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…1890 the new Croton Aqueduct completed. 1890s a series of droughts led the New York City Aqueduct Commission to call for a new aqueduct and reservoir. 1891 the Aqueduct Commission agreed
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…Inside the Old Croton Aqueduct at the weir in Ossining A section of aqueduct inside a viaduct with hydraulic cement lining A
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more info in Aqueduct History, check out these links: A short bibliography compiled by Tom Tarnowsky NYC DEP’s Flickr zccount about NYC Water John Bloomfield Jervis Papers at the Jervis Public Library Croton Aqueduct History – NY Historical Society
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civic rejoicing. Print from Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct – more about the celebration at Croton History The trail is virtually as old as the Aqueduct. It was created for reasons of security – to prevent local opponents of this massive,
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the aqueduct brought the insects into the homes being connected to the new water supply system. [ 14 ] Despite its size, the capacity of the Old Croton Aqueduct could not keep up with the growth of New York City, and construction…
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…Both the trail and the tunnel are part of the Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park , [ 17 ] which was created in 1968 and encompasses the northernmost 26 miles (42 km) of the aqueduct and its right-of-way , from Croton…
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An Aqueduct Ventilator — Harper's Magazine (1860)
Engraving of a ventilation tower along the Croton Aqueduct. These distinctive stone towers, spaced at intervals along the 41-mile route, allowed air circulation in the underground tunnel. They became landmarks along the…
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…Aqueduct Bridge for Road-way, ----- 103 Croton Aqueduct at Mill-River, ... - 104 Croton Aqueduct at Jewell's Brook, - - - 105 Croton Aqueduct at Hastings, ... - - 106 Croton Aqueduct at Yonkers, ----- 108 Croton Aqueduct at Harlem River, - - - - - 110 View of the Jet at…
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Significance(s) Interpretation Sign DOBBS FERRY BARN c 1880s Plate 24-2, Old Croton Aqueduct A maintenance building for the use of the principal superintendent of the aqueduct north of New York City. Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation…
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the home of James Bremner, the principal superintendent of the Aqueduct, north of New York City. The house is a contributing feature of the aqueduct trail, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1992. (Read more about the Keeper…
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of Ossining.) Though the Aqueduct was built to meet the city’s needs for 100 years, the supply was soon insufficient due to the spiraling population growth to which it contributed. The New Croton Aqueduct, triple the size and much…
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Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) NORTH GATEHOUSE Plate 32-3, Old Croton Aqueduct Current Designation(s) Positioned on the northwestern edge of Lake Manahatta and at 72 X 40, the North Gatehouse serves as the inlet feet of…
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New Croton Aqueduct Map, 1884
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Date: Various
Source: crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2012/04/26/new-croton-aqueduct-map-1884/
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Frontispiece — Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct
Frontispiece engraving from Tower's 1843 book documenting the Croton Aqueduct system with detailed illustrations.
Date: 1843
Type: engraving
Subjects: Croton Dam, spillway, bridge, horse-drawn carriage, people
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NYPL / F.B. Tower, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct
Croton Aqueduct Approach to Manhattan
The image depicts a landscape with a large, bare tree in the foreground and a body of water in the background. A structure resembling a small house or shed is visible on the right side…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
In crossing Harlem River there is a fall of 2 feet more
than there would have been had the Aqueduct continued
across with its regular inclination : this extra fall will afford
an opportunity to adjust the number and capacity of…
NYPL, Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Hydrographic Map Showing Line of Croton Aqueduct (1846)
Detailed map from the NYPL Map Division showing the complete route of the Croton Aqueduct from the Croton Dam through Westchester County to Manhattan. Compiled under the direction of chief engineer John…
NYPL, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (F.B. Tower)
Croton Aqueduct Tower in Valley
The image depicts a stone tower standing amidst trees on the edge of a valley, with a body of water in the foreground and a small boat with two people. The Croton Aqueduct bridge is…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…This
valley is four fifths of a mile wide where the Aqueduct
meets it, and the depression is 102 feet below the plane of
Aqueduct grade. Here was an opportunity for constructing a work of
architectural beauty and boldness by…
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Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, Central Park embraced the Old Croton Aqueduct in design. Significance(s) Sign Current Designation(s) COAL INCLINE AND RAILROAD, HIGH SERVICE WORKS - HIGH BRIDGE 1873 (Demolished) Plate 29, Old Croton Aqueduct Supporting the High Service…
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Here are two priceless “bird’s eye” views of the Croton Aqueduct, made eight years apart during the period when New York City was rapidly outgrowing the capacity of what we now call the Old Croton Aqueduct. One map looks…
NYPL, I.N. Phelps Stokes Collection
Croton Aqueduct over Harlem River
Lithograph showing the Croton Aqueduct spanning the Harlem River, with a man fishing in the foreground on the riverbank, surrounded by trees and rocks.
Date: 1844
Location: Harlem River, New York City
Type: lithograph
Subjects…
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The Old and New Croton Aqueduct System (1887)
Map/engraving from Scientific American (June 4, 1887) showing both the Old (dotted line) and New (solid line) Croton Aqueduct routes from Putnam County to Manhattan. A comprehensive overview of the entire…
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Profile of Lower Part of Croton Aqueduct — Jervis/Schramke (1843)
Engineering profile drawn by Theophilus Schramke under the direction of chief engineer John B. Jervis, showing the elevation changes along the lower portion of the Croton Aqueduct as it approached…
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…Aqueduct bridges Where major water courses crossed the line of the Aqueduct it was necessary to build something larger than a culvert, and Jervis was forced to consider aqueduct bridges along the length of the Aqueduct between the Croton Dam…
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…SOUTH YONKERS OPEN-CUT c 1888 Plate 28-XX, New Croton Aqueduct Type Significance(s) Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) TITICUS DAM GATEHOUSE 1890-1895 Plate 7-, New Croton Aqueduct Constructed on the upstream side of the masonry…
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of the New, discharging the water into the east and western divisions Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign JEROME PARK KEEPER’S HOUSE c 1890s (Demolished) Plate 29A-, Old/ New Croton Aqueduct Designed by F. S. Cook, the Jerome Park Keeper…
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Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…Part of this ancient construction, consisting of two arches
substantially built, still exists, near the modern Aqueduct.
The Aqueduct bridge over the valley of Arcueil has twentyfive arches, is 72 feet high and 1,200 feet in length.
In the…
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Archived from the original (PDF) on December 31, 2019 . Retrieved January 23, 2026 . ^ "Record / Historic American Engineering / Old Croton Aqueduct, Ventilator Number 9, Spring & Everett Streets, Ossining, Westchester County, NY" . Library of