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…Keepers’ Houses The Old Croton Aqueduct was subdivided into regions, each of which was assigned a 28 Top: New Croton Dam Bottom: 135th Street Gatehouse Pumping Stations Pumping stations were usually constructed adjacent to water towers, as an essential mechanism…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…4.080
The Croton water was taken from the Croton dam, and when perfectly clear
was found, as appears by the above analysis to contain 4.998, or about Jive
grains of solid matter to the gallon. The Schuylkill water…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…When the City and State Governments finally gave their formal support to the construction of an aqueduct that would draw water from the distant Croton River Watershed in Westchester and Putnam Counties, Major David Bates Douglass, a West Point professor…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Bradford Seymour, of Utica, suggesting the following plan for supplying the city with water.
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…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…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 the overfall of the dam, and of course, room…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…factory,
to raise a dam six feet high, which would turn the water through a low swamp into Mill
brook, to follow the north bank for three miles, and then to cross in an aqueduct to its opposite side, and…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…We have been informed too that the water, 400 feet from the shore, some distance
above the site of the proposed dam, is about 30 feet in depth, and the mud at the bottom
not less than 8 or 10…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…to be resumed, the work on the dam was carried on with such diligence and
energy,
that the water in the Croton lake was raised sufficiently high to flow into the aqueduct
with a depth of 18 inches, on the…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
side of the rocky hill, and continues over an uneven surface
encountering two tunnels before it reaches Manhattan Valley, which is about 35 miles from the Croton dam. This
valley is four fifths of a mile wide where the Aqueduct…
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.
…Commissioners reported in
favour of its use, though far away; and in May, 1837, the construction of
an aqueduct from a point six miles from its mouth to the metropolis was
begun. At the head of the aqueduct a dam…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…Sign HIGH SERVICE RESERVOIR FOUNTAIN c 1869 (Demolished) Plate 29, Old Croton Aqueduct The High Service Reservoir Fountain had an 80 foot diameter basin for aerating the reservoir water. Significance(s) Current Designation(s) HIGH SERVICE RESERVOIR GATEHOUSE (EAST) 1866…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The elevated situation of the Croton will allow the artizan to make
it
applicable and certain to give a copious supply of water without hazard The plan
proposed, he says, could not be effected but at an expense of more…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…is about 35 miles from the Croton dam. This
valley is four fifths of a mile wide where the Aqueduct
meets it, and the depression is 102 feet below the plane of
Aqueduct grade. Here was an opportunity for constructing…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The whole length of the dam, including the
* Notes on Rio de Janeiro, by Jno. Luccock, 1820.
PRELIMINARY ESSAY. 77
head arches, and the water pier, exceeds 1600 feet, and it backs the water up the river
about six miles…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw.txt
…The Plan to meet the Need Water Woria Money of 1774 Wooc^engraved illustration in Charles King's A Memoir of the construction, costs and capacity of the Croton Aqueduct, compiled from official documents, together with an account of the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…about one
Brayton, the son of one of the dam contractors, perceiving
" Mr. Albert
o'clock, the danger to the people below the dam on the opposite side, by the continued
rise of the water at the dam, and believing…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…White presented various plans and estimates, some for an open canal to Macomb's dam, and thence the water to be raised by means of the water power furnished by
the dam to the requisite elevation on the New York…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw.txt
…In referring to the Croton Lake created by the Dam as the "Fountain Reservoir," Fayette Tower probably used the phrase as a double connotation of the organic water source and the man-made. Natural fountains were an ancient symbol of…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…the whole of the Croton."
On the 18th of April, 1834, Mr. Rhodes addressed a communication to the Com-
" Fire and
mittee of the Common Council, on Water," in which he proposes to build a
dam at a point about…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…4.080
The Croton water was taken from the Croton dam, and when perfectly clear
was found, as appears by the above analysis to contain 4.998, or about Jive
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…From Manhattan Valley the Aqueduct passes through a
tunnel, and following its course the next work of interest is
at Clendinning Valley, which is thirty-seven miles from the
Croton Dam. This valley is 1900 feet across, and the
Aqueduct…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…further up the stream, where there are abundant facilities for such purposes."
The total cost of the aqueduct, from the Croton dam to the distributing reservoir
inclusive, will be nearly 9,000,000 of dollars,
New- York, 27th July, 1842…
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…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…CORE WALL MARCH 1ST 1901 EMOVED DISINTEGRATED FLIMESTONE SHATTERED LIME STONE THE NEW CROTON DAM LONGITUDINAL SECTION ON AXIS OF DAM , SHOWING CORE WALL REMOVED AND ITS DEFECTIVE LIME STONE FOUNDATION , WHICH HAS BEEN EXCAVATED FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…That by raising the water in the city above said dam to the height he proposes, all overslaughs and bars will be removed by the down current, and any vessel capable of entering the harbor of New York, may proceed…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…For
the sum of $150,000, he undertook to throw a dam of sufficient height across the river
to create the requisite head of water, to construct the locks and canal for the accommodation of the navigation, to build the…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…Croton dam , thus at once cutting off the supply of water to the city until the old dam could be repaired and in addition postponing indefinitely the time when the city could have the addi- tional supply of water which…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…EAST BRANCH GATEHOUSE 1888-1892 Plate 5-, New Croton Aqueduct The flow of water between Sodom Reservoir and Bog Brook Reservoir is controlled by a gatehouse located near Bog Brook Dam Number 1. The superstructure measures 23 X 27 feet…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…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…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…Croton dam , thus at once cutting off the supply of water to the city until the old dam could be repaired and in addition postponing indefinitely the time when the city could have the addi- tional supply of water which…