…The Croton Aqueduct was designed to supply the city of New York with an abundance of pure and wholesome water. It commences about six miles above the mouth of the Croton river, where a dam has been constructed to elevate…

…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…

…the Croton reservoir, which has been formed by the erection of the Croton dam and other work necessary to obtain the water, at a suitable level on the Croton river, as without this dam and reservoir, the aqueduct would have…

…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…

…The beautiful sheet of water now formed by the dam, the Board have called the Croton River Lake, as readily distinguishing it from the entirely artificial reservoirs. The highest point of land on the eastern side of it, in a…

…water runs," continue to be promoted by the great work, to which these gentlemen devoted such faithful and intelligent care. On the 20th January, 1843, the then Commissioners made their final report, which, announced the completion of the Croton Dam…

Croton Dam Stein, Albert Engineer, 133, 61 147, 79, 86, 87, 8, 91 Syphon Bridge, 160 Croton Maid, 193, 78, 9, 20, 24, 6, 15, 195 Supply of Water, 215 Curtis, Zebina, Water Project, 89 Taxes Ward, 139 Clendening Valley…

…When it became certain, in 1831, that the water-supply problem was to find its solution in a continuous aqueduct from the Croton -- such a continuous aqueduct being practicable in this case because of the Croton's sufficiently lofty elevation…

…French & Hastie, by means of a boat floating through the aqueduct, between the Croton Dam and Harlem River. Some unimportant defects were discovered inside the aqueduct, a short time before the water was shut off, and two small leaks ap…

…The profile of the face of the dam corresponds with the curved form which the water will assume in pouring over it, and is coped with cut stone, in the most substantial manner. At the toe of the dam, a…

At 300 feet below the main dam, a second dam is in progress, which is to be 9 feet high, constructed of timber, stone and gravel, which will set the water back over the of the main and form a…

…Croton dam , thus at once cutting off the supply of water to the city until the old dam could be repaired and in addition postponing indefinitely the time when the city could have the addi- tional supply of water which…

…State Water Commission formed 1849: The State Water Commission was disbanded and the Croton Aqueduct Board established 1870: Department of Water Works supersedes the Croton Aqueduct Board 1883: New York City establishes the Board of Aqueduct Commissioners 1905: The Board…

…twenty-three sections of the Croton Aqueduct, including the dam in the Croton, the aqueduct bridge over Sing Sing Kill, and the necessary excavations and tunnelling on the line of about S miles from the Croton to Sing Sing village."

Commencing at the south side of the gate chamber at the Croton dam, The 1st plane of Aqueduct extends 26099.72 ft. or 4,943 miles, and the descent 2.94 ft. The 2d plane of do. extends 148121.25ft…

…If the river, as low down as the proposeds ite for the dam, will be closed by a CROTON AQUEDUCT. 133 covering of ice for three months in the year, we should think the cutting off so much of the…

The bridge across the Croton River, which was made in lieu of the one overflown by the water of the river, and the portion of the turnpike also required to be made, are both done, as well as the private…

…seven feet, by a discharge through the aqueduct, not more than 35 millions can be calculated on as the average delivery during that time. The flow of the Croton in ordinary low water exceeds 50 millions for 24 hours, and…

…French & Hastie, by means of a boat floating through the aqueduct, between the Croton Dam and Harlem River. Some unimportant defects were discovered inside the aqueduct, a short time before the water was shut off, and two small leaks ap-

White presented various plans and estimates, some for an open canal to Macomb's dam, and thence the water to be raised by means of the water power furnished by the dam to the requisite elevation on the New York…

…conduit pursuing this grade, corresponds with the top of the dam on the Croton but in order to adapt the aqueduct to draw at a lower level from the Croton ; reservoir, the bottom grade was depressed at the head 2…

…the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow of water direct from the res- ervoir to the old aqueduct below the dam . These two…

…the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow of water direct from the res- ervoir to the old aqueduct below the dam . These two…

…the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow of water direct from the res- ervoir to the old aqueduct below the dam . These two…

…the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow of water direct from the res- ervoir to the old aqueduct below the dam . These two…

…the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow of water direct from the res- ervoir to the old aqueduct below the dam . These two…

…the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow of water direct from the res- ervoir to the old aqueduct below the dam . These two…

…An underground vertical passageway; Shafts are a building typology introduced to the New Croton Aqueduct conduit. These structures filled the niche of the Old Croton Aqueduct’s ventilators in providing circulation to the water underneath. More importantly, they also provided…

…ing the water line of the basin formed by the dam the land that Avill be overflowed on ; both sides of the river the line traced for the aqueduct the depth of excavations and the ; ; MEMOIR OF THE height of…

…Aqueduct of Spoleto, Italy, .... - 3'^ Sections of the Croton Aqueduct, - - - - 84 & 86 Entrance Ventilator, .'.-■-- 88 Isometrical View of Culvert, ------ 90 Tunnel and Gate Chamber at the head of the Aqueduct, - - 92 View above the Croton Dam, ------ 95 Entablature over the…