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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
sponsibility, decided in favor of the low or syphon bridge, and had actually entered into
contract for its construction, were naturally not a little annoyed at the change of plan thus
authoritatively forced upon them. Nevertheless, they submitted with a…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The Committee think that the introduction of the water cannot be properly celebrated,
until the fountain is so far completed as to admit of an exhibition of its powers, and believing the same will be completed by the 14th day…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The preamble and resolution were adopted, and the blank in the latter was filled
with $2000.
The President then appointed Aldermen Davies, West, Smith, Lee, and Crolius, such
Committee on the part of this Board. The Board of Assistants concurred…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
I have had the honor of receiving through you an invitation from the Common
Council of the city of New York, inviting myself and the officers of the Navy Yard,
" to
join with them, on the 14th day of October…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Your letter reached me at this place this moment. I regret very much that
my
public duties here will prevent my being with, you to-morrow, at the celebration of one
of the most beneficial works in our country, and…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
much to say, that nearly all the great fires by which large portions of our city have been
.
devastated, might have been early arrested, had the department possessed the same facilities
for obtaining an abundant supply of water, as that…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
They were followed in the procession by
Engine Company No. 3, of Hudson, with their Engine drawn by 32 men, and also
some members of Engine Company No. 8, of Albany. This Company had been received
and escorted by Engine…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
At 20 minutes past two, his Honor the Mayor and the members of the Common
Council, foreign Consuls, and invited guests, took their stations on the front of the Hall,
which then presented a most animated spectacle, every nook and…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
He closed
a
by offering toast, which was drunk by all, accompanied by cheers it was as follows :
" THE EXECUTIVE OF THE STATE OP NEW YORK."
When the applause consequent upon this toast had subsided, the Governor addressed
the company…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
short bent tube of brass or bronze, that formed the communication between the castellum
and the leaden pipe for the supply of private houses, which pipe, by a Senate decree, was
required to be of the same diameter as the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
"A
troop of laborers to the number of sixty or more, well apparallelled, and wearing
green Monmouth caps all alike, carried spades, shovels, pick-axes, and such like instruments of laborious employments, marching after drums twice or thrice about the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
" The large stagnating, filthy pond, commonly called the Collect, which now is, or
soon will be, the centre of the city, has been looked to by some people, as a fund from
whence an adequate supply might be obtained, by…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Stevens, that there be inserted in the contract, a clause regulating the price at
which water is to be furnished to the citzens and the public. The scheme of Mr. Macomb and associates, was to bring the water from Rye…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
respective political parties and party having nothing to do with this great question
there was danger that the actual sense of the people might not at the polls find the means
of expression.
The moment this was hinted, several hundred…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
They hope, however, that it will be prosecuted by their successors, in a manner creditable to themselves and beneficial to the public. We leave with them our efficient and highly esteemed chief engineer, John B. Jervis,
Esquire, for whose services…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
J udge Belts accepts with pleasure the invitation of the Honorable Common Council
to unite with them in the Croton celebration to-morrow.
From the United States District Attorney. Mr. Ogden Hoffman accepts, with great pleasure, the invitation of the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Italian Universal Benevolent Society, with an
elegant banner of the landing of Columbus
on the discovery of America. St. David's Society, preceded by a stage on which were seated three bards with long
beards, playing on their Cambrian harps…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The motto, " Conquer we
Must, for our cause it is just." Both banners designed and painted by A. D. O. Brouerel, of
CROTON AdUEDUCT. 293
Brooklyn. The small banner, front side, represents the interior of a Bake House, and the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Throughout the day and evening the magnificent fountains in the Park and Union
Square were kept in full play, and formed the most novel, as well as the most pleasing
feature of the day.
There was much, says the Commercial…
Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…140.'
aqueduct, ii. 395. , . •
Lake, Indian name for, ii. 396. Crotonville, hamlet of, ii. 398. Cruger family, i. 108. Cashing, Capt., attack upon Refugee corps, ji. 333.
Dark Valley, situation of, i. 463.
Davenport's Neck, i. 439.
Debatable territory…
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.
…Morris and his associates
to prevent the building of a low bridge over the river
were at length crowned with success, and an Act of
Legislature passed May 3, 1839, prescribed that the
Aqueduct Bridge should be constructed with arches…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Your Committee are of opinion that the expense of this undertaking, the advantages
of which will be lasting and permanent in their character, should be provided for by a
loan, and they view the present or coming season as one…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
safety, which should influence the community to undertake the work, the report concludes
with the following resolutions :
Resolved, That the plan adopted by the Water Commissioners for the city of New
York, for supplying the city of New York with…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Your Committee, feeling desirous that the completion of this proud monument of
liberality and enterprise, should be celebrated with such public demonstrations of joy as a
work so beneficial to our city deservedly demands, invited the co-operation of their…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Mayor and Common Council of Newark, regard the great work referred to in your communication, as an enduring monument of the enterprise of the citizens of New York, and
also of the ability and vigor of those Councils which have…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
beauty of the fountains, and the proud consciousness which every citizen of New York
felt that his or her own cherished and honored city had, in this mighty undertaking,
accomplished a 'work with no superior, either for extent or for…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Pipes of cast iron are now the only ones used for mains, or large distributing pipes. These may be made of almost any diameter, by duly increasing the quantity of metal
contained in them. The largest pipes laid down in…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
"About half a mile below Williams' Bridge, over the Bronx, is a piece of low meadow ground, in which rise two springs, one of which runs easterly and empties itself
into the Bronx, and not more than four hundred yards…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The
water was to be brought in an open canal to the Harlem river that stream was to be crossed
;
by a cast iron cylinder of two feet diameter, with a descent of eight feet. His reservoirs were
to be…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Wright, then Street Commissioner of the city, explored a route from Macomb's Dam to the Bronx river, with the
expectation of being able to bring the water of that river to the dam, at an elevation of
120 feet…