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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
which are in no case less than 40 feet below the grade line, or 53 feet below the top
covering of the aqueduct. Besides those above mentioned, there are numerous brooks
and valleys of less depth, requiring culverts, and artificial…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
face of the 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…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…These may be useful to obtain entrance to the
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Aqueduct, or to afford increased ventilation should it ever
become necessary.
CULVERTS.
Where streams intersect the line of Aqueduct, culverts
are built to allow them…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…The wall which supports the Aqueduct
at this valley is 50 feet high. In this case, as in many others, the slope wall which
covers the face of the embankment has an arch turned in
it over the top of…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
In the progress of preparing foundations for the piers of the bridge, an embankment has been formed across the River and the pipe leaving
the Aqueduct on the north side of the valley follows down
the slope of the hill…
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…Conclusion that celebrates the Croton Aqueduct with tours, live music, and children’s activities. The Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct have also published a map detailing the route of the Croton Aqueduct trail and attractions along the way. An…
NYPL / F.B. Tower, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct
…The weir measured the flow of water entering the aqueduct, ensuring adequate supply for the city while maintaining the reservoir level.
Date: 1843
Location: Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Type: engraving
Subjects: Croton Dam, weir, aqueduct, landscape
Source: NYPL / F.B…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…PROTON* AQUEDUCT
INDEX TO PRELIMINARY ESSAY. PAGE. Albany Water Works 81 London Bridge, works at,
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Aqua Paola, . . .* 1646 Supply of water at, 20,50,53,59
Augusta, 16 Lisbon Aqueduct, 69
Felice, 1746 Lyon's Aqueduct, 32
Sabbatina, 16 Mexico…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…No bricks were used in the construction of the channelway of the Aqueduct.
Ventilators were constructed along the course of the
Aqueduct 2 feet square, and rising above the ground 2 or 3
feet. The Aqueduct when it was above…
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…In a report to the Water Commissioners dated February 8, 1837, the chief engineer cited both the High Falls Aqueduct on the Delaware and Hudson Canal and the Little Falls Aqueduct on the Erie Canal as examples of masonry watenway…
King's Handbook of New York City / Wikimedia Commons
Croton Aqueduct Bridge (High Bridge) — King's Handbook (1893)
The High Bridge across the Harlem River from King's Handbook of New York City (1893). Shows the bridge in its original stone-arch form — a Roman-style aqueduct bridge that…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…First, Aqua Virgini, called by Frontinus, Aqua Virgo, or
Virgin Aqueduct.
The trunk of the Aqueduct having been injured, the reparation was began under the Pontificate of Nicholas V. and
Sextus IV., and completed under that of Pius IV. in…
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…The State Water Commission was disbanded and the Croton Aqueduct Board established 1870: Department of Water Works supersedes the Croton Aqueduct Board 1883: New York City establishes the Board of Aqueduct Commissioners 1905: The Board of Water Supply was created…
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'Ordinary Cutting," "Deep Cutting,' "Section of the Aqueduct on the Inland Route from the Head of the Saw Mill River to the City" Ink on paper; 9^4 x 14 V2 inches Jervis Public Library, Rome, NY, drawing #200 Plan…
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The Croton on Its Way to Town — Harper's Magazine (1860)
Engraving showing the Croton Aqueduct route as it carries water toward Manhattan. From T. Addison Richards' comprehensive article in Harper's, December 1860. The aqueduct traveled 41 miles by…
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Scientific American Published August 31, 2013 August 31, 2013
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…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 a work of architectural beauty and boldness by…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…Ancient Aqueduct of Metz.
This Aqueduct was built by the Romans when that city
was under their dominion ; but it is difficult to fix upon the
precise era of its construction. It is said in the history of
the city…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…this stream having been found inadequate
for the proper supply of even the highest division of the city, a second aqueduct was
constructed, which drew its water from the Loire. The third aqueduct was formed
under, to conduct water to…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…Gate Chamber at the Head of the Aqueduct and Grade of
the Water-way of the Aqueduct.
Plate VIII. is a longitudinal section through the tunnel
and gate chamber at the head of the Aqueduct showing its
connection with the…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw.txt
largely owned, by the tenant farming families who had appeared as a landowner along the line of the Aqueduct, near Indian Brook in Mount Pleasant (today Ossining); Oscar Irving and his uncle Washington Irving had their neighbor George Harvey re…
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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The water continued to flow uninterruptedly through the aqueduct, from the
22d of June, when it was first let in, to the 8th of November, when it was shut off for
the purpose of more effectually inspecting its condition, and…
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…Tower (1817-1857), Aqueduct at Spoletto [sic] In Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct, 1843 Engraved by Joseph Napoleon GImbrede (1820- ?) Reproduction, courtesy of The Historical Society of the Tarrytowns Aqueduct Cross Section, c.1836-39 Ink and watercolor on paper…
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