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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…May not this form have been intended to light more perfectly ihe interior, by sooner receiving and longer retaining the rays of the sun? With what point of the compass its
longest sides coincide, has not, that we are aware…
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.
…near its centre, and
form the main stream of the Croton, which falls into
the Hudson on the south side of the striking peninsula of Teller's, or Croton, Point. Five or six small
streams, the largest of which, is…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2013/07/29/ruins-of-the-underhill-wine-cellars/
Ruins of the Underhill Wine Cellars
Ruins of the Underhill Wine Cellars
The article presents three undated photographs, likely from the 1920s or 1930s, documenting the remnants of wine cellars on Croton Point. These images were captured by Leslie V…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2013/07/29/ruins-of-the-underhill-wine-cellars/
Ruins of the Underhill Wine Cellars
Ruins of the Underhill Wine Cellars
The article presents three undated photographs, likely from the 1920s or 1930s, documenting the remnants of wine cellars on Croton Point. These images were captured by Leslie V…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2013/07/29/ruins-of-the-underhill-wine-cellars/
Ruins of the Underhill Wine Cellars
Ruins of the Underhill Wine Cellars
The article presents three undated photographs, likely from the 1920s or 1930s, documenting the remnants of wine cellars on Croton Point. These images were captured by Leslie V…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…a
height, rising up pyramid,and may answer to point out to
strangers, the line of the aqueduct, as well as vents, through which the
collected air may
discharge itself.
CROTON ACIUEDUCT. 173
There is, in addition to the above…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…A very serious loss, the first that deserves the name, occurred to the work on the
night of the 7th January, 1841, by a great and sudden rise in the water of the Croton,
and consequently of the Croton Lake…
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.
Frost
estate!, Croton, saw a barge tilled with men from the "Vulture"
approaching the shore. They seized their gnus, which they had taken
with them to their work, ran to the river, concealed themselves behind some rocks, and as the…
Higgins, Alvin McCaslin. The Story of Croton. Paper read before the Ossining Historical Society, 1938. Published posthumously in The Quarterly Bulletin of the Westchester County Historical Society, Vol. 16, No. 3 (1940), pp. 49-63.
Four years after the Manor of Philipseburgh had been established,
on June 17, 1697, Stephanus Van Cortlandt had secured the entire
northern party of Westchester County, from the Croton River to Putnam County and Connecticut--amassing together eighty-six thousand…
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 mouth of the Croton, is represented as one of the
most formidable and ancient of Indian fortresses south of the Highlands. Its precise location
was at the entrance or neck of Teller's Point (called Senasqua), and west of…
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.
…The following orders from the Baron de Kalb bear date,
'' Camp near Croton Bridge, 19th July, 1778. " Colonel Malcolm's regiment is ordered to march at 2 o'clock
to-morrow morning to the fort at West Point, on Hudson…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
That of the West Point Foundry Association being found a shade lower than the others,
a contract was passed with them, with adequate personal security on their part for the due
fulfilment of their undertaking.
The Commissioners also let out…
Various (1971)
— source
…Since part of the site had been scraped by a commercial bulldozer prior to its discovery, depth was taken from a constant point. Each square was excavated in three levels: Level No. 52, July 1971 23 1, surface and topsoil…
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.
…Its precise location
was at the entrance or neck of Teller's Point (called Senasqua), and west of the cemetery of
the Van Cortlandt family. The traditional sachem was Croton. There was apparently a
division of chieftaincies at one time…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…Considered in a dietetical point of view, water serves three important purposes in
the animal economy ; namely, it repairs the loss of the aqueous part of the blood,
caused by the action of the secreting and exhaling organs ; secondly, it…
croton_point_landfill_rod_1993_raw.txt
…I HIGHLIGHTS OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION Residents and environmental groups in the immediate vicinity of the site have shown very strong interest in the Croton Point Landfill site throughout the remedial process. Public maetings and other events have been held to…
Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)
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…The fact that many aboriginal cultures are represented by the artifact collection, leads one to believe that the site may not have been occupied permanently by any of them, but may have been a gathering place or a portaging point…
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.
…Clinton's return in force to the northwestern section
of Westchester County after Wayne's recapture of Stony Point was
made by way of the " Xew Bridge " at the mouth of the Croton River;
and it was by the same…
Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)
— source
…Thus the only pottery we have found in two years of digging at Kettle Rock Point is very early. This earliness or priority is confirmed by its stratigraphic position. The midden where our latest Vinette I-like pottery occurs itself…
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.
…Jn the vicinity of
Sing Sing the sliores of the Croton bay are decked with numerous
country seats. The first property south of the Croton in this
town is that of Col. Joseph Hunt, whose family purchased of the
commissioners…
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…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2015/03/18/the-mystery-of-the-underhill-medal/
…Underhill, commemorated his cultivation of Isabella and Catawba grapes on Croton Point. Mike's grandfather found the artifact while tilling his garden and passed it along as a "lucky charm," sparking questions about its origins and journey to Long Island…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2015/03/18/the-mystery-of-the-underhill-medal/
…Underhill, commemorated his cultivation of Isabella and Catawba grapes on Croton Point. Mike's grandfather found the artifact while tilling his garden and passed it along as a "lucky charm," sparking questions about its origins and journey to Long Island…
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.
…William, of Teller's Point, 160. Teller's Point, sec Croton Point. Ten Farms. The. 140. Tetard, John Peter (Rev.), 321. Tetard's Hill. 140, 310. Thacher. James (Dr.) 475. 498, 519. 520. Thomas. John (Judge), 289. 314. 427. Thomas…
Various (1967)
— source
…The real date of the Croton Point shell midden (Brennan 1963:14) tested at 5863 ± 200 (Y 1315) would be 7108 B.P. The real No. 39, March 1967 11 date of the Otter Creek phase hearth at Sylvan Lake…
Ruttenber, E.M. History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River; their origin, manners and customs; tribal and sub-tribal organizations; wars, treaties, etc., etc. Albany: J. Munsell, 1872.
…gives the name of
Kitcbawonck to the Croton river. The site of the present vil
the Indians
Sinksink"
lage of Peekskill was called Sackhoes and was occupied by an
Teller's point was called
Indian village known by that name…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…This formation of country continues to, and is terminated by, the Harlem river, at
the point where the aqueduct intersects it, which is one mile northwesterly from
Macombs' dam.. The length of the aqueduct from the Croton dam to 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.
…Farther
down the prominent peninsula, of Croton Point juts out from the
Westchester shore a distance of a mile and a half. Next the river
spreads out into another noble bay, called the Tappan Sea. which
extends to near Dobbs…
Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. The Hudson River from Ocean to Source: Historical, Legendary, Picturesque. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903.
Its curving contours, from
any point of view, are so nearly perfect that it is inconceivable that the work now going on can result in
anything but permanent injury. No one can tell how
long this outrage is to continue…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…When the heat reaches
the point, at which thawing or boiling takes place, the temperature makes a
stand ; a portion of it disappears, or becomes latent, as it is called ; thus the
temperature of ice cannot be raised, till the…