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(Redirected from Old Croton Aqueduct ) Aqueduct in New York (1842–1955) For the current aqueduct which superseded this one, see New Croton Aqueduct .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— (Redirected from Old Croton Aqueduct ) Aqueduct in New York (1842–1955) For the current aqueduct which superseded this one, see New Croton Aqueduct .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 §36
— route of the aqueduct. It crosses the lawn of the Lyndhurst estate, following the aqueduct's easement. The trail enters New York City on the eastern side of Van Cortlandt Park ; [ 7 ] the aqueduct runs through the Bronx under Aqueduct…
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 §54
— Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1975. [ 25 ] The interior of the Old Croton Aqueduct has been documented by explorers including Miru Kim and historian Steve Duncan. [ 26 ] Aqueduct Walk [ edit ] Main article: Aqueduct Walk
Old Croton Aqueduct §89
— Croton Aqueduct, Sing Sing Kill Bridge, Spanning Aqueduct Street & Broadway, Ossining, Westchester County, NY ", 18 photos, 4 measured drawings, 2 data pages, 2 photo caption pages HAER No. NY-112, " Old Croton Aqueduct, Mill River Culvert, U.S.
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 §58
— section of aqueduct with brick walls and exposed ceiling A gate at Ossining Weir to close the aqueduct off for maintenance A valve at Ossining Weir to redirect water out of the aqueduct Ventilating tower No. 16, Irvington (May 2005…
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…
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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 §23
— more info in Aqueduct History, check out these links: A short bibliography compiled by Tom Tarnowsky NYC DEP’s Flickr zccount about NYC Water John Bloomfield Jervis Papers at the Jervis Public Library Croton Aqueduct History – NY Historical Society
History of the Old Croton Aqueduct §9
— civic rejoicing. Print from Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct – more about the celebration at Croton History The trail is virtually as old as the Aqueduct. It was created for reasons of security – to prevent local opponents of this massive,
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 §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 §22
— Gotham: A History” by Gerard Koeppel, 2000, Princeton University Press. An archive of Aqueduct material, donated by William Lee Frost to Croton-on-Hudson’s Historical Reference Room (Municipal Building), may also be consulted; call 914-271-4574. For
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…Aqueduct Bridge for Road-way,
Croton Aqueduct at Mill-River, ... -
Croton Aqueduct at Jewell's Brook,
Croton Aqueduct at Hastings,
Croton Aqueduct at Yonkers,
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Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §2
— …Aqueduct Bridge for Road-way,
Croton Aqueduct at Mill-River, ... -
Croton Aqueduct at Jewell's Brook,
Croton Aqueduct at Hastings,
Croton Aqueduct at Yonkers,
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Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §3
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Isometrical View of Culvert, 90
Tunnel and Gate Chamber at the head of the Aqueduct, - - 92
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View above the Croton Dam, 95
Entablature over the entrance to the Aqueduct, - 96
View below the Croton Dam,
Croton Aqueduct at Sing-Sing…
Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §21
— …A fourth
Aqueduct was also constructed for this city, but there is
some doubt whether it was built by the Romans.
Aqueduct of Mount Pila.
This Aqueduct was built by Claudius, who was born at
Lyons, to conduct water to…
Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §149
— …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…
Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §118
— In crossing Harlem River there is a fall of 2 feet more
than there would have been had the Aqueduct continued
across with its regular inclination : this extra fall will afford
an opportunity to adjust the number and capacity of…
Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §38
— …Part of this ancient construction, consisting of two arches
substantially built, still exists, near the modern Aqueduct.
The Aqueduct bridge over the valley of Arcueil has twentyfive arches, is 72 feet high and 1,200 feet in length.
In the…
Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §111
— …In such a position the Aqueduct is perhaps less secure than in those before described. Where the soil is wet from springs, and the
formation clay, there is danger of slides ; and in rainy seasons there is danger from the…
Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct §151
— …is an enlarged view of one of the bridges
and a portion of the foundation wall and Aqueduct adjacent
to it. The Aqueduct has a cast iron lining over the bridges
like that described at the Sing Sing Kill.
These…
crotonhistory.org
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 §9
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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 §6
— tended to wash out due to severe storms or spring freshets. 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…
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 §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 §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…
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…
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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 §15
— Scientific American Published August 31, 2013 August 31, 2013
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 §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 §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 §10
— extensive planning—including test borings, cost estimates and structural plans. The site was eventually abandoned in favor of one further up-river, but in 1887 Quaker Bridge was the favored location. For Crotonites the detail showing the bridge is
Birds Eye Views Of The Croton Aqueduct 1879 1887 §14
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Croton Aqueduct Puzzles §6
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Croton Aqueduct Puzzles §2
— puzzle companies of the Victorian era and sold several “sliced” puzzle sets, including Sliced Animals and Sliced Birds. The series was popular enough that it was copied by another company, resulting in an 1883 trademark infringement lawsuit ( Selchow
Croton Aqueduct Puzzles §3
— v. Baker ), which Selchow won. In 1880 John Righter became a partner and the company name was changed to Selchow & Righter. The firm remained a top game and puzzle company into the twentieth century, remembered by aficionados for Parcheesi, Scrabble
Croton Aqueduct Puzzles §5
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Croton Aqueduct Puzzles §4
— and Trivial Pursuit. Many thanks to Etsy seller paintedpony99 for permission to use the box image. Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in…
Croton Aqueduct Puzzles §0
— Click on the images to enlarge them. November 1877 ad These two nineteenth century puzzles, showing the Old Croton Dam and High Bridge, were part of a set called Sliced Objects, published by E. G. Selchow & Co., circa 1867 to…
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…
Library of Congress, Chronicling America
…The fact that a Virginia newspaper published poetry about a New York water system shows how the Croton Aqueduct captured the national imagination. The aqueduct was a 41-mile gravity-fed system, one of the greatest engineering projects of the…
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Croton Aqueduct Watershed 1908 §2
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Croton Aqueduct Watershed 1908 §0
— This map and graph were published in the May 23, 1908 issue of Scientific American . 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…
Croton Aqueduct Watershed 1908 §1
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croton_waterworks_raw.txt
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…
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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
— …Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign YONKERS BARN (Demolished) Plate 25, Old Croton Aqueduct Part of the complex allotted to the overseer of the Yonkers section of the Old Croton Aqueduct. Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) Current Designation(s…
croton_waterworks_raw §53
— …Current Designation(s) Type Significance(s) Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) Sign MUSCOOT DAM 1905 Plate 15-, New Croton Aqueduct Current Designation(s) MILL RIVER WASTE WEIR 1837-1841 Plate 22-6, Old Croton Aqueduct Spanning a…
croton_waterworks_raw §55
— …Significance(s) Appendix QUARRY RAILROAD BRIDGE 1838-1839 Plate 24-7, Old Croton Aqueduct Interpretation Sign SAW MILL RIVER CULVERT 1838-1839 Plate 27-1, Old Croton Aqueduct The design was chosen for its engineering efficiency, as two smaller arches…
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 §54
— Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) NORTH GATEHOUSE Plate 32-3, Old Croton Aqueduct Current Designation(s) Positioned on the northwestern edge of Lake Manahatta and at 72 X 40, the North Gatehouse serves as the inlet feet of…
croton_waterworks_raw §49
— Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, Central Park embraced the Old Croton Aqueduct in design. Significance(s) Sign Current Designation(s) COAL INCLINE AND RAILROAD, HIGH SERVICE WORKS - HIGH BRIDGE 1873 (Demolished) Plate 29, Old Croton Aqueduct Supporting the High Service…
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…
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 §9
— This Aqueduct was commenced in 1753. It is twenty- seven miles long, from the sources which supply it to the gardens of Caserta. The sources are at the base of the mountain called Taburno; the principal one is called Sor…
illustrations_aqueduct_raw §32
— 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 be drawn from…
illustrations_aqueduct_raw §30
— …There are six of these waste-weirs constructed for the Aqueduct. VENTILATORS. For the purpose of ventilation hollow cylinders of stone are erected over the top of the Aqueduct and rising about 14 feet above the surface of the ground…
illustrations_aqueduct_raw §8
— …First, Aqua Virgini, called by Frontinus, Aqua Virgo, or Virgin Aqueduct. The trunk of the Aqueduct having been injured, the repa- ration was began under the Pontificate of Nicholas V. and Sextus IV., and completed under that of Pius IV…
illustrations_aqueduct_raw §5
— …A fourth Aqueduct was also constructed for this city, but there is some doubt whether it was built by the Romans. Aqueduct of Mount Pila. This Aqueduct was built by Claudius, who was born at Lyons, to conduct water to…
illustrations_aqueduct_raw §10
— …9 34 Aqueduct of Arcueil. The Emperor Julian built this Aqueduct to bring water to Paris, A. D. 360 ; it supplied the palace and hot baths, but was destroyed by the Normans. It was above nine miles and a half…
illustrations_aqueduct_raw §41
— …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…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
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, Aqueducts of 73, 74, 75
" " 73
Aqueduct…
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A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §759
— 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, Aqueducts of 73, 74, 75
" " 73
Aqueduct…
A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §477
— A large portion of them are intended as ventilators to discharge the
superabundant air collected in the aqueduct, and a few of them are fitted for waste weirs,
for discharging the water from the aqueduct, if at any time repairs…
A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §118
— They both supply the aqueduct of Batchikeui, which,
as has already been stated, furnishes the suburbs of Pera and Galata with water. Beyond
Belgrade are other reservoirs which will be elsewhere noticed. These supply Constantinople proper, with water. " In order…
A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §595
— …GRADE LINE OF AQUEDUCT. The general declivity of the aqueduct in Westchester county is 0.021 foot per hundred, or a fraction over 13j inches per mile.*
The top of the conduit pursuing this grade, corresponds with the top of…
A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §472
— …The foundation wall at this place is 50 feet in height to grade, and 62 feet to
the top filling of the aqueduct.
6th. An aqueduct bridge over the railroad at Harvey's marble quarry, of 16 feet span,
and…
A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §556
— …This formation of country continues to, and is terminated by, the Harlem river, at
the point where the aqueduct intersects it, which is one mile northwesterly from
Macombs' dam.. The length of the aqueduct from the Croton dam to Harlem…
A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §563
— 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…
A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §760
— …Winifred's, 1
Chain-pump in early use, 2 6 early in Asia, &c., 2
Castella, 20126 of Ninevah, 2
Carthagenian Aqueduct, '28 Joseph's, at Cairo, 3
" 40 Ancient American, 5
Constantinople . . .
Canal de L'Ourcq, 63 Artesian at…
brickcollecting.com
…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 agreed
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Croton on Hudson Bricks §112
— …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 agreed
Croton on Hudson Bricks §109
— …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…
Croton on Hudson Bricks §110
— began on the first Croton Aqueduct and dam. Many of the workers were Irish. 1842 the dam was completed. 1849 the railway was built as far as Peekskill; the Croton station was on River Street (later Riverside Avenue). A result…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw.txt
…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…
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old_croton_aqueduct_raw §18
— …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…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw §17
— …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…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw §36
— …Characters were also added to the final versions of Aqueduct Bridge for Roadway, also engraved by Bennett, and Croton Aqueduct at Jewell's Brook, engraved by John William Hill. "I gain information and pleasure by talking with the artists who…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw §16
— 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. It was, in the main, well located. In regard…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw §0
— The Old Croton Aqueduct Rural Resources Meet Urban Needs The Hudson River Museum of Westchester The Old Croton Aqueduct figure 1: Section of the Aqueduct with Iron Lining, c. 1837-39. ink and watercolor on paper Courtesy Jervis Public Library…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw §11
— …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…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw §44
— '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…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw §21
— 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…
crotonhistory.org
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
Celebrating Ossinings Double Arch §6
— Whitson’s Mill, located to the east of the aqueduct arch. Shortly after this was painted a wooden bridge was erected under the arch to cross the Kill. The original painting is in the collection of the Ossining Historical Society…
Celebrating Ossinings Double Arch §10
— …The firm took the name Arcade from the aqueduct arch spanning the valley.
Celebrating Ossinings Double Arch §3
— views The David Rumsey Map Collection Bridges NYC Carl Oechsner and Marc Cheshire Click on any image to enlarge it! Detail from an 1868 map of Sing Sing with the Aqueduct Arch marked in red. Note the location of 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.
Commissioners reported in
favour of its use, though far away; and in May, 1837, the construction of
an aqueduct from a point six miles from its mouth to the metropolis was
begun. At the head of the aqueduct a dam…
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The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §405
— Commissioners reported in
favour of its use, though far away; and in May, 1837, the construction of
an aqueduct from a point six miles from its mouth to the metropolis was
begun. At the head of the aqueduct a dam…
The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea §483
— …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 §404
— …Commissioners reported in
favour of its use, though far away; and in May, 1837, the construction of
an aqueduct from a point six miles from its mouth to the metropolis was
begun. At the head of the aqueduct a dam…
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 §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
— …These are ventilators of the aqueduct ;
some of them are quite ornamental, as in the case of the one at Sing Sing,
others are simple round towers, and every third one has a square base,
with a door by which…
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 §6
— …place of Andre and Arnold
View on Bloomingdale Road
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…
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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
— biking path that 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…
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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Croton in the 1850s §23
— …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
Croton in the 1850s §20
— …Commissioners reported in favour of its use, though far away; and in May, 1837, the construction of an aqueduct from a point six miles from its mouth to the
Croton in the 1850s §21
— …Croton Dam near Pine’s Bridge (now submerged) At the head of the aqueduct a dam was constructed, for the purpose of forming a fountain reservoir. At the beginning of 1841 a flood, produced by a protracted rain-storm and…
Croton in the 1850s §24
— aqueduct runs parallel with the Hudson, at the mean distance of half a mile from it throughout its entire length. Its course is marked by culverts and arches of solid masonry, and its line may be observed at a distance…
Croton in the 1850s §26
— by which a person may enter the aqueduct. At the top of each is an iron screen, to prevent substances from being cast into the ventilators. Our little group shows the different forms of these towers, which present a feature…
Croton in the 1850s §25
— …These are ventilators of the aqueduct; some of them are quite ornamental, as in the case of the one at Sing Sing, others are simple round towers, and every third one has a square base with a door
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.
The aqueduct has tifteen
arches, eight of which are on the river bottom. They
are each eighty feet in width and one hundred feet
high above flood tide. The seven shore arches have
each fifty feet span. To reach the…
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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §4323
— The aqueduct has tifteen
arches, eight of which are on the river bottom. They
are each eighty feet in width and one hundred feet
high above flood tide. The seven shore arches have
each fifty feet span. To reach the…
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
— The cost of
the aqueduct was $8,575,000, including purchases of
land and extinguishment of riparian rights. This
figure was within five per cent, of the estimates of
Chief Engineer Jervis. To it, however, must be
added $1,800…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §4523
— …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 §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 §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…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §4494
— …Morris and his associates
to prevent the building of a low bridge over the river
were at length crowned with success, and an Act of
Legislature passed May 3, 1839, prescribed that the
Aqueduct Bridge should be constructed with arches…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §4783
— …Croton Aqueduct, 796. Crotou Lake, 5.
River, 6. Crown, English, 107.
Grants, 96. Cultivation, Indian, 13. Culver, C. E., 637. Currency, Continental, 478/. Curry, Rev. D., 620, 621.
D.
Davenport, John, 25. Davidson, M. 0., 835. Dawson, H.B ., 612…
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.
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…
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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 §1248
— …Complaints about the insufficiency of the old aqueduct began to
be expressed as early as 1875, but the city officials were slow to
embark upon the necessarily elaborate and costly enterprise required
-- a new aqueduct from the Croton River. In…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1137
— …This was the only serious casualty
that occurred in connection with the building of the Oroton Aqueduct. It had been earnestly desired by the people of New York that the
water should be introduced into the city by the 4th…
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 §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 §1119
— …Most of the particulars
of the
sivcly, however, on the old aqueduct anil ante- aqueduct
in our text arc digested from
cedent conditions) is the " Memoir, etc., of (he King's " Memoir."
Croton Aqueduct," compiled by Charles King
first
Mr…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1139
— But within thirty years even this
amount was found inadequate; and by permitting the water to rise
in the aqueduct to within twelve and one-half inches of the crown
of the arch -- thirty-two inches higher than had been…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1130
— Much trouble was experienced in satisfying the land owners along
the line of the proposed aqueduct, who made vexations demands,
among them the extraordinary one (expressed in a memorial to the
legislature) that the legal possession and use of 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 §91
— …Thereupon he recommended to the Aqueduct Commissioners that this entire section of the embank- ment and core wall to the gatehouse be removed and the stone dam extended in its place . But while maintaining that the conditions allowed of no…
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…
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Woodlawn Cemetery Wyckoff House Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead Westchester County Aaron Copland House Armour–Stiner House Boston Post Road Historic District Croton Aqueduct Elephant Hotel Henry Draper Observatory John Hartford House Kykuit Lyndhurst Old
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Van Cortlandt Manor §53
— Woodlawn Cemetery Wyckoff House Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead Westchester County Aaron Copland House Armour–Stiner House Boston Post Road Historic District Croton Aqueduct Elephant Hotel Henry Draper Observatory John Hartford House Kykuit Lyndhurst Old
Van Cortlandt Manor §44
— A. Arthur Home Chrysler Building Church of the Ascension, Episcopal Cooper Union Croton Aqueduct Daily News Building Duke Ellington House Dyckman House Eldridge Street Synagogue Empire State Building Equitable Building Flatiron Building Founder's
Van Cortlandt Manor §51
— Community College Brooklyn Bridge Brooklyn Heights Center for Brooklyn History Conference House Croton Aqueduct Green-Wood Cemetery Jackie Robinson House King Manor Lorillard Snuff Mill Louis Armstrong House New York Botanical Garden Old Quaker
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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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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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Quincy Adams, Comprising Portions of His Diary from 1795 to 1848 , compiled by Charles Francis Adams. Philadelphia: J. P. Lippincott & Co., 1876. Volume 11. ↩ The current Wikipedia article for the Croton Aqueduct states “Among those present were
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John Quincy Adams Sends His Regrets §15
— Quincy Adams, Comprising Portions of His Diary from 1795 to 1848 , compiled by Charles Francis Adams. Philadelphia: J. P. Lippincott & Co., 1876. Volume 11. ↩ The current Wikipedia article for the Croton Aqueduct states “Among those present were
John Quincy Adams Sends His Regrets §16
— then-President of the United States John Tyler, former presidents John Quincy Adams and Martin van Buren, and Governor of New York William H. Seward.” See here . ↩ A memoir of the construction, cost, and capacity of the Croton Aqueduct . . . together
John Quincy Adams Sends His Regrets §7
— even published the letters of regret from all four men in his book, A memoir of the construction, cost, and capacity of the Croton Aqueduct . . . together with an account of the civic celebration of the fourteenth October, 1842 . . . 3 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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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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great prison cell of a city, and made to drink of its brackish springs, can estimate the blessings of the Croton Aqueduct? Clean, sweet, abundant water! Well might they bring it thirty miles under-ground, and usher it into the…
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Clean Sweet Abundant Water §2
— great prison cell of a city, and made to drink of its brackish springs, can estimate the blessings of the Croton Aqueduct? Clean, sweet, abundant water! Well might they bring it thirty miles under-ground, and usher it into the…
Clean Sweet Abundant Water §0
— Of all the people who recorded the unbridled joy New Yorkers felt when the Croton Aqueduct opened in October 1842, few captured it as eloquently as Maria Lydia Child, whose poem Thanksgiving Day , was set to music and is known…
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…A key part of what we now call the Old Croton Aqueduct, the
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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 §0
— …Here’s a fine example of the medal produced for the Croton Water Celebration, when what we now call the Old Croton Aqueduct opened to public use on October
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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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