…Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) HIGH BRIDGE GATEHOUSE (WEST) 1837-1848 Plate 29, New Croton Aqueduct HIGH BRIDGE STORE Plate 29, Old Croton Aqueduct The western gatehouse at High…

High Bridge, Croton Aqueduct — Stereoscopic View (1864) Stereoscopic photograph of the High Bridge carrying the Croton Aqueduct over the Harlem River, from the Robert N. Dennis collection. Stereoscopic views were the 3D photography of the Victorian era — viewed through a…

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…

High Bridge and High Service Works — Lithograph (1841) Early lithograph (1841) showing the planned High Bridge, the high service works, and the reservoir for the Croton Aqueduct system at the Harlem River crossing. This was drawn before the bridge was…

The High Bridge at Harlem — Harper's Magazine (1860) Engraving of the iconic High Bridge carrying the Croton Aqueduct over the Harlem River. The oldest standing bridge in New York City, opened 1848, with Roman-style stone arches. From Harper…

Bridge and the High Bridge Water Tower The Receiving Reservoir in Central Park The Distributing Reservoir at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, now the site of the New York Public Library High Bridge and the High Bridge Water Tower. Click…

…The grade line of the aqueduct supplying water to Marseilles was 270 feet above the valley floor and of comparable length to High Bridge. The Croton High Bridge is without peer in antebellum America and is the centerpiece of the…

…Selchow & Co., circa 1867-1880 High Bridge is one of the greatest feats of early American engineering and New York City’s oldest standing bridge. A key part of what we now call the Old Croton Aqueduct, the

…Between the Farmers' Bridge and the High Bridge commissioners are about erecting a new bridge, spanning the stream and extending from Aqueduct Avenue on the Westchester shore to the Tenth Avenue on the Manhattan Island aide. This bridge is to…

Harlem River more navigable for larger ships 1929 1930 Hoover Dam construction begins 1933 Golden Gate Bridge construction begins 1931 1936 1939-45 World War II High Bridge designated a NYC Landmark 1970 High Bridge Aqueduct & Tower placed on National…

BRIDGE ENGINEER’S Office c 1840s (Demolished) Plate 29, Old Croton Aqueduct Interpretation Sign Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) 17 HIGH BRIDGE TOWER 1872 Plate 29, Old Croton Aqueduct Type Rising 185 feet on a bluff in…

High Bridge from the East — Postcard (1898) Postcard view of the High Bridge from the east, showing the Croton Aqueduct bridge spanning the Harlem River. By 1898, the High Bridge had been carrying water for 50 years and was one…

Celebrating High Bridge Celebrating High Bridge High Bridge stands as one of America's most significant early engineering achievements and New York City's oldest existing bridge. Originally designed as a component of the Old Croton Aqueduct system, this structure…

Celebrating High Bridge Celebrating High Bridge High Bridge stands as one of America's most significant early engineering achievements and New York City's oldest existing bridge. Originally designed as a component of the Old Croton Aqueduct system, this structure…

…ships 1929 1930 Hoover Dam construction begins 1933 Golden Gate Bridge construction begins 1931 1936 1939-45 World War II High Bridge designated a NYC Landmark 1970 High Bridge Aqueduct & Tower placed on National Register of Historic Places 1972 1972…

Celebrating High Bridge Celebrating High Bridge High Bridge stands as one of America's most significant early engineering achievements and New York City's oldest existing bridge. Originally designed as a component of the Old Croton Aqueduct system, this structure…

…river, bridge, aqueduct, trees, rocks, person Source: NYPL, I.N. Phelps Stokes Collection License: Public domain

Bridge, the one that carried the Croton Aqueduct over the Harlem River. Opened in June, 1842, our High Bridge lasted just 37 years—collapsing into the river from neglect in October, 1879. 1 Why was the watch a prized “family…

…Indeed, in 1836 the New York Legislature reported that “the bridge over the Croton river upon [the Highland Turnpike] has been entirely carried away.” High Bridge , the covered bridge that

High Bridge, New York — Henry Ward Ranger (1905) Oil on canvas by Henry Ward Ranger (1858-1916) depicting the High Bridge carrying the Croton Aqueduct over the Harlem River. The oldest standing bridge in New York City, High Bridge was…

…is involved, that the high bridge has the preference and if your ; honorable body should be of opinion, notwithstanding the great additional expense, that the aqueduct should cross the Harlem River on a high bridge, and will fortify that opinion…

Edenwald Houses Fonthill Castle and the Administration Building of the College of Mount St. Vincent Hertlein and Schlatter Silk Trimmings Factory High Bridge High Pumping Station Kingsbridge Armory Morrisania Post Office Park Plaza Apartments Port

…considerations of economy induced them to build the work only high enough to comply with the requirements of the law. The plan which has been adopted for building an Aqueduct bridge across this valley is as follows : on the south…

National Historic Landmark New York State Register of Historic Places The Croton Aqueduct at High Bridge in 1859 Location of Croton Aqueduct Nearest city New York City , New York Built 1837–1842 Architect John B. Jervis ; David Douglass; James

Croton Aqueduct Harlem River Crossing The image depicts the Croton Aqueduct crossing the Harlem River, showcasing the original High Bridge design with stone arches. The scene includes a river with sailboats and steamboats, a grassy bank with trees, and people…

was built high above the river, is another ghost bridge on this map. It collapsed in 1879. (Details here ). Quaker Bridge was definitely there in 1884 and would have been dwarfed by the dam behind it, that the New York…

Croton Aqueduct Puzzles Croton Aqueduct Puzzles This piece explores two nineteenth-century jigsaw puzzles featuring the Old Croton Dam and High Bridge, part of a collection called "Sliced Objects" published by E. G. Selchow & Co. between approximately 1867 and 1880…

famed High Bridge, which carried water in iron pipes cross the Harlem River to Manhattan to serve a growing population. A fuller history of the Aqueduct can be found a the Ossining Heritage Area and Keeper’s House visitor centers…

…Aqueduct trail and attractions along the way. An ongoing project is the restoration and adaptive reuse of the keeper’s house in Dobbs Ferry into a visitors center, and the Friends also play an active role in the High Bridge…

…Jervis showing workers tunnelling through earth during the construction of the Croton Aqueduct. Jervis designed the entire 41-mile system, including the dam, aqueduct, and High Bridge. Date: 1837 Type: illustration Subjects: tunnel, workers, construction, aqueduct Source: Library of Congress…