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The 1842 Croton Water Celebration Medal
This article showcases a commemorative medal created to celebrate the opening of the Old Croton Aqueduct to the public on October 14, 1842. The piece was designed by Robert Lovett, Sr., a prominent American…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…CROTON AQUEDUCT. 131
Mr. Seymour proposes to erect a permanent dam in the Hudson river, extending from
this city, at or near the site of the old State Prison, at the foot of Amos-street, to the Jersey
shore, so…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…and it is understood as requiring the tunnel to extend entirely across the channel, which at the line of aqueduct is
300 feet wide. The bed of the river is about 18 feet below common high water mark. The
channel…
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.
In such circumstances it is highly
improbable that any change in the plan for the aqueduct bridge
would have been made if the people of Westchester had not compelled itby their aggressive acts. ( >n the 3d of May, 1839, the…
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.
CROTON AQUEDUCT.
tion of 244,000, much beyond that then contained in the city of New York, would be
accommodated.
Notwithstanding the expense which the city had incurred by these preliminary surveys and estimates, no farther action seems to have…
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…
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…in their beneficial effects, perhaps equalled any similar undertakings in any other part of the world. " He made an Aqueduct 12 feet in depth, and 120 leagues in length ; the source or head of it arose from certain 45 springs…
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Blacksmiths at the New Croton Dam, 1895
The Ossining Historical Society Museum houses a remarkable photographic collection documenting the Old Croton Aqueduct. During a recent visit, curator Norm MacDonald shared newly acquired materials, including two rare photographs capturing blacksmiths at…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2016/05/22/blacksmiths-at-the-new-croton-dam-1895/
Blacksmiths at the New Croton Dam, 1895
The Ossining Historical Society Museum houses a remarkable photographic collection documenting the Old Croton Aqueduct. During a recent visit, curator Norm MacDonald shared newly acquired materials, including two rare photographs capturing blacksmiths at…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2016/05/22/blacksmiths-at-the-new-croton-dam-1895/
Blacksmiths at the New Croton Dam, 1895
The Ossining Historical Society Museum houses a remarkable photographic collection documenting the Old Croton Aqueduct. During a recent visit, curator Norm MacDonald shared newly acquired materials, including two rare photographs capturing blacksmiths at…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2016/05/22/blacksmiths-at-the-new-croton-dam-1895/
Blacksmiths at the New Croton Dam, 1895
The Ossining Historical Society Museum houses a remarkable photographic collection documenting the Old Croton Aqueduct. During a recent visit, curator Norm MacDonald shared newly acquired materials, including two rare photographs capturing blacksmiths at…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Weston, who has been the engineer of the
Canal companies in this State, and whose abilities are well known, be requested to
examine that river, with the situation of the grounds to be employed in the aqueduct, and
such other…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
A connection pipe of cast iron is placed in the division
bank at C. to allow the water to flow from one division into
the other in order to equalize the level ; it is placed 10 feet
below top water…
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…With such examples be- fore us, we may consider that by the construction of the Croton Aqueduct for supplying the City of New- York with water has been secured an important measure for the pro- motion of its growth. Many…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Lawrence, Esq., President of the
Croton Aqueduct Board.
An Ode, written by Gen. George P. Morris, Esq., will be sung by the New York Sacred Music Society.
The ceremonies will be closed by nine cheers from the citizens and others…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Ever since the completion of the masonry of the aqueduct, it has been frequently
and carefully examined, with a view to detect defects, if any existed, or failure, if any
should take place and it has been found, with slight…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…ing the water line of the basin formed by the dam the land that Avill be overflowed on
;
both sides of the river the line traced for the aqueduct the depth of excavations and the
; ;
MEMOIR OF THE
height of…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…If the river, as low down as the proposeds ite for the dam, will be closed by a
CROTON AQUEDUCT. 133
covering of ice for three months in the year, we should think the cutting off so much of
the…
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…The Aqueduct enters a gate chamber at A. where there are regulating gates by which the water can be discharged into the northern division ; or into the southern division by a continuation of the Aqueduct within the Reservoir bank to…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
partially refined people, centuries before the time of Manco
Capac, the first Inca ; and that a long period of barbarism
had intervened, induced, perhaps, by revolutions similar to
those which, in the old world, swept all the once celebrated
nations…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
The difference of tides is about 5 feet,
which added to the height of dam above high tides, would
give 7 feet of the top of the dam exposed to the pressure
of the water on the up stream side…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
The expansion of water during its congelation, at which time its volume increases
one twelfth, and its contraction in bulk during a thaw, tend to pulverize the soil, to
separate its parts from each other, and to make it more…
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…Later, in 1992, the National Register designation was amended to designate the Old Croton Aqueduct as a National Historic Landmark. This amendment introduced the submerged portions between the Old and New Croton Dams, as well as the Aqueduct beginning in…
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…The Old Croton Aqueduct has been decommissioned, and contains more visible physical markers, while the New Croton Aqueduct is still online and has adapted over time
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…Shafts The Croton Waterworks shafts are associated with the construction and maintenance of the New Croton Aqueduct, which is still active. Although many of the shafts have been either filled in or are capped with masonry headhouses, and are relatively…
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…Ventilators were placed roughly every mile for thirty-three miles along the Aqueduct, and every third one included a door allowing servicemen to access the conduit. The majority of these ventilators still exist in Westchester County, while very few seem…
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.
They made a
thorough re-examination of the matter, concluding with the opinion
that "the whole [Croton] river can be brought to Murray Hill in a
close aqueduct of masonry, at an expense of $4, 250,000, " and that the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…116, 17, 25, 27, 33, 40, 47, 150, 61, 76 204
Dusenbury, Tunnels, ,
116,118
Declivity of Aqueduct, .214 Varick, Richard, 95,6
Founders, Iron, 157 Valley Clendening 175, 82, 8, 92, 204, 211
175, 206
Fox, Wm. L 116…
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…Ventilators Ventilators were originally placed at every mile along the length of the Old Croton Aqueduct. Although all have been demolished in New York City, many are extant along the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail in Westchester County. These ventilators may…