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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The emitting reservoir of the Garon aqueduct bridge is placed upon a quadrangular
tower fourteen feet long, and four and a half feet broad. The wall of the side next the
valley, is pierced at nine feet above the bottom…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Anderson, Esq.,) with some remarks upon the magnitude of the aqueduct through which she had been navigated, and the important results,,
pecuniary and moral, which may be expected to flow from the abundance and excellence
of the water, with which…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…On the other side of the banner the Queen of Cities, represented by a female wearing a crown, is calling attention to a
picture, a view of the dam on the Croton
River
the origin of the aqueduct. On the…
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.
…It is the old aqueduct
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which crosses the Harlem River over High Bridge; the new is carried
underneath the stream.
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South of the Croton River the next Hudson tributary of interest is
the Sing Sing…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The aqueduct of Metz is another of the great works of the Romans, though of what
precise date seems uncertain possibly of the period when the legions of Caesar held
possession of Gaul. The water which it conducted into the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Anderson, Esq.,) with some remarks upon the magnitude of the aqueduct through which she had been navigated, and the important results,,
pecuniary and moral, which may be expected to flow from the abundance and excellence
of the water, with which…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…GRADE LINE OF AQUEDUCT.
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…In receiving, with my associates of the Croton Aqueduct Board, the custody of the
work committed to us, I take the occasion to convey to you, the thanks of your fellowcitizens, for the zeal, perseverance and fidelity with which your…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
the year previous, was in consequence of a want of sufficient information to warrant the opinion of the feasibility of
the project, and it recommended that immediate application
should be made to the Legislature, asking for the appointment of a…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
In compliance with the request of the Common Council
the Legislature of the State, on the 26th of February, 1833,
passed an Act,* providing for the appointment by the Governor and Senate, of five persons, as Water Commissioners,
whose duty…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…repeated expressions of
opinion, both by the people and by the Common Council,
had declared, should of right,
CROTON AQUEDUCT. 99
be exercised only by the public authorities of the city that of procuring and distributing
a supply of pure…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Truck drawn by 40 men, in citizen's
CROTON AQUEDUCT. 277
dress, dark throughout ;
truck painted green, with black stripes. Banner represents the
name and number of the Company, surmounted by a gilt hook and ladder on each side ;
are…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
In 12 ounces of distilled
water, contained in a shallow glass basin, loosely covered to exclude the dust, twelve
brightly polished lead rods weighing 340 grains, will lose 2J grains in 8 days, and
the lead will show evident marks…
Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0)
High Bridge, New York — Henry Ward Ranger (1905)
Oil on canvas by Henry Ward Ranger (1858-1916) depicting the High Bridge carrying the Croton Aqueduct over the Harlem River. The oldest standing bridge in New York City, High Bridge was…
NYPL, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (F.B. Tower)
…NYPL, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (F.B. Tower)
License: Public domain
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…While the aqueduct was in progress, the Decemvirs, having occasion in relation to other
matters, to consult the Sybilline books, ascertained that it was not the Marcian water,
but the Anio, that should be conducted to the Capitol but Marcius…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…under three principal streets, where
one may walk, and where are laid the different mains taking water from the aqueduct,
to conduct it to the various fountains and other points for distribution. They are laid
upon stone blocks or cast…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
This was a very trying year for financial arrangements ; nevertheless, the city continued to face all its engagements with punctuality, and to meet the great expenditure on
account of the aqueduct ;
and the Commissioners, although not charged with any agency…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
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aqueduct, where the side walls have an extra height, on account of the bottom being
depressed, to draw the water at a lower level from the Croton reservoir. The plan, dimensions, and character of masonry are as follows In…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
A great proportion of that which is drunk, is speedily absorbed
by the veins, and carried into the circulation, some time before the product of the
digested food is introduced by the way of the laeteals. There are numerous cases…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…In a note to page 31, of the New York edition of Black's Translation of the Essay
on New Spain, this passage occurs :
" The
largest and finest construction of the Indians in this way, is the aqueduct
of the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…I would then venture to remark that this stupendous aqueduct, and these splendid
fountains, so worthy of being enjoyed, are equally worthy of being paid for. They owe
their very existence to that mighty engine of modern civilization public credit…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
In April, 1799, the Manhattan Company was incorporated by an act of the Legislature, and the object of this
Company was declared to be, to supply the city with pure
and wholesome water ; but instead of looking for a supply…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
upon this for a supply, would be cut off, except there should
be sufficient in the reservoirs to furnish a supply during the
period of repairs. The canal could never be subjected to a
thorough repair, because of the necessity…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
Could a line be graded so as to give a regular inclination
from the Fountain Reservoir to one at the city, then the expense of laying iron pipes for conducting the proposed
quantity of water, would be greater than for…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2013/07/20/celebrating-ossinings-double-arch/
…The Double Arch is a granite aqueduct structure spanning the Sing Sing Kill. In 1839, the Westchester Herald called it "the most astonishing specimen of the art and ability of man to be seen in this section."
The article assembles…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The aqueduct which furnished, at the time of Frontinus, 2,504 quinarice, (50,000
cubic feet,) now furnishes nearly 65,782 cubic metres in twenty-four hours, and this
quantity is distributed by seven principal conduits into thirteen public, and…
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 " High Bridge," or aqueduct over which the waters of the Croton
How from the main land to Manhattan Island, crosses the Island at One
Hundred and Seventy-Third Street. It is built of granite. The aqueduct
is fourteen hundred…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
In 1831, the Common Council of the city, impelled by a
sense of the importance of a supply of pure and wholesome
water, began to take more decided steps towards the accomplishment of the object : a Committee of the Board…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Between the Croton Dam and the influent gate-house at Harlem River, the line of
aqueduct was finished last season, and during the present season this gate-house has been
nearly completed. The embankment in the Harlem River, which serves…