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(Redirected from Old Croton Aqueduct ) Aqueduct in New York (1842–1955) For the current aqueduct which superseded this one, see New Croton Aqueduct . United States historic place Old Croton Aqueduct U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S.
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Old Croton Aqueduct §2
— (Redirected from Old Croton Aqueduct ) Aqueduct in New York (1842–1955) For the current aqueduct which superseded this one, see New Croton Aqueduct . United States historic place Old Croton Aqueduct U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S.
Old Croton Aqueduct §59
— …15, Tarrytown (November 2020) Trail sign marking the Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park in Tarrytown Section of the Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park in Sleepy Hollow 135th St Croton Aqueduct Gatehouse in New York City is listed on…
Old Croton Aqueduct §73
— Aqueduct Trail" . Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct . Archived from the original on October 8, 2011 . Retrieved October 6, 2011 . ^ "Old Croton Aqueduct Trail Map" (PDF) . New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation .
Old Croton Aqueduct §66
— through History (Old Croton Aqueduct Staste Park brochure). ^ a b c "Old Croton Aqueduct Trail" . New York City Department of Parks and Recreation . Retrieved September 19, 2007 . ^ Nemo, Leslie (March 1, 2023). "Aqueduct met New York City's need for
Old Croton Aqueduct §31
— …The new aqueduct, buried much deeper than the old one, went into service in 1890, with three times the capacity of the Old Croton Aqueduct. It currently supplies 10 percent of New York City's water. The Croton
Old Croton Aqueduct §227
— Skyline Taconic Tongue Mountain Range Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Croton_Aqueduct&oldid=1348836551 " Categories : Croton Aqueduct Aqueducts in New York (state) Aqueducts on the National Register of Historic Places
Old Croton Aqueduct §3
— 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
Old Croton Aqueduct §83
— Old Croton Aqueduct". IA, The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology . Vol. 4, no. 1. pp. 15– 25. JSTOR 40967954 . External links [ edit ] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Croton Aqueduct . NYC GOV Water System History NYC GOV New
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Forgotten New York Street Scenes (Old Croton Aqueduct) To see Library of Congress images of the Aqueduct – type “Croton aqueduct” into the search field at top right.)
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History of the Old Croton Aqueduct §24
— Forgotten New York Street Scenes (Old Croton Aqueduct) To see Library of Congress images of the Aqueduct – type “Croton aqueduct” into the search field at top right.)
History of the Old Croton Aqueduct §17
— Weschester County section of the Old Croton Aqueduct, between Croton Gorge Park and the Yonkers-New York City line. This 26.2-mile portion of the total 41-mile Aqueduct route became the Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park, a…
History of the Old Croton Aqueduct §14
— and how The Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct rescued it HERE ) The Aqueduct in the 20th Century Until 1955 the Old Croton Aqueduct brought water to New York City. (The northernmost portion reopened in 1987 and continues to supply…
History of the Old Croton Aqueduct §15
— of Ossining.) Though the Aqueduct was built to meet the city’s needs for 100 years, the supply was soon insufficient due to the spiraling population growth to which it contributed. The New Croton Aqueduct, triple the size and much…
History of the Old Croton Aqueduct §0
— HISTORY Home History The Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct strive to educate the public about the extraordinary history of water in New York City. The Croton Water Supply System was named to the American Society for Civil Engineering’s…
History of the Old Croton Aqueduct §13
— the home of James Bremner, the principal superintendent of the Aqueduct, north of New York City. The house is a contributing feature of the aqueduct trail, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1992. (Read more about the Keeper…
History of the Old Croton Aqueduct §2
— The Aqueduct was built in response to the fires and epidemics that repeatedly devastated New York City, owing in part to its inadequate water supply and contaminated wells. Major David B. Douglass, the project’s first chief engineer, planned the
History of the Old Croton Aqueduct §19
— Twenty-two miles are a designated part of the Hudson River Valley Greenway Trail, and sections are being incorporated into Westchester County’s RiverWalk. While the state park designation ends at the New York City line, the Aqueduct continues for
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This is a detail of the Croton area from the map The Route of the New Aqueduct from Central Park to Croton Dam . . . prepared by the Aqueduct Commission in 1884. The route of the new aqueduct tunnel is the dark…
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New Croton Aqueduct Map 1884 §0
— This is a detail of the Croton area from the map The Route of the New Aqueduct from Central Park to Croton Dam . . . prepared by the Aqueduct Commission in 1884. The route of the new aqueduct tunnel is the dark…
New Croton Aqueduct Map 1884 §1
— across the bottom from Croton Dam. One of the many interesting things about this map is that the New Croton Dam—then in the planning stages—is shown at the Quaker Bridge location. For more information on the Quaker Bridge…
New Croton Aqueduct Map 1884 §6
— …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
New Croton Aqueduct Map 1884 §4
— “Wagon Bridge” in 1898. New York State eventually removed the old span, replacing it with the “Van Cortlandt Bridge” in 1922. This was the main route into Croton for more than 40 year until it was demolished in 1964—despite…
New Croton Aqueduct Map 1884 §9
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New Croton Aqueduct Map 1884 §2
— fascinating aspect of the map is that it shows two bridges across the lower Croton River that didn’t actually exist in 1884, when the map was made. Moving from left to right the bridges shown are: Hudson River Railroad…
New Croton Aqueduct Map 1884 §5
— Highland Turnpike Bridge is next and was long-gone by 1884. This bridge was first built circa 1812 as part of the Highland Turnpike, which ran through the Hudson Highlands. Because bridge construction was still primitive in the early 1800s…
New Croton Aqueduct Map 1884 §3
— was definitely there in 1884. The Van Cortlandt Manor Bridge , which spanned the mouth of the river and went up the road where Shoprite is today, had several incarnations and was there when this map was made. “Long Bridge” was…
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line shows the line of the old aqueduct and in the full black line shows the course of the new aqueduct.” The Old and New Croton Aqueduct System, looking south from Putnam County. Scientific American , 1887. Click to enlarge. When…
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Birds Eye Views Of The Croton Aqueduct 1879 1887 §8
— line shows the line of the old aqueduct and in the full black line shows the course of the new aqueduct.” The Old and New Croton Aqueduct System, looking south from Putnam County. Scientific American , 1887. Click to enlarge. When…
Birds Eye Views Of The Croton Aqueduct 1879 1887 §0
— Here are two priceless “bird’s eye” views of the Croton Aqueduct, made eight years apart during the period when New York City was rapidly outgrowing the capacity of what we now call the Old Croton Aqueduct. One map looks…
Birds Eye Views Of The Croton Aqueduct 1879 1887 §9
— published the New Croton Aqueduct tunnel was three years away from completion and the dam was still in the planning stages. 2 The narrow part of the Croton, where today’s Quaker Bridge crosses the river, was one of several…
Birds Eye Views Of The Croton Aqueduct 1879 1887 §1
— metropolis in 1879—straining the water supply system with its unrelenting growth. The other looks south—to the future—showing both the path of the New Croton Aqueduct tunnel and the then-planned location (later abandoned) of “the most massive
Birds Eye Views Of The Croton Aqueduct 1879 1887 §4
— …It was a stunning achievement for the time.” 1 The map is so detailed that it shows all three major components of the Old Croton Aqueduct in New York City: High
Birds Eye Views Of The Croton Aqueduct 1879 1887 §7
— looking south, from the Putnam County border to New York City and beyond. The accompanying article said the map “clearly presents the course of the Croton River, the location of Muscoot, Croton, and the proposed Quaker Bridge dams, and in…
Birds Eye Views Of The Croton Aqueduct 1879 1887 §12
— …For a before-and-after bird’s eye view of the flooding of the Croton River Valley after construction of the New Croton Dam see this previous post . A high resolution image of the Taylor map is available at the
Birds Eye Views Of The Croton Aqueduct 1879 1887 §13
— Library of Congress website . ↩ The tunnel was opened in 1890 and construction of the New Croton Dam began in 1892. ↩ Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share…
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…Published a celebratory ode to the Croton Aqueduct following the water celebration in New York City. The poem praised the engineering feat that brought clean water from the Croton River to Manhattan. The fact that a Virginia newspaper published poetry…
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…Type Significance(s) Interpretation Current Designation(s) Sign Current Designation(s) 25 NEW 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…
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croton_waterworks_raw §53
— …Type Significance(s) Interpretation Current Designation(s) Sign Current Designation(s) 25 NEW 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…
croton_waterworks_raw §56
— Current Designation(s) SHAFT NUMBER 11C Plate 23-9, New Croton Aqueduct SHAFT NUMBER 10 Plate 22-15, New Croton Aqueduct Engineers designed Shaft Number 10 to be sunk to a depth of 126 feet. Type Significance(s) Current Designation…
croton_waterworks_raw §59
— …WEST BRANCH SUPERVISOR’S HOUSE c 1895 Plate 2-, New Croton Aqueduct Type Structure Guide Type Appendix WEST BRANCH BARN c 1895 Plate 2-, New Croton Aqueduct Interpretation Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) Sign Current Designation(s…
croton_waterworks_raw §54
— …30 Sign Current Designation(s) POCANTICO OPEN-CUT c 1888 Plate 22-11, New Croton Aqueduct Type PIPE YARD (Demolished) Plate 34-1 Significance(s) Interpretation A portion of the New Croton Aqueduct was run through an open trench when…
croton_waterworks_raw §49
— …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 Plate 4-, New Croton Aqueduct Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Earthen with a stepped…
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— …31 SHAFT NUMBER 0 Plate 13-, New Croton Aqueduct SHAFT NUMBER 2 Plate 19-3, New Croton Aqueduct Shaft Number 0 was dug at an incline on a grade of 12 feet per 100 feet. Shaft Number 2 was designed…
croton_waterworks_raw §50
— Significance(s) Interpretation Sign DOBBS FERRY BARN c 1880s Plate 24-2, Old Croton Aqueduct A maintenance building for the use of the principal superintendent of the aqueduct north of New York City. Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation…
croton_waterworks_raw §58
— …SOUTH YONKERS OPEN-CUT c 1888 Plate 28-XX, New Croton Aqueduct Type Significance(s) Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) TITICUS DAM GATEHOUSE 1890-1895 Plate 7-, New Croton Aqueduct Constructed on the upstream side of the masonry…
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…They show the locations of the different reservoirs within the Croton watershed after the New Croton Dam was completed and their relative elevations. Click the image
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Croton Aqueduct Watershed 1908 §0
— …They show the locations of the different reservoirs within the Croton watershed after the New Croton Dam was completed and their relative elevations. Click the image
Croton Aqueduct Watershed 1908 §2
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Croton Aqueduct Watershed 1908 §1
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need for a new Croton Dam was already being explored. 1890 the new Croton Aqueduct completed. 1890s a series of droughts led the New York City Aqueduct Commission to call for a new aqueduct and reservoir. 1891 the Aqueduct Commission…
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Croton on Hudson Bricks §112
— need for a new Croton Dam was already being explored. 1890 the new Croton Aqueduct completed. 1890s a series of droughts led the New York City Aqueduct Commission to call for a new aqueduct and reservoir. 1891 the Aqueduct Commission…
Croton on Hudson Bricks §109
— …Richard built a mansion called Interwasser near the southern tip of Croton Point. 1835 New York City voted to construct a 40 mile brick-lined gravity-fed aqueduct from the Croton River into Manhattan. 1837 construction
Croton on Hudson Bricks §111
— …1855 work on the new Croton aqueduct began. 1883 there were 13 brickyards operating between Croton Point and Verplanck making 64,000 bricks a day. 1885 the
Croton on Hudson Bricks §116
— …1907 the new masonry Croton Dam completed as well as a new aqueduct. c. 1912 -- Point Pleasant Park was opened at the southern tip of Croton Point. Visitors could picnic on the lawn of the Interwasser mansion. 1915 -- when the…
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Croton Aqueduct Puzzles §5
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Croton Aqueduct Puzzles §4
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Croton Aqueduct Puzzles §1
— in a box (shown below) along with puzzles of other New York landmarks—the Bethesda Fountain, St. Paul’s Church, the statue of Washington in Union Square—and puzzles for coach, yacht, engine and other words. Selchow was one of…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…New-York has accomplished when it
;
particularly
is considered that this is only one of the parts which make
up the whole. From Clendinning Valley the Aqueduct soon reaches the
Receiving Reservoir which is thirty-eight miles from the
Croton…
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Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §151
— …New-York has accomplished when it
;
particularly
is considered that this is only one of the parts which make
up the whole. From Clendinning Valley the Aqueduct soon reaches the
Receiving Reservoir which is thirty-eight miles from the
Croton…
Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §38
— …After its use
had been suspended 800 years, a new and beautiful arched
Aqueduct was built by the side of the ruins of the old one,
and its final restoration to public use was completed in 1634.
Part of this…
Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §83
— …the Aqueduct received
the water from the Fountain Reservoir on the Croton :
--on
the 27th of June, the water having been permitted to traverse
the entire length of the Aqueduct, entered the Receiving
Reservoir at the city of New-York…
Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §116
— …The following table
shows the length of the Aqueduct as it is divided into different planes of descent, from the gate chamber at the Croton
dam to the gate chamber at the Receiving Reservoir on the
Island of New- York…
Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §16
— …he enclosed the town with new walls, built baths, and probably the
Aqueduct of the bridge of Gard ("pont du Gard") for bringing water to them.
This Aqueduct is nearly thirty miles in length, forming, in
its course, the figure…
Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §17
— …he enclosed the town with new walls, built baths, and probably the
Aqueduct of the bridge of Gard ("pont du Gard") for bringing water to them.
This Aqueduct is nearly thirty miles in length, forming, in
its course, the figure…
Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §131
— …vicinity of the Croton Dam will be one of the resorts in
summer seasons for the citizens of New- York. From the
Croton Dam the Aqueduct passes along the left side of the
valley of the Croton River until at…
Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §99
— …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…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Engineer's Office, 1st division Croton Aqueduct,
Sing Sing, October 11, 1842. GENTLEMEN :
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt, and to signify my acceptance, of the
invitation to join with the Common Council of the city of New…
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A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §645
— …Engineer's Office, 1st division Croton Aqueduct,
Sing Sing, October 11, 1842. GENTLEMEN :
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt, and to signify my acceptance, of the
invitation to join with the Common Council of the city of New…
A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §486
— …the Croton Aqueduct, and the works connected therewith, and distributing the water throughout the city, shall be diverted from such object ;
and no item of expenditure hereafter to be made by the Corporation of the city of New
York, and…
A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §228
— …MEMOIR
CROTON AQUEDUCT.
MEMOIR
CROTON AQUEDUCT. AT A very early day the want of a sufficient supply, and a convenient distribution
of good water, was felt by the citizens of New- York.
Before the declaration of independence, considerable expenditures had…
A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §555
— …MEMOIR OF THE
DESCRIPTION OF THE CROTON AdUEDUCT BY J. B. JERVIS,
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LINE.
The Croton Aqueduct was designed to supply the city of New York with an abundance of pure and wholesome water. It commences about…
A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §503
— …new Board came in, as the incumbents were familiar with the subject, and it
would necessarily require some time for their successors to become so. No decision, however, was made. In August an ordinance was adopted, organising
the Croton Aqueduct…
A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §558
— …The length of aqueduct from the Croton dam to the distributing reservoir is 40.562
miles to wit :
Masonry conduit in Westchester county 32.880'
-
Do. do. on New York Island 4.187
Total length 37.067
Receiving reservoir from…
A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §603
— Enough is known, nevertheless, to prove that the conduits are beyond the
influence of frost and, constructed as they are, with fidelity and of the best materials,
a duration may be anticipated for the Croton aqueduct equal to that of…
A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §487
— …The Common Council lost no time in passing an ordinance authorising the Comptroller to issue stock for this new loan, and on 21st May they constituted, by resolution, a
Committee on the Croton Aqueduct, to be composed of a joint…
illustrations_aqueduct_raw.txt
…Aqueduct Bridge for Road-way, ----- 103 Croton Aqueduct at Mill-River, ... - 104 Croton Aqueduct at Jewell's Brook, - - - 105 Croton Aqueduct at Hastings, ... - - 106 Croton Aqueduct at Yonkers, ----- 108 Croton Aqueduct at Harlem River, - - - - - 110 View of the Jet at…
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illustrations_aqueduct_raw §0
— …Aqueduct Bridge for Road-way, ----- 103 Croton Aqueduct at Mill-River, ... - 104 Croton Aqueduct at Jewell's Brook, - - - 105 Croton Aqueduct at Hastings, ... - - 106 Croton Aqueduct at Yonkers, ----- 108 Croton Aqueduct at Harlem River, - - - - - 110 View of the Jet at…
illustrations_aqueduct_raw §32
— …The following table shows the length of the Aqueduct as it is divided into differ- ent planes of descent, from the gate chamber at the Croton dam to the gate chamber at the Receiving Reservoir on the Island of New…
illustrations_aqueduct_raw §26
— …The available capacity of this Reservoir, down to the level where the water would cease to flow off in the Aqueduct, has been estimated at six hundred millions of gallons. Could we suppose that the Croton River will ever in…
illustrations_aqueduct_raw §46
— …The foreigner who visits this country will find the Croton Aqueduct an interesting specimen of our public works, and will be pleased with a pedestrian tour along the line of work to the Fountain Reservoir among the hills of the…
illustrations_aqueduct_raw §25
— …Sources of the Croton River. The sources of the Croton River are principally in the county of Putnam, at a distance of fifty miles from the city of New-York ; they are mostly springs which in that eleva- ted and…
illustrations_aqueduct_raw §36
— …vicinity of the Croton Dam will be one of the resorts in summer seasons for the citizens of New- York. From the Croton Dam the Aqueduct passes along the left side of the valley of the Croton River until at…
illustrations_aqueduct_raw §22
— …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…
illustrations_aqueduct_raw §20
— …He proposed to take the waters of the Croton at Pine's bridge, which he stated to be 183 feet above the level of the Hudson ; to conduct the water in an open Aqueduct, follow- ing the line of the…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw.txt
…1890s Contemporary print from original glass plate negative The Hudson River Museum of Westchester Gloeckner Newby Co., New Croton Dam, 1912 Photograph; 2V2X 9V2 Inches Collection of ESL Information Services, Engineering Societies' Library, New York, NY The New Aqueduct Passing…
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old_croton_aqueduct_raw §48
— …1890s Contemporary print from original glass plate negative The Hudson River Museum of Westchester Gloeckner Newby Co., New Croton Dam, 1912 Photograph; 2V2X 9V2 Inches Collection of ESL Information Services, Engineering Societies' Library, New York, NY The New Aqueduct Passing…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw §44
— …Helen Tower Wilson Theophlius Schramke, Description of the New York Croton Aqueduct In Elfish, Qarman and French, 1846 Book with 20 plates. New York and Berlin: printed by Mundt Court;esy of William Lee Frost Cathleen Polgreen, Aqueduct Overseer's…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw §0
— …Farley The Old Croton aqueduct Rural Resources Meet Urban Needs The Hudson River Museum of Westchester Yonkers, New York 1992 Xhi s One 7WXT-: 5F-QFG4 figure 2: Fayette B. Tower, View above the Dam, in Illustrations of the Croton…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw §42
— …Description of the New York Croton Aquedua in English, German and French. New York and Berlin: printed by Mundt, 1846. Society for Industrial Archaeology. Newsletter, vol. V, no.l (Jan. 1976). Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw §16
— …The length of aqueduct from the Croton dam to the distributing reser- voir is 40.562 miles — to wit: ^ Masonry conduit in Westchester county 32.880 [Ditto ditto] on New-York Island 4.187 Total Length 37.067 Receiving reservoir…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw §20
— great acclamation from the citizens of New York City. The High Bridge was not completed until 1848. Notes 1. Charles King, A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct (New York, 1843), p.220. 2. See…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw §34
— …Tower's book Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (1843), implied that the Aqueduct, while bringing New York City the necessary water to grow into a teaming metropolis, fit harmoniously into pastoral ideals of the landscape and, in fact, enhanced it…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw §11
— …Jr., View of Croton Dam. engraved by Henry Jordan & Frederick Halpin, frontispiece from Charles King's A Memoir of the Construction, Costs and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct .... New York. 1843 The Hudson River Museum of Westchester, Gift of John…
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at the Wayback Machine . Yorktown Historical Society. Retrieved on July 11, 2007. ^ Tompkins, Christopher R: The Croton Dams and Aqueduct , page 2. Arcadia Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7385-0455-6 . ^ "History and Geology of the NYC Aqueduct System"
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New Croton Dam §30
— at the Wayback Machine . Yorktown Historical Society. Retrieved on July 11, 2007. ^ Tompkins, Christopher R: The Croton Dams and Aqueduct , page 2. Arcadia Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7385-0455-6 . ^ "History and Geology of the NYC Aqueduct System"
New Croton Dam §9
— 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…
New Croton Dam §25
— …roughly follows the route of the Old Croton Aqueduct , has an endpoint near the base of the dam. Teatown Lake Reservation , a nature preserve, lies nearby as does Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson. Panoramic view of New Croton
New Croton Dam §20
— 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…
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…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. Three ventilator designs used on the Croton Aqueduct The Croton
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Tower, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct , New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843. View looking east, showing the smaller arch over what is today Aqueduct Street on the far left. F.B. Tower, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct , New York: Wiley…
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Celebrating Ossinings Double Arch §8
— Tower, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct , New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843. View looking east, showing the smaller arch over what is today Aqueduct Street on the far left. F.B. Tower, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct , New York: Wiley…
Celebrating Ossinings Double Arch §7
— the wooden bridge built under the aqueduct arch sometime after 1839. From F.B. Tower, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct , New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843. Detail of the wooden bridge that originally carried local traffic under the arch. F…
Celebrating Ossinings Double Arch §9
— …Tower, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct , New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843. Stereoview by H. Rofes & Co., circa 1865, showing the Arcade File Works (erroneously called “Arcade Tile Works” on the paper label on the
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Croton Dam and Reservoir, Croton River, Croton-on-Hudson, NY In the mid- to late 1800s first the Croton Dam , then the New Croton Dam , and the Croton Aqueduct were built on the Croton River to supply New York City…
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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
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Unbuilt Croton §19
— 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
Unbuilt Croton §9
— who had started his career on the Erie Canal and would later construct the first Croton dam and aqueduct into New York City. Sharon Canal stock certificate. Connecticut was urged to build a similar canal which would link it to…
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Supply—Present Condition of Work on the Great Croton River Dam.” Christopher Tompkins, author of The Croton Dams and Aqueduct , said this image is “especially noteworthy for its accuracy in depicting the excavation.” Below is the top section of the
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original Croton Dam, the New Croton Dam and the entire aqueduct system. Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share…
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Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct, and Carl Oechsner, Croton Friends of History, for their help in analyzing these photographs. ↩︎ The text labels in the photos were added to the negatives in the darkroom so they would appear on every…
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This 1906 plan of the downstream elevation, prepared by the New York City Aqueduct Commission, comes from the Historic American Engineering Record collection of the Library of Congress. The collection includes a large number of photographs and plans
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New Croton Dam 1906 §0
— This 1906 plan of the downstream elevation, prepared by the New York City Aqueduct Commission, comes from the Historic American Engineering Record collection of the Library of Congress. The collection includes a large number of photographs and plans
New Croton Dam 1906 §1
— 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…
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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)
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The 1842 Croton Water Celebration Medal §9
— 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)
The 1842 Croton Water Celebration Medal §6
— 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…
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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…
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.
…Depew.1
In theVear 1880 works for increasing New York City's water supply
from Westchester County were commenced, which are still in progress; for although the new Croton Aqueduct was completed in 1891,
1 See Smith's Manual of…
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History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1248
— …Depew.1
In theVear 1880 works for increasing New York City's water supply
from Westchester County were commenced, which are still in progress; for although the new Croton Aqueduct was completed in 1891,
1 See Smith's Manual of…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1130
— …On the 26th of April, 1837, bids were opened " for furnishing the materials and completing the construction of twenty-three
sections of the Croton Aqueduct, including the dam in the Croton,
the aqueduct bridge over Sing Sing Kill, and the…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1133
— …When it became certain, in 1831, that the water-supply problem
was to find its solution in a continuous aqueduct from the Croton --
such a continuous aqueduct being practicable in this case because
of the Croton's sufficiently lofty elevation…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1138
— A boat called the 4k Croton Maid,"
carrying four persons, was placed in the aqueduct, to be floated down
by the stream. The water, with the boat, arrived at the Harlem
River during the night of the 23d. On the…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1137
— …At five o'clock on the morning of the
22d of June, water to the depth of eighteen inches was admitted into
the aqueduct from Croton Lake. A boat called the 4k Croton Maid,"
carrying four persons, was placed in…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1132
— …When it became certain, in 1831, that the water-supply problem
was to find its solution in a continuous aqueduct from the Croton --
such a continuous aqueduct being practicable in this case because
of the Croton's sufficiently lofty elevation…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1251
— …Old Croton Aqueduct, 95,000,000 gallons; Bronx River Conduit, 28,000,000 gallons; New Croton Aqueduct, 300,000,000 gallons-- total,
425^000,000 gallons. With the completion of the works now in their
last stages, the supply obtainable…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1139
— …reservoir,
ions
since
disused,
whoso
site is to be
GENERAL
COUNTY
HISTORY
plies had to be procured -- through the Bronx River conduit (1880-85)
and the New Croton Aqueduct (1884-93). In this chapter we have undertaken to follow the…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…Two on the southerly side of the structure are to control the flow of the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow of water…
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Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam §107
— …Two on the southerly side of the structure are to control the flow of the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow of water…
Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam §67
— …Two on the southerly side of the structure are to control the flow of the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow of water…
Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam §77
— …Two on the southerly side of the structure are to control the flow of the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow of water…
Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam §86
— …Two on the southerly side of the structure are to control the flow of the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow of water…
Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam §94
— …Two on the southerly side of the structure are to control the flow of the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow of water…
Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam §101
— …Two on the southerly side of the structure are to control the flow of the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow of water…
Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam §110
— …Two on the southerly side of the structure are to control the flow of the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow of water…
Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam §91
— …Lewis , Chief Engineer of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the City of New York ; both of whom had been asked by Mayor Low to investigate and report thereon . On April 16 , 1902 , the Aqueduct Commissioners resolved to remove…
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…
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The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §405
— …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…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §404
— …whose clear
waters supply the city of New York with wholesome beverage.
The ancient name of the Croton was Kitch-a-tvan, signifying a large
and swift current. ^The Dutch called it Croton in memory of an Indian
Sachem of…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §390
— …The origin of the name is to be
found in the word Sint-sinck, the title of a powerful clan of the Mohegan
CROTON AQUEDUCT AT SING SING.
or river Indians, who called this spot Os-sin-ing, from ossin…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §406
— …The "High Bridge " over the Croton, at the old head of the navigation,
was a wooden, rickety structure, destined soon to fall in disuse and
absolute decay, because of a substantial new bridge, then being
~~_ iijiiifiji-
\EIsTIL\10ES.
constructed across…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §7
— Sleigh Riding on the Hudson
Asylum for the Insane
Croton Aqueduct at Sing Sing
Elm Park in 1861
State Prison at Sing Sing
Orphan Asylum
State Prisoners
Harlem Plains
Crolon Point, from Sing Sing
View in Central Park
Rockland, or…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §482
— …The " High Bridge," or aqueduct over which the waters of the Croton
How from the main land to Manhattan Island, crosses the Island at One
Hundred and Seventy-Third Street. It is built of granite. The aqueduct
is fourteen hundred…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §389
— …The origin of the name is to be
found in the word Sint-sinck, the title of a powerful clan of the Mohegan
CROTON AQUEDUCT AT SING SING.
or river Indians, who called this spot Os-sin-ing, from ossin…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §509
— …In the centre, upon the highest visible point, is the Convent of the Sacred
Heart ; and towards the right is the Croton Aqueduct, or High Bridge,
over the Harlem river. The trees on the extreme right mark the line of
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.
…As the elevation of the arches is less than that of the
Croton Aqueduct, a system of syphons and gate houses
receives the water at the east side and discharges it
at the west. The aqueduct was in working order…
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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §4323
— …As the elevation of the arches is less than that of the
Croton Aqueduct, a system of syphons and gate houses
receives the water at the east side and discharges it
at the west. The aqueduct was in working order…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §4322
— …The Croton Aqueduct or High Bridge. --
The high bridge which crosses the Harlem River
at the northwest corner of Morrisania was built as
an aqueduct to convey the water of the Croton River
to the reservoirs of New York City…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §4324
— …3 Schrampke's account of the Croton Aqueduct.
WESTCHESTKH.
The following inscription appears on the mason
work of the structure :
"AyvEDrCT Bkidoe. Fiiiishi il Doce.iiliiT 31", IS48.
I'liilij) Hone,
Nalliaintil Weed,
M. 0. Roberts,
J. H. Ilobart Haws…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §4524
— In 1SH3 he was ai)|)ointed by iNIayor Edson, of New
York, a member of the Aqueduct Commission to determine as to the necessity of a new aqueduct and to
decide upon the route and nuinner of building, a position…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §4365
— Just south of the Haskin property, extending east
from the Croton Aqueduct to the valley of the Mill
Brook, were the Butler, Berrian, Bassford and Fisher
farms, now mostly cut up into village lots and fiist
improving. Just west of…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §4159
— The Croton aqueduct, begun
1837 and completed 1842, passes along the brow of
Valentine's, (iun and Tetard's Hills. 2. The Bronx
River water supply, determined upon in 1879 and
opened September 9, 1884, is carried in a forty…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §4364
— …Just south of the Haskin property, extending east
from the Croton Aqueduct to the valley of the Mill
Brook, were the Butler, Berrian, Bassford and Fisher
farms, now mostly cut up into village lots and fiist
improving. Just west of…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §699
— …The origin of the name of the river, the great natural
feature of the Manor, the waters of which supply the
great city of New York by means of a magnificent
aqueduct without a rival in Ancient or Modern
times…
Library of Congress, Chronicling America
…Coverage of the Croton Water Celebration in New York City on October 14, 1842. The celebration marked the arrival of clean water from the Croton River via the 41-mile Old Croton Aqueduct designed by chief engineer John B. Jervis…