usual cascade of water. Below are details from the image, showing the immense scale of the structure—made entirely of hand-hewn stone which was cut, moved and placed without the aid of modern construction equipment. The image comes from…

…The new Croton dam is located about thirty - seven miles from the Central Park reservoirs , it is on the Cro- ton River , about two and one - half miles below the old Croton dam . Its purpose is to enlarge Croton Lake…

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…Croton Dam. The southern shore of the Croton river at the point where the dam but not is located, is a gneiss rock moderately sloping up the hill from the water's edge, ; appearing to extend far into the river…

…CORE WALL MARCH 1ST 1901 EMOVED DISINTEGRATED FLIMESTONE SHATTERED LIME STONE THE NEW CROTON DAM LONGITUDINAL SECTION ON AXIS OF DAM , SHOWING CORE WALL REMOVED AND ITS DEFECTIVE LIME STONE FOUNDATION , WHICH HAS BEEN EXCAVATED FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE…

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bridge over the river in the background. The house on the hill was used as the construction office. Detail showing the machine shops Detail showing the suspension bridge Detail showing the house used as the construction office John Fish on…

abstract vision that interested him in his later compositions. He compiled his work from that day into a portfolio of small platinum prints. White died later that same year while teaching in Mexico. Share this: Print (Opens in new window…

appears to be looking upriver, toward the New Croton Dam, showing what the river looked like long before the dam was built at Black Rock Park. Although the label on the card states that this is where “Washington’s Army…

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because it’s an “undivided back” postcard, issued during the period from 1901 to 1907. Until 1907 only the mailing address could be written on the back of the card. This card was published by William Terhune in “Ossining on…

involved in the construction as a subcontractor but so far a search of online and offline sources has turned up nothing. If you have any information please send us an email . The scanned images below have been adjusted in Photoshop…

…7th January, 1841, by a great and sudden rise in the water of the Croton, and consequently of the Croton Lake, which carried away the dam for a distance of near 200 feet. It was the part described as an…

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Staley’s Views of New York , and Harper’s Weekly .” This is just one of the many treasures you can find at the New York Heritage Digital Collections website. The ladder in the lower right corner of this detail gives…

contrast and bring out details. The actual prints are lighter, either due to age, overexposure when the photos were taken or printed—or both. We have cropped and enlarged sections of the images to bring out glorious details. Click the…

are cut off it appears these prints were trimmed down, though it could also have been a mistake when the images were printed. None of the prints have inscriptions on the back and the seller was unable to provide any…

…Introduction Lake Manahatta (now Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir) constructed (decommissioned 1993) 1898 1903 High Pumping Station completed 1906 1906 Jerome Park Reservoir completed New Croton Dam and Reservoir completed 1906 1906 West Branch Dam and Reservoir completed Henry Ford’s…

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Card #33 in the Engineering Wonders series of cigarette cards, publishing in the United Kingdom by Will’s Cigarettes. Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on…

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…There is an iron railing and gatekeeper's house, with some other small contingencies, which are estimated at four thousand dollars, to complete all the work at and near the dam. The dam across the Croton River was commenced in…

…The new Croton dam is located about thirty - seven miles from the Central Park reservoirs , it is on the Cro- ton River , about two and one - half miles below the old Croton dam . Its purpose is to enlarge Croton Lake…

An architectural review in 1907 stated: “The dam is very much a cleanly articulated, sculptured object in the landscape.” Programs / Articles / Silver Lake, Croton's Hidden Gem A Dummy Forever! The Graven Images of Bethel Cemetery Postcard Tour The

The length of the new part of the dam (the mason work of the old dam not having been carried away) is 180 feet; so that with the mason work of the first erected dam, which still remains, it will…

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

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