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Lossing, Benson John. The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea. New York: Virtue & Yorston, 1866. Internet Archive identifier: hudsonfromwilder00lossi. Illustrated travel-history of the Hudson River valley by the writer and artist Benson J. Lossing, whose chapter on Teller's / Croton Point is a primary source for Senasqua place-name etymology, Sarah Teller's 1682 purchase, and the Underhill vineyard.
…In the centre, upon the highest visible point, is the Convent of the Sacred
Heart ; and towards the right is the Croton Aqueduct, or High Bridge,
over the Harlem river. The trees on the extreme right mark the line of…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…s History of the American War, i., 212 ; Gordon's History of the
American Revolution, ii., 339 ; Sauthier's Plan of the Operations of the
King's Army ; Plan of the Country from Frog's Point to Croton River ;
etc.
croton_point_landfill_rod_1993_raw.txt
…no action that involve monitoring and sampling of the Croton Marsh area. No active remedial efforts are included under this alternative for the eastern channel area. Current studies have shown that the continued decline in biomass predicted by previous studies…
Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition.
…Croton or Noten, who had for a long period lived and
exercised his authority at the mouth of the river still bearing his name. This war-like individual had erected in his life time a fort on the Point,
a…
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.
…The official Plan of
the Countrt/ from Frog's Point to Croton i^iferand Sauthier's Plan of the
Operafiom, etc., each stated that the columu was not in motion after the
twenty-seventh of October.
There is abundant evidence…
illustrations_aqueduct_raw.txt
…Multitudes came in from the country around, and from sister cities : — all business was laid aside for the pleasing ceremonies of the day, and the Croton water, with the beauty and grandeur of its fountains, met with a welcome which…
Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition.
…And
this, also, it may be inferred, constituted originally, the point of distinction between them and the Minci, or wol ftribe proper. The affinities
of the Mohegans with the Minci, or Moncess, on the west banks of the Hudson, and…
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.
…History of the American War, i., 212 ; Gordon's History uf Ihe
American Ileiolntion, ii., 339 ; Sauthier's Plan of Ihe OperatUms of the
King's Army ; Plan of the Country from Prog's Point to Croton ffic r ;
etc.
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.
…Bounded
Northerly,
By Croton River and the Mannor of Cortlandt, or one
of them.
Easterly,
With Bedford Line of Three Miles Square, the White
Fields, and Byram Point.
Southerly,
By the land of John Harrison &c, Rye Line stretching to…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…Sauthier's Plan of Die Operations of the King's Army ; Plan of the
Country from Frog's Point to Croton River; etc. .
Vide page 250, ante.
»> In Lieutenant-colonel Tilghman's letter to his father, dated " Val-
"entine's…
Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition.
…7,128 south of Croton.
83.113 acres in Manor divided.
3,000 acres in Pound Ridge.
100 acres in Parsons Point.
86,213 "6
The share of each heir amounted nearly to 8,000 acres.
By this partition of…
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.
…It is 297 feet high from the deepest point of the foundation , which is 131 feet below the bed of the river . Its greatest width at the base is 206 feet and the width at the top is 20 feet .
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.
…It is 297 feet high from the deepest point of the foundation , which is 131 feet below the bed of the river . Its greatest width at the base is 206 feet and the width at the top is 20 feet .
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…WESTCHESTEK COUNTY.
" been unavoidably taken up in landing at Frog's-
"neck, instead of going, at once, to Pell's-point,
" which would have been an imprudent measure, as it
" could not have been executed without much un-
" necessary risk…
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.
…Jervis, the engineer of the Croton Aqueduct, being employed as chief engineer. Work was begun toward the middle of
1847, the entire line being placed under contract by sections, and the
work was prosecuted so diligently that by the 29th…
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.
…Burr's capture of the West Farms
blockhouse, 44S; storming of Stony Point, 452;
Tarleton's raid on Poundridge, 456; British at-
Almshouse, The. 544. Amackassin, 106. Amerindian names in Westchester County, 45.
taeks on Orompond, 458; Hopkins's fight…
Raymond, Marcius D., editor and publisher. Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication, at Tarrytown, N.Y., October 19th, 1894. Tarrytown, NY, 1894.
…William Davids, a private of my Regiment of Militia, was employed as a Guide in the year 1779, and when
near Verplauck's Point was taken by tire enemy when on service, and
wounded so as to be left 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.
Hence for convenience sake the
Dutch traders sought the landing place of the Indians, in the sheltered North side of the Estuary of
the Croton, then an open bay without the sedge
flats which now nearly fill it. Here too…
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…Charles King, A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct (New York, 1843), p.220. 2. See selected bibliography on tlie construction of the Croton Aqueduct, p.57 of this book. 3. John Robison, A System…
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…West Point-trained resident engi- neer Edmund French wrote to Jervis from Sing Sing, April 25, 1838, figure 37: Irish RIbbonmen, wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, January 1, 1859 Courtesy The Historical Society of the Tarrytowns. Photo: J. Kennedy…
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.
…It is 297 feet high from the deepest point of the foundation , which is 131 feet below the bed of the river . Its greatest width at the base is 206 feet and the width at the top is 20 feet…
Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
Edmund Fanning, his friend and secretary; and after remaining a night, he proposed a walk, and after proceeding to the
highest point of land on the fiirm, being a height which affords a
most delightful prospect, when the governor commenced…
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.
…MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
" been unavoidably taken up in landing at Frog's-
" neck, instead of going, at once, to Pell's-point,
" which would have been an inn)rudent measure, as it
" could not have been executed without much un…
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…
Lossing, Benson John. The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea. New York: Virtue & Yorston, 1866. Internet Archive identifier: hudsonfromwilder00lossi. Illustrated travel-history of the Hudson River valley by the writer and artist Benson J. Lossing, whose chapter on Teller's / Croton Point is a primary source for Senasqua place-name etymology, Sarah Teller's 1682 purchase, and the Underhill vineyard.
…The highways, on land and water, from the Croton to the Spuyten
Duyvil Creek, at the head of York Island, pass through exceedingly
beautiful and picturesfine scenery, made classical to tlie American mind
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Lossing, Benson John. The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea. New York: Virtue & Yorston, 1866. Internet Archive identifier: hudsonfromwilder00lossi. Illustrated travel-history of the Hudson River valley by the writer and artist Benson J. Lossing, whose chapter on Teller's / Croton Point is a primary source for Senasqua place-name etymology, Sarah Teller's 1682 purchase, and the Underhill vineyard.
…In the centre, upon the highest visible point, is the Convent of the Sacred
Heart ; and towards the right is the Croton Aqueduct, or High Bridge,
over the Harlem river. The trees on the extreme right mark the line of
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.
Thus , the writer , was thoroughly convinced that a change in the plan of the structure at this point was nec- essary . Thereupon he recommended to the Aqueduct Commissioners that this entire section of the embank- ment and core wall to…
Raymond, Marcius D., editor and publisher. Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication, at Tarrytown, N.Y., October 19th, 1894. Tarrytown, NY, 1894.
…Two of his men escaped, but himself and four others were taken prisoners and went to Verplanck's Point, and there put on hoard of a vessel and transported down the river to Yonkers ; that lie was kept at this…
Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…Brandreth's pill manufactory is
situated Craio-hucky pointy literally crab cove point. The adjoining beach was once famous for its shad fishery : four thousand
have been taken at one lift.
On the margin of the river, are two deep…
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.
…lie dispatched from West
Point, through our county, a force sufficient for the occupation of
Kingsbridge and other outlying posts as they should bo surrendered. And (hen, attended by his staff and joined by Governor Clinton,
Lieutenant-Governor Van Cortlandt…