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…The collection comprises "a large number of photographs and plans documenting the original Croton Dam, the New Croton Dam and the entire aqueduct system."
Date: Various
Source: crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2013/06/20/new-croton-dam-1978/
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crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2013/06/20/new-croton-dam-1978/
…The collection comprises "a large number of photographs and plans documenting the original Croton Dam, the New Croton Dam and the entire aqueduct system."
Date: Various
Source: crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2013/06/20/new-croton-dam-1978/
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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.
…In 1SH3 he was ai)|)ointed by iNIayor Edson, of New
York, a member of the Aqueduct Commission to determine as to the necessity of a new aqueduct and to
decide upon the route and nuinner of building, a position…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The Square of Cisterns encloses
numerous reservoirs, kept constantly filled with water by an aqueduct from a neighboring
hill, distant two or three miles. The largest of these reservoirs or cisterns, is 102 feet long
and 56 wide, enclosed by…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…It was
not until the pontificate of Nicolas V., that a restoration of an ancient aqueduct was
the Aqua Appia was then begun, and the work continued by Sextus
attempted ;
IV., was
completed by Pius IV., in 1568. At this…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…All the other work on the aqueduct had been done by contract, and it is
reasonably
urged that the same practice should be observed in laying down the distributing pipes. The former Commissioners had so construed the then existing laws…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…CROTON AQUEDUCT. 259
That the city has enjoyed the blessings of peace and prosperity, during the execution of
this noble enterprise, though not unmingled with severe privations, is cause of devout
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
These combinations, in the small quantities in which they exist, in no degree injure the diluent properties of rain water. It is indeed to the presence of the two
elastic gases, that rain water owes the taste which renders it…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
Carbonate of Lime, - 45.86 2.293 53.67 2.190
Carbonate of Magnesia, 18.78 .939 11.87 0.484
Alkaline Carbonates, - 16.57 .828 4.53 0.185
Alkaline Chlorides, 3.87 .193 3.75 0.153
Oxide…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
the salts held by it in solution. But in all such instances, the spirit which is added
proves far more injurious than the small quantity of vegetable and mineral matters
which it is designed to correct. To the latter, the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The aqueduct is built on a foundation of
is the
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…These columnariae are supposed to have been always open at the top,
and to reach above the level of the aqueduct. It was not unusual, when the level from the spring head to the city was obtained, to erect a…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…of these, the Julia, Marcia, and Tepula were
conducted from the purifying reservoirs to the city, over the same aqueduct, as has
already been noticed, one above the other. The Anio Novus, and the Claudia also flowed
in separate channels…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…CROTON AQUEDUCT. 1V3
The Report concludes with the draft of a law embodying the views therein
expressed, and asking authority to borrow
two millions of dollars.
In January of next year, 1832, the Common Council approved the report and the…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
According to Chevreul, pure water alone can reduce
organized substances to this state of softness ; although salt water, alcohol, ether,
and oil, are also imbibed by dry animal textures. Moist animal tissues, by virtue of
their porosity, allow soluble matters…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The Senate created Decemvirs to complete the aqueduct, naming Curius who had
commenced it, and as his colleague, Fabius Flaccus. Curius died soon after the appointment, and the glory of terminating the work accrued to Fabius alone. The Anio Vetus…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Lawrence, Esq., President of the
Croton Aqueduct Board.
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
future ages ; for, indeed, we ought to consider that these
waters had their source and beginning from vast, high
mountains, and were carried over craggy rocks and inaccessible passages ; and to make these ways plain, they had no
help of…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…It is not probable that either plan
can be executed as early as other parts of the aqueduct and it will be proper to lay
;
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
We have accounts of Aqueducts
constructed under the reign of Solomon, and the remains
of them still existing in Palestine, give evidence of an extensive acquaintance with the principles of hydraulics among
the Hebrew architects. The Pools of Solomon, which…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
When
alum is used, two or three grains are sufficient for a quart of water. The alum decomposes the carbonate of lime ; sulphate of lime is formed in solution, and the
alumina precipitates in flocks, carrying with it mechanical impurities…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…A truck surmounted by a banner with the inscription " Croton Aqueduct Depart-
"
ment," bearing several pipes, and workmen, with red caps, on which was inscribed pipe
layers," at work. Banner with portrait of De Witt Clinton, and a view of…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
take some loading ; but when the commander wanted to
sail again he could not raise the anchor. This fact attracted
much attention, and many people went to witness the singular circumstance. The Captain, unwilling to lose his anchor,
sent down…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…On one side stands the, Q,ueen of
Cities, representing the scientific enterprise of our citizens, and pointing to the Croton Dam
and Aqueduct, which leads the waters of a distant river to our city, for our protection and
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The whole supply furnished by the nine aqueducts is thus stated by Frontinus, the
measurement being made at the head of each aqueduct, except of the Julia and Virgo,
which are calculated from their registers of delivery :
Anio Vetus, 4…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
" We will now return to the aqueduct of Batchikeui, and follow the direction of its
waters. These are carefully brought round the heads of the valleys in covered canals,
in which there are at certain intervals, sudden breaks or alterations…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The experience of Philadelphia had indicated 27
the inhabitants, at which rate a populagallons per head, as an adequate daily supply for
CROTON AQUEDUCT.
tion of 244,000, much beyond that then contained in the city of New York, would…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The body of the work, that is, the arcades that carried the aqueduct across the
valleys, is built of masses of rubble stone and cement, faced, as has been stated, with the
opus reticulatum. In this instance, this kind of…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…They are built of marble, or a light colored stone, from 14
to 20 feet in in the form of a
height, rising up pyramid,and may answer to point out to
strangers, the line of the aqueduct, as well…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…On the right, a view of the city of Albany on the left
a distant view of the Erie canal on the front slide, a view of the Erie Canal Aqueduct
at Rochester. On the top of the condenser case…