Weir at the Croton Dam — F.B. Tower (1843) Tower's plate showing the weir (water measurement structure) at the Old Croton Dam. The weir measured the flow of water entering the aqueduct, ensuring adequate supply for the city while…

Entrance to the Croton Dam — F.B. Tower (1843) Tower's plate showing the entrance and gate house of the Old Croton Dam. The dam's masonry gate house controlled the flow of water into the aqueduct tunnel that carried…

…CROTON DAM GATEHOUSE 1892-1906 Plate 18-3, New Croton Aqueduct NEW CROTON GATEHOUSE 1890 Plate 13-, Old/ New Croton Aqueduct Constructed on the upstream side of the New Croton Dam, the masonry substructure is divided into three water chambers…

…It was also used to measure the water in the aqueduct. Type Significance(s) Interpretation Structure Guide Type Significance(s) Appendix Type OLD CROTON DAM STABLE (SUBMERGED) Plate 13-, Old Croton Aqueduct Sign Current Designation(s) OSSINING KEEPER’S HOUSE…

…Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) Interpretation Current Designation(s) AMAWALK GATEHOUSE 1889-1896 Plate 9-, New Croton Aqueduct Located south of the main dam, the gatehouse receives water from the tower and sends it to the fountain…

million US gallons (340,000 m 3 ) a day to the city via the Old Croton Aqueduct . [ 5 ] To meet escalating water needs, the Aqueduct Commission of the City of New York ordered construction of a new Croton system in…

…Keepers’ Houses The Old Croton Aqueduct was subdivided into regions, each of which was assigned a 28 Top: New Croton Dam Bottom: 135th Street Gatehouse Pumping Stations Pumping stations were usually constructed adjacent to water towers, as an essential mechanism…

Scene Below the Croton Dam — Harper's Magazine (1860) Engraving from T. Addison Richards' article 'The Croton Aqueduct' in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, December 1860. Shows the dramatic scenery below the Old Croton Dam with water cascading over the…

…determined to build the dam across the Croton River, the surface of the natural flow of water was about 38 feet below the elevation required as a head for the water to flow into the Aqueduct leading to the city…

…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…

…water in the Aqueduct, £ i a; DESCRIPTION OF THE LINE OF AQUEDUCT. The dam, built to form the Fountain Reservoir, is about six miles above the mouth of the Croton River. The reservoir forms a beautiful sheet of water in…

…PLATES. - 3'^ Entrance Ventilator, .'.--- Sections of the Croton Aqueduct, ------ - - - - 84 & 86 ------ Isometrical View of Culvert, 90 Tunnel and Gate Chamber at the head of the Aqueduct, - - 92 ------ View above the Croton Dam, 95 Entablature over the entrance to the Aqueduct…

…water. Current Designation(s) Structure Guide For more information, see fiche on page XXX. Significance(s) Appendix CROTON FALLS DAM 1906-1911 Plate 7-, New Croton Aqueduct For more information, see fiche on page XXX. CROTON FALLS DIVERTING DAM 1911…

…Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign CARMEL AUXILIARY DAM GATEHOUSE 1890 Plate 3-, New Croton Aqueduct Located in the center of the Carmel Auxiliary Dam, the gatehouse contains a single water chamber 5 X 17 feet in size. Significance(s) Interpretation…

aqueduct that carried water to Jerome Park Reservoir in the north Bronx, New York City. [ 10 ] Repair [ edit ] New Croton Dam in 2016 The bridge over the spillway was replaced in 1975 and again in 2005. In that same year…

…Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) SODOM DAM GATEHOUSE 1888-1892 Plate 5-, New Croton Aqueduct Current Designation(s) A 37 X 42 foot stone gatehouse near the center of the Sodom Dam regulates the water in the…

…During low stages of the River the water which is not drawn oft' by the Aqueduct may pass through this culvert and allow none to pass over the dam. The entrance to the tunnel is protected by a screen of…

…There is a small waste gate in the dam of five by six feet, but hardly intended to relieve the river when in flood. The water in part escaped through the aqueduct passing over the gates, and discharging itself, at…

…the Croton Reservoir.^ In addition to this description and illustration, Jervis also provid- ed a table delineating the masonry and piping which carried the water over the length of the Aqueduct: The length of aqueduct from the Croton dam to…

…determined to build the dam across the Croton River, the surface of the natural flow of water was about 38 feet below the elevation required as a head for the water to flow into the Aqueduct leading to the city…

…Spillway of the New Croton Dam History of the Croton Waterworks 16 Aqueduct was taken offline in 1955. The New Croton Aqueduct is still capable of providing New York City with between 10 and 30 percent of its fresh water…

…Topographical Map Showing the Entire Watershed of Croton River above the Croton Aqueduct Dam. 1858. hand-colored lithograph Courtesy Jervis Public Library, drawing #148. Photo: G. R. Farley figure 43. above: New Croton Dam under Construction, c.1890, photograph Courtesy…

the New York Water Commissioners’ attention to the Croton River. The canal company failed but the metropolis gained access to Croton water with the completion of the Croton Dam and Aqueduct in 1842. Postcard of New York Central Railroad. Another

…1906 West Branch Dam and Reservoir completed Henry Ford’s Model-T introduced 1908 1908 Cross River Dam and Reservoir completed 23 Titanic sinks 1912 1914-17 New York City Water Commission shuts down Croton Aqueduct as precaution during World…

This dam was proposed to be built about 2 feet above the level of high tide, thereby keeping all the salt water below ; and above the dam would be the fresh water for supplying the city, which must be pumped…

------ Isometrical View of Culvert, 90 Tunnel and Gate Chamber at the head of the Aqueduct, - - 92 ------ View above the Croton Dam, 95 Entablature over the entrance to the Aqueduct, - 96 View below the Croton Dam, Croton Aqueduct at Sing-Sing…

…at the head of the Aqueduct showing its connection with the Fountain Reservoir. This gate chamber is not in any way connected with the dam itself but stands some distance from it, and the water reaches it by means of…

continuation of the Sodom Auxiliary Dam, the overflow weir stretches 500 feet and is 8 feet high. Type Significance(s) Interpretation Current Designation(s) Sign Current Designation(s) 41 SOUTH YONKERS GATEHOUSE c 1888 Plate 28-XX, New Croton Aqueduct…

…The dam required to be raised 40 feet above low CROTON AQUEDUCT. 207 water in the river and it was an important object to arrange the plan so as to obtain a ; rock foundation for the masonry. To effect this…

…There is a small waste gate in the dam of five by six feet, but hardly intended to relieve the river when in flood. The water in part escaped through the aqueduct passing over the gates, and discharging itself, at…