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] Double Arch over Sing Sing Kill, Ossining , from a 1907 postcard; upper arch carries the aqueduct, the lower one carries a local street In March 1833, Major David Bates Douglass , engineering professor at West Point Military Academy , was appointed
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Historic Landmark in 1992, the NRHP designation was extended to cover the aqueduct's route in the Bronx and in Highbridge Park , Manhattan. [ 2 ] [ 24 ] The Croton Water Supply System was also designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering
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MILL RIVER CULVERT - Old Croton Aqueduct, Mill River Culvert, U.S. Route 9 at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery" . Library of Congress . Retrieved January 6, 2026 . ^ "DEP Donates Century-Old Valve Actuator from New Croton Dam for Permanent Display at Education
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Library on New York Heritage Digital Collections Account of the New York Guard protection of the aqueduct in World War I Archived November 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation HAER No. NY-120, "
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…The fact that a Virginia newspaper published poetry about a New York water system shows how the Croton Aqueduct captured the national imagination. The aqueduct was a 41-mile gravity-fed system, one of the greatest engineering projects of the…
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Receiving Reservoir continued to supply New York City with drinking water until 1940, when Commissioner of Parks and Recreation Robert Moses ordered it drained and filled to create the Great Lawn and Turtle Pond in Central Park . The old aqueduct
NYPL, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (F.B. Tower)
Croton Aqueduct Harlem River Crossing
The image depicts the Croton Aqueduct crossing the Harlem River, showcasing the original High Bridge design with stone arches. The scene includes a river with sailboats and steamboats, a grassy bank with trees, and people…
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…AMAWALK FOUNTAIN 1897 Plate 9-, New Croton Aqueduct Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign ARDSLEY OPEN-CUT c 1888s Plate 24-11, New Croton Aqueduct A single arched granite bridge stretching 160 feet, the Archville Bridge carried the Croton Aqueduct across…
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…NY-109, " Old Croton Aqueduct, Northern Waste Weir, Snowden Avenue & Van Wick Street, Ossining, Westchester County, NY ", 4 photos, 2 measured drawings, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page HAER No.
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This Aqueduct was commenced in 1753. It is twenty- seven miles long, from the sources which supply it to the gardens of Caserta. The sources are at the base of the mountain called Taburno; the principal one is called Sor…
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…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…
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a door at the base to allow workers to enter the tunnel for maintenance. [ 11 ] Hydraulic cement was added where the aqueduct crossed rivers. It extended from the Old Croton Dam in northern Westchester County to the Harlem River , where…
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…NY-113, " Old Croton Aqueduct, Mill River Waste Weir, U.S. Route 9 at Sleepy
NYPL / F.B. Tower, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct
…From 'Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct' (1843).
Date: 1843
Location: Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Type: engraving
Subjects: Croton Dam, gate house, aqueduct
Source: NYPL / F.B. Tower, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct
License: Public domain
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
This Aqueduct was commenced in 1753. It is twentyseven miles long, from the sources which supply it to the
gardens of Caserta. The sources are at the base of the
mountain called Taburno; the principal one is called Sorgente de…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
The original design was to continue the inclination which
the second plane has, up to the Fountain Reservoir ; but it
was considered desirable to draw from this Reservoir at a
lower level, and the head of the Aqueduct was depressed…
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Designation(s) SHAFT NUMBER 25 STEPS AND RETAINING WALL c 1892 Plate 29, New Croton Aqueduct Type Marking the point where the New Croton Aqueduct entered Manhattan Island, Shaft Number 25 employed revolutionary engineering in its design. Significance(s) Interpretation…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
This Aqueduct was built by Claudius, who was born at
Lyons, to conduct water to the emperor's palace, situated
on the highest part of the city.The sources which supplied
it, were in the neighbourhood of Mount Pila, and…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
A large portion of them are intended as ventilators to discharge the
superabundant air collected in the aqueduct, and a few of them are fitted for waste weirs,
for discharging the water from the aqueduct, if at any time repairs…
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Gotham: A History” by Gerard Koeppel, 2000, Princeton University Press. An archive of Aqueduct material, donated by William Lee Frost to Croton-on-Hudson’s Historical Reference Room (Municipal Building), may also be consulted; call 914-271-4574. For
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…The weir chambers were used to empty the aqueduct for maintenance by diverting the waters to a nearby waterway. The line could be emptied in two hours. [ 30 ] Croton Walk,
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The Aqueduct was built in response to the fires and epidemics that repeatedly devastated New York City, owing in part to its inadequate water supply and contaminated wells. Major David B. Douglass, the project’s first chief engineer, planned the
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Twenty-two miles are a designated part of the Hudson River Valley Greenway Trail, and sections are being incorporated into Westchester County’s RiverWalk. While the state park designation ends at the New York City line, the Aqueduct continues for
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height of 50 feet (15 m) from the beautifully decorated cast iron Croton Fountain in City Hall Park . [ 13 ] The famous Bethesda Fountain in New York's Central Park , unveiled in 1873, is another tribute to the Croton Aqueduct. Even…
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…Remnants of the aqueduct still exist and can be seen along the trail, [ 19 ] including 21 of the original 33 stone
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…It is an 80-feet-high earthen and stone embankment designed to keep the aqueduct at a consistent, gentle slope (13 inches per mile) as it crosses the deep valley of the Pocantico River near
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water ; any floating substance cannot enter it, and during the winter season when the water is frozen over no obstruction can take place to the flow into the Aqueduct, and during the summer season the water will be drawn from…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
Commencing at the south side of the
gate chamber at the Croton dam,
The 1st plane of Aqueduct extends 26099.72 ft. or 4,943 miles, and the descent 2.94 ft. The 2d plane of do. extends 148121.25ft…
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HISTORY Home History The Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct strive to educate the public about the extraordinary history of water in New York City. The Croton Water Supply System was named to the American Society for Civil Engineering’s…