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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.
The water has usually flowed at the depth of two and a quarter feet in the aqueduct,
but has been as- high as three and a half feet, and between the Croton Dam and Sing Sing
waste wier (nearly 8…
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.
…It was originally
proposed to construct the new Croton Dam at Quaker Bridge, but
that plan was abandoned, and in August, 1892, the contract was
awarded for the Cornell Dam, now approaching completion, about
a mile and a half above…
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.
…Previous to the erection of the Croton dam, the
shad fish annually ascended the river to Whitlocksville a distance
of nearly thirty miles from the Hudson ; trout are taken here in
great abundance.
" The several tributaries of the Croton in…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…To obtain this velocity, a weir or
dam was erected across the mouth of the lake to preserve its waters at the proper height,
and the usual means of regulating the head, and disposing of the superfluous water by
sluices…
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.
…To reach the foundation of each
pier a coffer-dam was built and pumped out until the
sand bottom was excavated and the solid rock laid bare
or a firm pile foundation prepared on which the masonry was laid. Above…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The water has usually flowed at the depth of two and a quarter feet in the aqueduct,
but has been as- high as three and a half feet, and between the Croton Dam and Sing Sing
waste wier (nearly 8…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
If the river should ever be made navigable, by the removal of the mills at
Kingsbridge, and of the obstruction of the dam at Macomb's Bridge, the facility afforded by the
low bridge, of an archway of 80 feet…
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.
…Previous to the erection of the Croton dam, the shad fish annually ascended the river to Katonah or Wittlockville, a distance of nearly thirty
miles from the Hudson ; trout are taken here in great abundance. The
several tributaries of the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Macomb, it is to be
diverted, carried through Mill Brook, thence through a deep cutting to the valley of the
Morrisania Creek, and so, to Macomb's Dam. The water to be taken from the Bronx, at
an elevation of…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…In relation to the time required for the completion, I think five years as little, as
should be calculated for the bridge while the tunnel, if successful in putting
;
down the coffer dam, may be completed in four years. It…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…He states that the Little Rye pond contained fifty acres, and the Big Rye pond, five hundred acres those ponds he proposed to convert into reservoirs, by building a dam six feet
;
high, which would make more than six hundred…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…From Mill River the Aqueduct passes the village of
Tarrytown and through one tunnel and over several depressions and streams, reaching Jewell's Brook which is
seventeen and a half miles from the dam. This stream
enters the Hudson River…
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…The following table shows the length of the Aqueduct as it is divided into differ- ent planes of descent, from the gate chamber at the Croton dam to the gate chamber at the Receiving Reservoir on the Island of New…
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…only of the building of the Croton Aqueduct but also the beauty of its surroundings and how it complemented them. For example, he not- ed that the clearing of the area around the Dam and the juxtaposi- tion with man…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…Notwithstanding the immense volume discharged at the overfall of
the dam, the water was rising, during the night previous to
this disaster, at the rate of fourteen inches per hour over the
illustrations_aqueduct_raw.txt
…idea of building a dam across the Hudson. We have now gone over most of the preliminary steps which were taken before deciding upon the source for a supply of water. — Having fixed upon the Croton River as a stream…
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…This crossing is thirty-three miles from the Croton Dam, and about ten miles from the City-Hall. The distance across this valley is about a quarter of a mile, and the surface of the River is 120 feet below…
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
Before the deputy sheriffs about the works knew of the arrival of troops in Croton valley the strikers were aware of it. There was a blowing of horns, and while the troops were resting at the station waiting for the…
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…Like the railroad, the construction of the Croton and New Croton Dams and the New Croton Aqueduct played an important role in shaping Croton-on-Hudson’s development. Construction began on the Croton Dam in 1837 after several water crises…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Commissioners to take possession upon agreement or due appraisement, of lands or roads overflowed by the construction of the dam, and to make new roads and bridges in lieu of
those rendered useless, the following clause is inserted :
11. The…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…In relation to the time required for the completion, I think five years as little, as
should be calculated for the bridge while the tunnel, if successful in putting
;
down the coffer dam, may be completed in four years. It…
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.
…1st, the Southern section of the
county, from New York Island to White Plains ; 2d,
The 3Iiddle section, from White Plains to Croton
Lake ; and 3d, the Northern section, north of the
Croton Lake.
The southern section is composed of…
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.
…At five o'clock on the morning of the
22d of June, water to the depth of eighteen inches was admitted into
the aqueduct from Croton Lake. A boat called the 4k Croton Maid,"
carrying four persons, was placed in…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…To obtain this velocity, a weir or
dam was erected across the mouth of the lake to preserve its waters at the proper height,
and the usual means of regulating the head, and disposing of the superfluous water by
sluices…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…They have, therefore, deemed it their duty to ascertain
by actual survey, whether a dam may not be raised at some point nearer the mouth of the
river, than that proposed by their report of 1833, from which might be…
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.
…Previous to the erection of the Croton dam, the
shad fish annually ascended the river to Whitlocksville a distance
of nearly thirty miles from the Hudson ; trout are taken here in
great abundance.
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 Croton Aqueduct or High Bridge. --
The high bridge which crosses the Harlem River
at the northwest corner of Morrisania was built as
an aqueduct to convey the water of the Croton River
to the reservoirs of New York City…
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…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…This bridge is twenty-one miles
from the dam. From Hastings the Aqueduct continues along the bank of
the Hudson until it reaches the village of Yonkers where it
leaves the valley of the Hudson, and passing through a tunnel…