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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.
…of the cost of crossing the valley on an arched
bridge, by the three lines designated, and continuing the aqueduct on its regular inclination, will amount to $1,188,633. An estimate is then presented, for crossing the valley with…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…select for more special
description and detail, the chief water works of England, and of France, and the
magnificent aqueduct of Lisbon. London, like Rome, was already a large and populous city, before its supply of water
was copious or…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
CROTON AQUEDUCT. Carb. Lime and Magnes., 1 25
Extractive Matter and Loss, 75
Total, 7
No. 3. A pint yielded 4 50
grains composed of
Mur. Soda, 1
Mur. Magnes., - 2
Carb. Lime, 1
Sulph. Lime and Extractive, 50
- -
Total…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Having resolved on the work, they carried it forward with a degree of constancy and
energy alike remarkable, so that in the space of five years, an aqueduct was completed,
which, for the natural difficulties overcome, the substantial character of…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
such a flood occurred as could not have been anticipated from
previous knowledge of the River; the water filling the entire
passage at the overfall, flowed over the top of the embankment where it was not supposed it could ever…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
In view of the length of time which the construction of the aqueduct would occupy,
of the vast sums that would be expended, and of various and perplexing questions that
could not fail to arise in the progress of the…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
The overfall was made of
such length as was thought sufficient to pass all the water of
the river during its highest stages, and with the view of
adapting it to such purpose, examinations were made to
find the highest…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
Access to the house over the culvert, is gained by a foot
bridge which is seen in the picture. The masonry of the
original structure has a rock foundation, and the extension
of the overfall which is seen on the…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2015/06/10/celebrating-high-bridge/
…Originally designed as a component of the Old Croton Aqueduct system, this structure conveyed water across the Harlem River into Manhattan. Though built primarily for transporting water through large pipes, the bridge welcomed pedestrians and quickly became a beloved public…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The Joint Committee on the Croton Aqueduct, to whom was referred the preamble and
resolution presented by Alderman Lee, July 5, 1842, in relation to celebrating the
event of the introduction of the Croton Water into the city, presented the…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
Even in those rocks which merely supply springs,
the amount of disseminated water must be enormous ; for they so far resemble filters, that are necessarily charged with the fluid before they permit it to pass out.
De La Beche has…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
Now the pressure of the latter is measured by the barometrical column,
about 30 inches of mercury, while that of watery vapor is equal to one inch of mercury at the constituent temperature of 80 degrees, and to one fifth…
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…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…In describing the passage of the valley of the Garon, the aqueduct arriving at the
summit of the hill, was stated to deliver its water into a tank, or reservoir, placed in a
square tower. This reservoir, fourteen feet long…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The water has since continued to flow with a depth in the aqueduct of about two feet,
and delivering into the receiving reservoir about 12,000,000 imperial gallons per day. No
accident has occurred to interrupt its regular performance…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
contraction without limit, a great portion of the earth would be bound in fetters of
ice. Such a disastrous result, is prevented by the substitution of expansion for contraction, when the temperature is reduced to 40°, and the benevolent purposes…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Commissioners of the Croton Aqueduct Board, Water Commissioners, and ex- Water
Commissioners, in barouches. Members of the Society of Cincinnati, in barouches.
272 CELEBRATION OF THE
Mayors of New York, Brooklyn, Albany, Troy, Jersey City, Newark Elizabethtown, New
Brunswick, Princeton…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Two wheeled carriage, dark maroon, striped
CROTON AQUEDUCT. 281
with gold, entire iron work plated with brass. Design on the back, representing the Goddess of Liberty. On the leader jacket, painting of a statue spouting water. Drawn by
35 men…
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.
They spent
two days, the 20th and 21st of March, in exploring the
country adjacent to the River and Sound, and at a meeting
of the Common Council, on the first of April, the Mayor, as
Chairman of the Committee…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2015/06/10/celebrating-high-bridge/
…Originally designed as a component of the Old Croton Aqueduct system, this structure conveyed water across the Harlem River into Manhattan. Though built primarily for transporting water through large pipes, the bridge welcomed pedestrians and quickly became a beloved public…
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
comfort…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
Niccolo
Salvi designed the grand front, but the work was completed
under Clement XIII., who decorated it with statues, basso
relievos in marble, and different columns of the Corinthian,
Ionic, and Composite orders. In the centre is a statue representing…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
Those houses on the east side denoted by E, F, are the
ones from which pipes lead to the lower or Distributing
Reservoir, and those on the west side denoted by G, H, are
intended for supplying the western part…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…point." He
then proposes to deliver a sufficient supply of pure water for all present purposes, " in a
permanent aqueduct, ot sufficient capacity, at the base of Harlem heights, below the surface on the north side, ready and suitable to…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
same as spring water, but liable to impregnation, owing to the land springs filtering
through the walls, and conveying impurities into it. This is sometimes prevented
by lining them with cast-iron cylinders, or by bricks laid in water-cement…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
For example, at the Chemical Works on the North River, at
33d street, and at an extensive distillery on the East River, some distance above
the Alms House, water cannot be procured in sufficient quantities on their premises,
where, but…
Library of Congress, Chronicling America
…The celebration marked the arrival of clean water from the Croton River via the 41-mile Old Croton Aqueduct designed by chief engineer John B. Jervis. The event was described as "the greatest jubilee that New York has ever boasted…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2015/06/10/celebrating-high-bridge/
…Originally designed as a component of the Old Croton Aqueduct system, this structure conveyed water across the Harlem River into Manhattan. Though built primarily for transporting water through large pipes, the bridge welcomed pedestrians and quickly became a beloved public…