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NYPL, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (F.B. Tower)
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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.
…Two on the southerly side of the structure are to control the flow of the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow of water…
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.
…Two on the southerly side of the structure are to control the flow of the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow of water…
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.
…Two on the southerly side of the structure are to control the flow of the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow of water…
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.
…Two on the southerly side of the structure are to control the flow of the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow of water…
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.
…Two on the southerly side of the structure are to control the flow of the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow of water…
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.
…Two on the southerly side of the structure are to control the flow of the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow of water…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The high bridge over the Harlem River, reappears in this report, as a difficult, costly,
and not necessary work and inasmuch as the plan agreed upon by the former Commissioners, was not to continue the grade line of the aqueduct…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
the rock, which over the whole island, presents a singularly
broken and uneven formation. In almost every instance of
excavation, the rock was found above the proposed bottom
of the Reservoir, and the difficulty of preventing leakage
along the surface…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
The pipes are placed at a level below the bottom of
the division from which they draw : the bottom of the interior of those from the southern division being 2 feet below,
and that of those from the northern 5…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
In all cases careful examination should be made of the water after
it has been running a few days through the pipes; for it is not improbable
that other circumstances, besides those hitherto ascertained, may regulate the
preventive influence of…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The superstructure being lighter than necessary for an aqueduct of masonry, a diminished thickness of arch stone may with equal
safety be adopted. The plan of piers and arches, also the hydraulic foundations, and manner of constructing coffer dams, and…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…94 crosses the Clendening Valley, and embraces a very heavy stone foundation wall and three arches, or aqueduct bridges, for contemplated streets.
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…After all, we have followed but at a respectable distance ancient Rome, with her nine
aqueducts, some of which were longer than the Croton Aqueduct, and together were
capable of supplying 250,000,000 of gallons per day. But history…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
In the course of examinations which were made to determine sources whence water could be obtained, questions of
deep importance presented themselves in regard to the
source to be relied upon for a supply, also in reference to
the plan…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The cement employed for the sides and bottom of the aqueduct, was composed of
pieces of brick the size of peas, for the first coats, and somewhat finer for the
finishing
plaster. That on the bottom of the canal, is…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The water is also carried in canoes through all the
streets, for sale, being taken from'the aqueduct in the following manner the canoes pass
;
under the bridges, on which the reservoirs are placed, and men stationed above fill them…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…This disposition is
established, because by the tax on the water carried to private houses, the State keeps the
aqueduct in repair.
But, should mountains intervene between the city and the spring head, a subterranean passage is to be dug…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The popular voice having thus pronounced, by an overwhelming majority, in favor of
the Croton Aqueduct, the Corporation lostno time in passing an ordinance, dated 7th of
May, instructing the Commissioners at once to proceed in the work, according to…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
The 13 inches of
water are of course supplied by evaporation from the sea, and are carried back to
the land through the atmosphere. Vapor is perpetually rising from the ocean, and
is condensed by cold in the hills and…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…made
the duty of their Commissioners to report upon, the effect of bad water upon the health of
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CROTON AQUEDUCT. 13B
cities is illustrated by many striking examples, and the report, marked with great research
and ability, and pervaded throughout…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The next step was to stake
out the whole line, from the Croton to the Harlem, in order to show its direction, and the
width of land required for building the aqueduct and culverts, and forming the necessary
excavations 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.
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…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
A spacious reservoir was constructed on the east line of
Broadway, between, what is now known as Pearl and
White streets, and a well of large dimensions was sunk in
the vicinity of the Collect. The war of the revolution…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
The distance being about forty
miles, over a country extremely broken and uneven, and
following a direction, for a portion of this distance, parallel
with the Hudson River, encountering the streams which
empty into it and form deep valleys in…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
Instinct, or experience, has made
even the horse himself conscious of this ; for he will never drink hard water, if he has access to soft ; he
will leave the most transparent water of the well, for the river, although the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Preliminary Essay, who, when the Decemvirs and Sybils indicated the Anio, as the stream
which the Gods preferred for the supply of his aqueduct, still adhered to the cold, pure,
and abundant springs from the mountains of Tivoli, so Mr.
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…account of its capacity and the purity of its waters.
;
Two plans were proposed for conducting the water by aqueduct to the city, one through
the interior of the county of Westchester, by the valley of the Sawmill river, and…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The Commissioners submitted an estimate to your honorable body in their report of
the 3d of July last, of the probable cost of completing the first and second divisions of
the aqueduct, and promised to report an estimate of the…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
by Stephen Allen, Esq., late Mayor, in November last, desiring me to assist Canvas White, Esq., with my advice and
counsel, as to the best method of supplying the city of
New-York with plenty of good water, I beg…