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summer of 1822, and shortly after the termination of the epidemic, on the 25th of November, the Mayor, in a communication to the Common Council, on subjects relative to the preser- vation of the public health, stated that a very…
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and one of oxygen, 8 = 9; and in volume, of one volume of hydrogen, and half a volume of oxygen, condensed into aqueous vapor or steam we can easily calculate the specific gravity of steam, for its density will be…
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There are many instances on record where troops have sickened and many died of putrid fever and dysentery, from drinking the water of stagnant pools and ditches or of rivers, as of the river Lee, near Cork, (Ireland,) which, in…
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law, no great confidence can be placed in the returns, — those carried out of the city for burial, not having been included. From a " Report on the subject of introducing pure and wholesome water into the city of Boston, by…
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.
…the legislature authorized the construction of the necessary works, and on
the 21th of June, 1891, the second aqueduct was finished and turned
over to the department of public works of New York City. Since
1888 the building of subsidiary…
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freeze and remain, exposed to the warmth of the sun-beams and the air, to be speedily dissolved upon the return of spring ! This is owing to the well known fact, that in the act of freezing a still further…
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the city of Lowell. The first examination was made from a sample of water taken from the source or spring-head before it had entered the leaden pipes, when the specific gravity was found to be 1,000,18. The…
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draws from the southern division at G, and a branch of it passing along within the vault draws from the northern division at H. Provision has been made on the east side of the Reser- voir for supplying that part…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
and vaults, and them to amend, repair, translate, and do all things necessary and convenient, as well for the finding of new springs, as for the conveyance of any water or
springs now found, or hereafter to be found, to…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Rhodes addressed a letter to the Chairman
of the Commissioners, in which he says, " The natural abutments and high hills
MEMOIR OF THE
near the Quaker Bridge, will give an elevation of 200 feet above the tide, if required. The…
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obstacle, when it pushes upwards, and welling out upon the surface, forms springs ; the water is therefore merely a modification of rain water. During its passage, however, it almost always takes up some soluble matters, which of course vary according…
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.
…At the time of
constructing the Crotou Aqueduct, the commissioners
had determined to carry the water across Harlem
River by inverted syphons over a low bridge, with
only one archway, eighty feet in width. This attempt, which would have effectually…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
rpH IS NOTE shall entitle the BEARER to the Sum of
TWO SHILLINGS,
current Money of the Colony of New- York, payable on DEMAND,
by the MAYOR, ALDERMEN, and COMMONALTY of
the City of New-York, at the Office of…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
We conclude with the recent Artesian Well, on a large scale, in the plain of Grenelle, which is thus described :
PRELIMINARY ESSAY. 67
THE ARTESIAN WELL AT GRENELLE, PARIS. " Artesian wells are so called from the
probability that they were…
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…Links A links section would allow users to explore the Croton Waterworks beyond the smartphone application, by accessing relevant websites like those of the National Park Service, the Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct, and the New York City Department…
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water is owing to the air, and carbonic acid mixed with it. The air contained in water, has a larger proportion of oxygen than atmospheric air, and hence it is better adapted for the respiration of animals. The water procured…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The cross walls are four feet thick at bottom, and have one offset of six inches on
each side at 8 feet below the spring line of connecting arches ; they have an opening 6
feet high, and 1^ feet wide…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
forth in torrents from all sides, roar down the clefts of the crag, and form a sea around its
base. In the heats of summer, they overflow their usual limits, fill the whole marble concavity round the fountain, and rise…
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.
…The public
mind shrank from such a tremendous and seemingly fantastic proceeding as the construction of an aqueduct from the far distant
Croton; whereas the Bronx, running straight down into the Harlem
River, seemed to have been appointed by nature…
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.
…No new village was incorporated between 1830 and 1810. .This
decade is memorable for the projection of the first railway enterprise in which Westchester County was interested, ami the inception
and approximate completion of the grand Croton Aqueduct. The New…
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Dr. Jeffrey A. Kroessler, School of General Studies, Adelphi University, and History Department, Queens College, CUNY; Dr. F. Daniel Larkin, Professor of History and Chairman of the Histo- ry Department at SUNY Oneonta; and Roger Panetta, Professor of History at…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
There are also several
subterraneous passages under roads one is two hundred yards long. At Islington the
;
canal is fourteen and a half feet wide, and four and a half feet deep. From the New
River head reservoir, which is…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
This tunnel is 700 feet long, and passes under the reservoir
(which, nevertheless, is supplied by a pipe from it, ascending on
the outside of the rock.)
at the depth of 120 feet,
Glasgow, more populous than Edinburgh, is supplied…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
In the north abutment a waste culvert has been constructed, with suitable gates of
cast iron, to draw the water down in the reservoir at such times as it
may be necessary, to
facilitate the making of any repairs that…
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Carbonate of Lime,. ----„- Sulphate of Lime, > Chloride of Sodium, J Oxide of Iron, 1 Silica, 1 Magnesia, Carbonaceous Matter, J Chloride of Magnesium, ) Chloride of Calcium, / Carbonate of Magnesia, - - - - - Solid matter held in solution, -'-'--' Total solid matter, Grains. 16-000…
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…Like the railroad, the construction of the Croton and New Croton Dams and the New Croton Aqueduct played an important role in shaping Croton-on-Hudson’s development. Construction began on the Croton Dam in 1837 after several water crises…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
In case of disagreement between the Commissioners and the owner of any
property which may be required for the said purposes, or aifected by any operation connected therewith, as to the amount of compensation to be paid to such owner…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
their examination, had it not been their opinion that the Common Council would expect
some notice of a proposition that offered to effect the important object of supplying this
city with pure and wholesome water, at a cost two-thirds…
Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition.
…In 1840, the swollen Croton River
broke away the dam connected with the aqueduct by which New York
city is supplied with water, and swept down into the bay, an enormous
quantity of earth, on which occasion the river, directly…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Description : crimson draperies on a blue ground, in the centre a Medallion, representing a
pelican feeding her young, surmounted by the American Eagle, bearing
the Arm and Hammer, the well known emblem
of the Society :
Under the Medallion, "General Society…