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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.
…Thereupon he recommended to the Aqueduct Commissioners that this entire section of the embank- ment and core wall to the gatehouse be removed and the stone dam extended in its place . But while maintaining that the conditions allowed of no…
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.
…Thereupon he recommended to the Aqueduct Commissioners that this entire section of the embank- ment and core wall to the gatehouse be removed and the stone dam extended in its place . But while maintaining that the conditions allowed of no…
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.
…Thereupon he recommended to the Aqueduct Commissioners that this entire section of the embank- ment and core wall to the gatehouse be removed and the stone dam extended in its place . But while maintaining that the conditions allowed of no…
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.
…Thereupon he recommended to the Aqueduct Commissioners that this entire section of the embank- ment and core wall to the gatehouse be removed and the stone dam extended in its place . But while maintaining that the conditions allowed of no…
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.
…Thereupon he recommended to the Aqueduct Commissioners that this entire section of the embank- ment and core wall to the gatehouse be removed and the stone dam extended in its place . But while maintaining that the conditions allowed of no…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
'2,000 cubic yards of excavation of earth for foundations on shores,
at 16 cents $ 320
200 cubic yards of excavation of rock for foundations on shore, at $3 600
7 coffer dams, including pumping, excavation of pits, and earth…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
La Fayette Lodge, No. 64. Their banner is a full length portrait of La Fayette, standing on a hand, emblematic of the career of the General through life,
supported by the hand of Providence. Mechanic's Lodge, No. 31. Banner…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The banner borne by the Gold and Silver Artizans was of blue silk, about two yards
square, surrounded by a rich gold colored fringe.On the front was painted a shield, in the
quarters of which was represented in gold…
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.
…Just south of the Haskin property, extending east
from the Croton Aqueduct to the valley of the Mill
Brook, were the Butler, Berrian, Bassford and Fisher
farms, now mostly cut up into village lots and fiist
improving. Just west of…
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.
…Jervis, the engineer of the Croton Aqueduct, being employed as chief engineer. Work was begun toward the middle of
1847, the entire line being placed under contract by sections, and the
work was prosecuted so diligently that by the 29th…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Experience having
proved, that frequently, when essential and speedy repairs were needed on portions of the
aqueducts passing through private property, difficulties and delays arose from the opposition of the owners of the neighboring soil, to any passing
through their…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
a thin stratum of sand, and this is followed by a stratum of sand and large boulders intermixed below the stratum of boulders, or detached rock, there has been found in the cof-
;
fer dams for two piers, Nos. 8…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The Common Council of the Borough of Princeton, accept with great pleasure
the invitation of the Common Council of the City of New York, to join with them 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.
From the Common Council of Albany.
Albany, 4th October, 1842. GENTLEMEN :
In behalf of the Common Council of the city of Albany, we have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt of an invitation from the Corporation of New
York to…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Four wheeled hose carriage, painted green,
polished brass scrolls and mountings ;
a gilded arch sprung, from the top of the reel, surmounted by an eagle, from whose talons garlands of natural flowers were carried to the
four extremities of the…
Higgins, Alvin McCaslin. The Story of Croton. Paper read before the Ossining Historical Society, 1938. Published posthumously in The Quarterly Bulletin of the Westchester County Historical Society, Vol. 16, No. 3 (1940), pp. 49-63.
…white man liked it so well that we soon had
Croton Lake, Croton Falls, Croton Landing, Croton Dam, Croton Aqueduct and even Croton Avenue in Ossining. The Indian name for the
Point had not only been Senasqua but, at times…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
" After a deliberate
survey of the various hydraulic contrivances for supplying Conwith water, one is at a loss to know which to admire most, the native
stantinople good
sense which pointed out the necessity and importance of furnishing the capital…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
I went by chance into a house from
which there was a descent into a cistern, and embarked in a little skiff on its waters. The master of the house having lighted torches, rowed us to and fro between the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
It is at once seen, that
although the original cost of logs is much cheaper than iron, yet the repairs of such logs
cost as much as the first cost of iron pipes of double the capacity ; as regards economy…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
After the work before mentioned shall have
been completed, the ordinary work of supervision and repairs, if well directed, will probably
be obtained at a moderate expense. At the same time it should be distinctly urged that
economy or efficiency…
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.
…18 , 1902 , on the writer's recom- mendation the Aqueduct Commissioners approved a plan providing for the reinforcement of these walls . The preliminary estimate of the cost to construct the dam under the original plan was $ 4,150,573 . This…
Bolton, Reginald Pelham. Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis. 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.
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Their steam engines, two of 100 horse power each, are erected at Chelsea, between
the Royal Hospital and the Chelsea Water Works. From mains laid into the channelway of the river, they pump up water into three spacious basins, at…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Scarcely, however, had peace returned, with Liberty and National Independence
achieved, than our citizens again busied themselves about good water. In April, 1785, Samuel Ogden made proposals to the Corporation for erecting and
establishing Water Works to supply the City…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
A rise, or additional head at Fourteenth-street, (as a starting point,) of three feet,
would give the necessary head to make the water flow over the surface of the highest
streets in the city, and would give an excess…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
It was no doubt this opinion which,
in 1826, induced the application to the Legislature, by several of our citizens, for an act
of incorporation. This act was passed on the 18th of April. 1826, and is entitled "An
act…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
On the 27th of October, 1834, the Board of Aldermen referred to the Commissioners
a communication from John Hunter, in which he states that he has matured a plan, by
which an abundant supply of water may be obtained, on…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The Water Commissioners also claimed, that since the passage of the Act of April
27, 1840, no item of expenditure made by the Common Council, can be charged to the
debit of the Water Fund, without their approval. The Committee…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Common Council of this city, on the 14th instant, in celebrating the introduction of the
Croton Water into the City of New York,
I have delayed until now to acknowledge the honor of your invitation, in the hope
that I…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
DA VIES, SMITH, WEST, &c.,
Committee, of Arrangements Croton Celebration, Sfc
GENTLEMEN :
In answer to your communication, dated September, 22d, 1842, the New York and
Sandy Hook Pilots would be gratified to have a situation in line assigned them at…