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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Design on the back, representing the Goddess of Liberty. On the leader jacket, painting of a statue spouting water. Drawn by
35 men. Same uniform as before. Banner inscribed with the name and number of the
Company and decorated with…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Neptune
stands quietly looking on, and Manhattan is about retiring, as his services are no longer
required. The whole surmounted by a spread eagle. Small banner, with the name and
number of the company. Wave Hose Company, No. 7. Two…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Banner, on front an eagle and hooks and ladders ;
on back, burning of the Merchants' Exchange, the truck in the foreground.
Victory Hose Company, No. 15. Two
wheeled hose carriage, dark green, striped
with gold. Painting on box, the tomb…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
with ribbons, on each side of the Engine, and in the centre of the rope, a boy bearing a
wreath of dahlias Engine drawn by 52 men, dressed with fire caps, red shirts, dark pants,,
;
and white patent leather belts…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
First Ward.
CALYIN BALIS. HARMON C. WESTERYELT. Second Ward. Second Ward.
CALEB S. WOODHULL. GEORGE F. NESBITT. Third Ward. Third Ward.
JOHN A. UNDERWOOD. WILLIAM DODGE. Fourth Ward. Fourth Ward.
ROBERT MARTIN. DAYID T. WILLIAMS. Fifth Ward. Fifth Ward.
ROBERT…
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 origin of the name of the river, the great natural
feature of the Manor, the waters of which supply the
great city of New York by means of a magnificent
aqueduct without a rival in Ancient or Modern
times…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
necessary to excavate to the width of one hundred and forty feet, to form a race as a site
for the mill houses running parallel with the river. The length of the mill race is four
hundred and nineteen feet…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Computing its annual amount at $30,000, if granted for 20 years, which is as much as can be
hoped, it would be equal only to a capital of $344,097, 60, interest at 6 per cent,
CROTONAdUEDUCT. 97
But…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
From accurate data, these obstacles to
the transmission of water from the surface, by dwellings and pavements, are estimated
to carry off into the river nearly one half of the water which falls from the atmosphere. In the neighborhood of…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
their difficulties in conciliating the inhabitants of Westchester, along the line, to the great
work in hand, complain of the delays incident to the process of appraisement, and
" lack of
finally of what they considered energy in the operations of…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
It will
not be either useful or agreeable to renew the details of it in these
pages. We
content
ourselves, therefore, with a single statement of the points on which it turned.
136 MEMOIR OF THE
The Water Commissioners maintained…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
CROLIUS, Jr., ~)
E. D. WEST, }
Committee. WILLIAM DODGE, Esquires. J
From the Mayor of Philadelphia.
Mayor's Office, Philadelphia, (
October 7, 1842. \
GENTLEMEN :
acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 24th September,
I have the honor to
inviting the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Indeed, the Anio Vetus was rarely free from discoloration, but as it flowed on
a low level it could not affect the other waters, but the Anio Novtis
being of a lofty level and unfailing in its stream, was occasionally…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
This barbarian interruption of these accustomed and hitherto unfailing streams, cutting off not only the luxuries of the baths, and of the fountains in all their daily and
hourly uses for domestic purposes, in the gardens and the pools, necessarily…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The race is about ninety feet in width, and is furnished with water through the
head arches, which allow a passage of water sixty-eight feet in breadth, and six feet in
depth, to which the race is excavated below…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Now as the ground in the city of New York, to which water ought to be conveyed to a principal reservoir, is about forty feet above high tide, which is ten feet only below the level of the river Bronx…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
arisen to the said bills, upon the ground, that a Company would be best adapted to the
business of supplying the city with water, &c.
Resolved, That this Board is truly anxious that the measures recommended by the
said Joint…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The said Commissioners shall have power to employ engineers, surveyors, and
such other persons as, in their opinion, may be necessary to enable them to perform their
duties under this act.
4 The said Commissioners shall adopt such plan as…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Resolved, That a poll be, and hereby is appointed to be opened on the days upon
which the next annual election for charter officers for this city, is by law appointed to be
held, to the end that the electors…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Banner borne by 3 men, representing the Park,
" We
City Hall and Park Row, the company stretching their hose. Motto on banner,
come to conquer and to save."
Columbian Engine Company, No. 14. Engine painted red and maroon, with gilt…
Bolton, Reginald Pelham. Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis. Indian Notes and Monographs, Vol. II, No. 7. New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1922.
See Mechawanienck
Annadale road, 193, 234
Anns hook, 123, 227
Aqueduct avenue, 107
Aquehonga, 194
Aquehonga-Monacknong, 187
Aquehung, 104, 105, 240. See Bronx river
Archer, John, 99
Areola, 201
Aressick, 198, 199, 238. See Paulus Hook
Arlington Station, 191…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The quality of the water proving satisfactory, on the 25th of August, the former resolution of the Board accepting the proposals of Mr. Colles was confirmed, and Treasury
notes to the amount of 2,500, were ordered to be issued…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
And again, supposing the pond to contain and furnish enough, it is a consideration well deserving attention, whether a pond, into which the filth from many of the
streets must, without very great expense and care, be constantly discharged, and…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Resolved, That Robert Macomb, and his associates, shall bind themselves and their
successors, in a contract with the Common Council, to transfer at any time when required,
after the expiration of 40 years from the completion of the water works…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The efforts of the civil authorities to restrain the violence of these lawless
men, proved unavailing ;
and the Commissioners having communicated to the Mayor their
apprehension of damage to the work, a military detachment was ordered on the line, at…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
I pray you to accept grateful acknowledgments for the honor done me, by
my
the invitation to join with the Common Council of your great and illustrious city, on the
14th inst, in celebrating the introduction of the Croton water…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
CROLIUS,
E D. WEST,
WM. DODGE, Esqrs.
252 CELEBRATION OF THE
From the President of Williamsburgli Trustees.
Williamsburgh, October 13th, 1842. GENTLEMEN :
Your polite invitation in behalf of the Common Council of the city of New York,
bearing date the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The Butchers were as numerous and respectable a body of men as could be picked
from the city or any where else, and they were numeous enough now to slay a million of
hecatombs of cattle, or to provide flesh…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Band of Music. Company of City Guards. Battalion of Washington Guards, Montgomery Guards, and Franklin Blues, preceded by
Music. Pilots' Society, with banner and band of music.
FOURTH DIVISION,
Under the direction of Brigadier General Pentz, assisted by Mr. John…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
There was
a well under the operation of boring, near Yorkville, on the day the Commissioners made
their examination. The augur had penetrated 90 feet from the surface of the earth, and
no water was produced, and it was intended…