…It would cover an area of land 20 miles long) 1892 – construction began on the new Dam. 1896 – work began on a new dam on the site

…000 m 3 ) of water, a small fraction of the New York City water system's total storage capacity of 580 billion US gallons (2.2 × 10 9 m 3 ). [ 4 ] Work began in 1892 at a site on the

…documents the initial phase of New Croton Dam construction—redirecting the Croton River's natural flow to create the excavation site for the dam's foundation. The project commenced on September 20, 1892, with river diversion work. Engineers blasted a…

…documents the initial phase of New Croton Dam construction—redirecting the Croton River's natural flow to create the excavation site for the dam's foundation. The project commenced on September 20, 1892, with river diversion work. Engineers blasted a…

…new Croton Dam at Quaker Bridge, but that plan was abandoned, and in August, 1892, the contract was awarded for the Cornell Dam, now approaching completion, about a mile and a half above the Quaker Bridge site. No fewer than…

…to construct the new Croton Dam at Quaker Bridge, but that plan was abandoned, and in August, 1892, the contract was awarded for the Cornell Dam, now approaching completion, about a mile and a half above the Quaker Bridge site.

…The dams of the Croton Waterworks ranged from small, picturesque ones in Putnam and Westchester counties to the one-hundred-foothigh New Croton Dam—constructed between 1892 and 1906—with its iconic steel-arched bridge. Keepers’ Houses The Old Croton…