…Jr., View of Croton Dam. engraved by Henry Jordan & Frederick Halpin, frontispiece from Charles King's A Memoir of the Construction, Costs and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct .... New York. 1843 The Hudson River Museum of Westchester, Gift of John…

…The dam on the Croton River is about 38 feet above the level which was the surface of the natural flow of water at that place, and sets the water back about six miles, forming the Fountain Reservoir which covers…

…The following table shows the length of the Aqueduct as it is divided into differ- ent planes of descent, from the gate chamber at the Croton dam to the gate chamber at the Receiving Reservoir on the Island of New…

…The available capacity of this Reservoir, down to the level where the water would cease to flow off in the Aqueduct, has been estimated at six hundred millions of gallons. Could we suppose that the Croton River will ever in…

…Sign Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) YORK HILL RESERVOIR 1842 Plate 32-11, Old Croton Aqueduct York Hill Reservoir, the main receiving reservoir for the Old Croton Aqueduct, was capable of collecting 180 million gallons of water. The…

Now, although the Commissioners have no reason to doubt that the waters of the upper Hudson are perfectly pure, and that by building a water-tight dam across the river, from this city to the shores of New Jersey, the…

The dam on the Croton River is about 38 feet above the level which was the surface of the natural flow of water at that place, and sets the water back about six miles, forming the Fountain Reservoir which covers…

…The 'work was so far completed, as to permit the'water to be let in from the Croton dam on the 22d day of June, 1842 and it was admitted into the distributing reservoir on ; the 4th of July following…

…NYPL, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (F.B. Tower) License: Public domain

…When it became certain, in 1831, that the water-supply problem was to find its solution in a continuous aqueduct from the Croton -- such a continuous aqueduct being practicable in this case because of the Croton's sufficiently lofty elevation…

…Croton Dam Stein, Albert Engineer, 133, 61 147, 79, 86, 87, 8, 91 Syphon Bridge, 160 Croton Maid, 193, 78, 9, 20, 24, 6, 15, 195 Supply of Water, 215 Curtis, Zebina, Water Project, 89 Taxes Ward, 139 Clendening Valley…

…The Croton Lake is by far the most extensive sheet of water in the county. It is formed by a dam about five miles east of the mouth of the Croton, and has an ordinary length of some three and…

…This having been done, and the dam raised sufficiently to cause the water to flow into the aqueduct, it was admitted to the depth of 18 inches, at 5 o'clock in the morning of the 22d June.

…The water has usually flowed at the depth of two and a quarter feet in the aqueduct, but has been as- high as three and a half feet, and between the Croton Dam and Sing Sing waste wier (nearly 8…

…A change, too, was made, on the recommendation of the chief engineer, in the position of the dam in the Croton ; a place about 400 feet down the stream being supposed more suitable for the purpose. This change led to…

…These suggestions would only be useful to provide a supply during the low stages of the river, for at other seasons the flow of water in the Croton would be equal to the full capacity of the Aqueduct* General Design…

…or dam was erected across the mouth of the lake to preserve its waters at the proper height, and the usual means of regulating the head, and disposing of the superfluous water by sluices was resorted to. The aqueduct now…

…for five years ; he will require two years, from the first of August next, to form the dam up to low water line; let it settle the third year, and finish the whole by the first of August, 1839. The…

Water Project, 100,11 dam, 101 Allen, Horatio, 161, 199 Manhattan Company,. . .85, 98, 99, 104, 5, 7, 9, 11, 20 Alley, Saul, 116, 178 " Water Analysis, 107 Aqueduct, Croton,....106, 24, 37, 39,41, 56, 202, 4, 17 " Artesian…

…This having been done, and the dam raised sufficiently to cause the water to flow into the aqueduct, it was admitted to the depth of 18 inches, at 5 o'clock in the morning of the 22d June. A boat…

…Water Project, 100,11 dam, 101 Allen, Horatio, 161, 199 Manhattan Company,. . .85, 98, 99, 104, 5, 7, 9, 11, 20 Alley, Saul, 116, 178 " Water Analysis, 107 Aqueduct, Croton,....106, 24, 37, 39,41, 56, 202, 4, 17 " Artesian…

…r first, the dam across the Croton River. This dam will be fifty feet high, from the bed of the river, and about forty feet from low water level the top, or lip of the dam, about one hundred ; feet…

…Aqueduct bridges Where major water courses crossed the line of the Aqueduct it was necessary to build something larger than a culvert, and Jervis was forced to consider aqueduct bridges along the length of the Aqueduct between the Croton Dam…

…From the very beginning, many sites along the Aqueduct—the Murray Hill Reservoir, High Bridge, Old Croton Dam—became popular destinations for sightseeing and recreation. Also popular were the fountains fed by the Waterworks, which produced jets of water that…

…He then proposes constructing a dam near the Quaker Bridge, on the Croton river, 45 feet high, which will give an elevation or head of 125 feet above tide of the Hudson ; " from this dam the pipes will rise gradually…

…The dam requires an expenditure of about one thousand dollars to complete the contract. The bridge across the Croton River, which was made in lieu of the one overflown by the water of the river, and the portion of the…

…determined to build the dam across the Croton River, the surface of the natural flow of water was about 38 feet below the elevation required as a head for the water to flow into the Aqueduct leading to the city…

The writer had the honor of being Chief Engineer of the Aqueduct Commission of the City of New York , from January Ist , 1900 , to October 14th , 1903. During his incumbency the new Croton Dam was under construc- tion . The purpose…

The writer had the honor of being Chief Engineer of the Aqueduct Commission of the City of New York , from January Ist , 1900 , to October 14th , 1903. During his incumbency the new Croton Dam was under construc- tion . The purpose…

…The work, on the whole, has been prosecuted, with the exception referred to, with commendable perseverance and energy, and the dam can be made to throw into the aqueduct the water required, early in the ensuing^summer, and can be…