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croton_point_sampling_2021_raw.txt
…S0418 D1706 C0106 B1036 B694 F305 E3460 G5072 Kx6 CROTON POINT PARK CROTON, NY 10520 Collection Point : Valhalla, New York 10595 SURFACE RR RIGHT Collected By : STEY & DUVAL Collection Date : 05/06/2021 AT 7:15:00AM Submitted On : 05…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…When the City and State Governments finally gave their formal support to the construction of an aqueduct that would draw water from the distant Croton River Watershed in Westchester and Putnam Counties, Major David Bates Douglass, a West Point professor…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…The failure of this embankment might not only create a devastating flood in the valley below , but also cause a current above , of such irresistible velocity , as would de- stroy the earthen part of the old Croton dam , thus at…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The iron pipes are proposed to be of metal, 1 3-8 inches in thickness, for the part
that passes the tunnel, and 1^ inches until they extend to a point 40 feet above the level
of the river. Branch…
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.
…Nyack signifies " a point of land," and is the equivalent of the Long Island
Nyack ("Kings County) Noyac (Suffolk County). Kiwigtignock. -- Var., Keioightegnack, He-weghtiquack. An elbow of the Croton River. Whquae-tigu-ack, " land at head of the cove…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…As to the first point, the plan proposed by the Corporation is, that the business shall
be executed by the Corporation for their own benefit and that, towards enabling them
;
to do this, the Legislature shall grant to them for…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The estimated cost of carrying the bridge up to its contemplated height, from the
point or position in which it will be, on the 1st of July next, will amount to $596,779. After the water is introduced, by these…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…of timber, stone, and concrete ; and extends some
distance from the toe of the masonry, giving security at the
point where the water has the greatest action. A secondary
dam has been built at a distance of 300 feet from…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…The failure of this embankment might not only create a devastating flood in the valley below , but also cause a current above , of such irresistible velocity , as would de- stroy the earthen part of the old Croton dam , thus at…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…The failure of this embankment might not only create a devastating flood in the valley below , but also cause a current above , of such irresistible velocity , as would de- stroy the earthen part of the old Croton dam , thus at…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…The failure of this embankment might not only create a devastating flood in the valley below , but also cause a current above , of such irresistible velocity , as would de- stroy the earthen part of the old Croton dam , thus at…
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_sampling_2021_raw.txt
…S0594 C0114 F623 D1729 G5148 B1276 B1013 E3135 K8492 K8499 K8763 K0835 K8597 K83 CROTON POINT PARK CROTON, NY 10520 Collection Point : Valhalla,
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The point of distribution of the Anio Novus, above the level of the Tiber, was 158.88 feet that of the Claudia, ;
148.9 feet that of the Julia,
;
129 .4 feet and of the Marcia,
;
125.4 feet. The…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…expecting that it would be accepted
without a full development, but merely to bring the subject to a tangible point." He
then proposes to deliver a sufficient supply of pure water for all present purposes, " in a
permanent aqueduct, ot…
Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)
— source
[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] 16 THE BULLETIN pipe is represented by a stem only, but is unusual in that the rear portion of an animal, possibly a lizard, stands out in relief on the top of the stem…
Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. The Hudson River from Ocean to Source: Historical, Legendary, Picturesque. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903.
…From the vicinity of Fort Lee, Piermont, Croton, Poughkeepsie, and
many another favourable point, they range themselves
" in order serviceable " and wait the advent of the vanguard of that unnumbered host that about the ist of
April begins to move…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
The failure of this embankment might not only create a devastating flood in the valley below , but also cause a current above , of such irresistible velocity , as would de- stroy the earthen part of the old Croton dam , thus at…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
The failure of this embankment might not only create a devastating flood in the valley below , but also cause a current above , of such irresistible velocity , as would de- stroy the earthen part of the old Croton dam , thus at…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
The failure of this embankment might not only create a devastating flood in the valley below , but also cause a current above , of such irresistible velocity , as would de- stroy the earthen part of the old Croton dam , thus at…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
The failure of this embankment might not only create a devastating flood in the valley below , but also cause a current above , of such irresistible velocity , as would de- stroy the earthen part of the old Croton dam , thus at…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
The failure of this embankment might not only create a devastating flood in the valley below , but also cause a current above , of such irresistible velocity , as would de- stroy the earthen part of the old Croton dam , thus at…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…the
force of the fall, by its action on a body of water, there has been constructed, at a point
300 feet below the main dam, a secondary dam of timber and stone, which is 200 feet long
and 9…
Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…The site of an Indian
village is still pointed out, on the borders of the Great Pond,
north of cedar swamp, likewise the remains of a cemetery on
Cedar Point.''
Several roads intersect the town, running principally north
« Co. Rec…
housing_taskforce_report_raw.txt
…Finally, the pandemic may have pushed forward trends towards working from home and away from traditional commuting with parking in the lots at Croton-Harmon Train Station. The recent improvements to Croton Point Avenue may also decrease the need for…
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.
…Morris and his associates to state
that this overt and bold act on their part has preserved to the city the navigation of the stream, and
largely to their efforts is due the fact that some years
later the Croton…
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.
…In order to
make a formidable campaign
on New York City -- which
could proceed only by way of
Kingsbridge, a point not to
be reached except by a long
march down the Westchester County peninsula, and not
to be deliberately…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
A rise, or additional head at Fourteenth-street, (as a starting point,) of three feet,
would give the necessary head to make the water flow over the surface of the highest
streets in the city, and would give an excess…
Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. The Hudson River from Ocean to Source: Historical, Legendary, Picturesque. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903.
…the manor-house at Croton, to which reference
has already been made. A year after the building of
the Peekskill house, Van Cortlandt seems to have been
living in the older one at the Point, for it was there
that…
comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
…The Croton Harmon railroad station, located just west of Route 9 and adjacent to Croton Point Park, is one of the key regional stations on the Metro North commuter railroad and Amtrak’s New York State service. The entire railroad…