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Aqueduct. During a visit last week, curator Norm MacDonald showed us some recently donated material that included two rare photographs of blacksmiths at the New Croton Dam taken in September, 1895. Although there are probably thousands of photographs
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of John Kraljevich Americana. See this letter by Lovett to Thomas Jefferson and The Croton Aqueduct Completion Medal by Dave Baldwin. Token and Medal Society Journal , September/October 2013, vol. 53, no. 5. ↩ Share this: Print (Opens in new window)
NYPL / F.B. Tower, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct
…of the New York Post Office building with a horse-drawn carriage and people on the street.
Date: 1843
Type: illustration
Subjects: building, post office, carriage, people, trees
Source: NYPL / F.B. Tower, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct
License: Public…
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…And of course from 1842 until the 1950s, the Old Croton Aqueduct pretty much took care of the water needs of the city of New York, so it was a valuable, valuable resource for the city. Another thing that the…
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New Croton Dam, 1906
A 1906 engineering plan depicting the downstream elevation of the New Croton Dam, prepared by the New York City Aqueduct Commission, from the Historic American Engineering Record at the Library of Congress.
Date: Various
Source: crotonhistory…
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documenting the New Croton Dam and the Aqueduct. The record for this specific item is here . Click the images to enlarge them. Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Sinking Fund, 140, 74
Crane, Samuel, Water Project, 89
Sing Sing 117,42,3,5,58,73,82,217, 18
Creek, Morrisianna, 93, 10
Croton Aqueduct,. .106, 24, 37, 39, 41, 56, 97, 202, 4, Slave Labor, 202, 8
17…
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As we noted in a previous post , the poet and social activist Lydia Maria Child recorded the unbridled joy New Yorkers felt when the Croton Aqueduct opened in 1842. The arrival of the “clean, sweet, abundant water” also inspired her…
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New Croton Dam, 1906
A 1906 engineering plan depicting the downstream elevation of the New Croton Dam, prepared by the New York City Aqueduct Commission, from the Historic American Engineering Record at the Library of Congress.
Date: Various
Source: crotonhistory…
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New Croton Dam Construction, 1896
A detailed engraving from the October 17, 1896 Scientific American depicting the New Croton Dam construction. According to Christopher Tompkins, author of The Croton Dams and Aqueduct, this image is "especially noteworthy for its accuracy…
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…of Empire series for the art gallery of New York City art patron Lumen Reed (1833-36, now in the collec- tion of The New- York Historical Society). The Croton Aqueduct's imagery — in public celebration, written accounts, popular engraving…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
No essential change occurs in the form of the channelway from the Fountain Reservoir on the Croton, to the Receiving Reservoir on the island of New- York a distance ;
of thirty-eight miles, except in crossing Harlem River to
reach…
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New Croton Dam Construction, 1896
A detailed engraving from the October 17, 1896 Scientific American depicting the New Croton Dam construction. According to Christopher Tompkins, author of The Croton Dams and Aqueduct, this image is "especially noteworthy for its accuracy…
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New Croton Dam Construction, 1896
A detailed engraving from the October 17, 1896 Scientific American depicting the New Croton Dam construction. According to Christopher Tompkins, author of The Croton Dams and Aqueduct, this image is "especially noteworthy for its accuracy…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw.txt
…Tower, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct, 1843 Book with 25 engraved plates (first plate unnumbered). New York and London: Wiley & Putnam. Presented by Tower to his brother, Julius Mrs. Helen Tower Wilson Names of Subscribers to Illustrations of the Croton…
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the years,” according to Baldwin, “but he stayed in New York City until his death on December 31, 1874, just six hours after the passing of his wife of 60 years.” Lovett’s Croton Aqueduct Medal was produced in silver…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK,
WHO BY THEIR DELIBERATE VOTE,
INVITED AND CONSENTED TO THE TAXATION BY WHICH THE
VAST EXPENSE OF CONSTRUCTING THE
CROTON AaUEDUCT
WAS DEFRAYED ;
AND TO
THE SUCCESSIVE COMMON COUNCILS,
WHO HAVE DILIGENTLY…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Randolph,
Aid to the Grand Marshal comprising
Commissioners of Croton Aqueduct Board.
1. Water Commissioners and Ex- water Commissioners.
2. Members of the Society of Cincinnati.
3. Mayors of New York, Brooklyn, Albany, Troy, Jersey City, and Newark, in
carriages…
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…In suggesting the design for the Sing Sing Aqueduct Bridge, Jervis revealed early in 1837 the approach he would take in plan- ning the building of the other major structures of the Croton sys- tem. He informed the Water Commissioners…
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Glimpse on the Croton Lake — Harper's Magazine (1860)
Engraving showing the Croton reservoir lake behind the Old Croton Dam. From T. Addison Richards' article 'The Croton Aqueduct' in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, December 1860. The dam created a…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…Martineau
and Douglass, was a closed Aqueduct of masonry. These
gentlemen each made an estimate of the cost of bringing
the water of the Croton River to the city of New- York by
a closed Aqueduct of masonry, and the…
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.
…It is 166 feet
above mean tide-water at New York, and pours into the aqueduct from
40,000,000 to 50,000,000 gallons every twenty-four hours. Not having
time to visit the fountain reservoir, I have availed…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Now, although this
CROTON AQUEDUCT, 127
last proposition carries with it the semblance of feasibility, there is, nevertheless, nothing new in it for he only offers to remove the
: dam
from the place selected by our engineer, to a position…
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…The collection comprises "a large number of photographs and plans documenting the original Croton Dam, the New Croton Dam and the entire aqueduct system."
Date: Various
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License…
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…The collection comprises "a large number of photographs and plans documenting the original Croton Dam, the New Croton Dam and the entire aqueduct system."
Date: Various
Source: crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2013/06/20/new-croton-dam-1978/
License…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2013/06/20/new-croton-dam-1978/
…The collection comprises "a large number of photographs and plans documenting the original Croton Dam, the New Croton Dam and the entire aqueduct system."
Date: Various
Source: crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2013/06/20/new-croton-dam-1978/
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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…In consequence the new aqueduct was destroyed.
Iztacpalapa, a town of 10,000 houses, on one of the causeways leading to the city
of Mexico, was, says de Solis, noted for " many fountains of sweet and wholesome waters,
conveyed by…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The estimated cost is - 295,340 00
The total cost of the reservoirs, - -
$605,840 00
The cost of the four divisions of the aqueduct, commencing at the Croton
Reservoir, and ending at the Receiving Reservoir, including the
crossing at…
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…He [Douglass] made the location of the line of the aqueduct from the Croton river to the north bank of the Harlem River 33 miles, and determined the grade of the aqueduct at about 13' /4 inches to the mile…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The result of these examinations carries the aqueduct from the Harlem River to the
receiving reservoir as follows it commences on the New York side of the river, at the
:
effluent pipe chamber, on land belonging, or lately belonging, to…