closely…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The Legislature also passed a law authorizing the construction of the aqueduct
through lands belonging to the State, at Sing Sing. In their Report of 9th January, 1837, the Commissioners reiterate the account of
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…Numerous articles about the Aqueduct, which appeared in magazines ranging from Harper's Weekly to Scientific American after 1850, are embellished with not only the types of scenes described above but also — beginning with the enlargement of High Bridge in…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Lorenzo placed over the Marcian aqueduct, that he repaired the
channels of all the waters, that is to say, of the seven we have enumerated.
No other structures of this sort were erected at Rome until the time of Caligula…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The Commissioners present this brief but clear sketch of the respective divisions of
the aqueduct line, and of the great natural difficulties to be overcome ;
146 MEMOIR OF THE
The country through which our line of aqueduct lias to pass…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The first and second divisions, which are included in the contracts made, embrace a
line of aqueduct of 21 miles in length, and the Commissioners were only waiting for the
possession of the land, then just adjudicated to them, extending…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Of the arcades forming that part of the aqueduct called Langoneau, only seven piers
remain, arid these of the common reticulated masonry. The valley between Soncieu and
Chaponost is about 200 feet deep. Five ranges of arcades, placed one over…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…The Aqueduct enters the
town on its northern side, at a place called da Amoreira, where
it branches into several others, in order to supply the different
fountains, from which the inhabitants are supplied. Persons,
denominated gallegos, obtain a subsistence…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
be the works of conquerors and kings, they have not equalled in forecast of design, and
beneficence of result, the noble aqueduct, constructed at their own cost, by the freemen of
the single city of New York.
THE CELEBRATION
OP…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The high bridge over the Harlem River, reappears in this report, as a difficult, costly,
and not necessary work and inasmuch as the plan agreed upon by the former Commissioners, was not to continue the grade line of the aqueduct…
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…County Clerk Section of the Aqueduct with Iron Lining, c. 1837-39 Ink and watercolor on paper; 14^4 x 17 V2 inches Jervis Public Library. Rome, NY, drawing #205 Possibly by John B. Jervis. Croton Aqueduct — Detail of Iron…
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Woodlawn Cemetery Wyckoff House Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead Westchester County Aaron Copland House Armour–Stiner House Boston Post Road Historic District Croton Aqueduct Elephant Hotel Henry Draper Observatory John Hartford House Kykuit Lyndhurst Old
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A. Arthur Home Chrysler Building Church of the Ascension, Episcopal Cooper Union Croton Aqueduct Daily News Building Duke Ellington House Dyckman House Eldridge Street Synagogue Empire State Building Equitable Building Flatiron Building Founder's
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Community College Brooklyn Bridge Brooklyn Heights Center for Brooklyn History Conference House Croton Aqueduct Green-Wood Cemetery Jackie Robinson House King Manor Lorillard Snuff Mill Louis Armstrong House New York Botanical Garden Old Quaker
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…It is furnished with a
waste gate, and, at a short distance below, the water from the reservoir is carried across
a ravine by a short aqueduct. About two miles from this is another bendt, erected in
1163, which corresponds…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…It shall be the duty of the Water Commissioners of the city of New York, to
finish and complete the aqueduct for supplying the said city with water, down to and
including the distributing reservoir at Murray's hill, according…
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…http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_ your_park/highbridge/html/hb_coalition_programs.html an exposed section of the aqueduct tunnel. websites: http://vcpark.org/park/features/ old_croton_aqueduct_trail.html; see also http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park…