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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…
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…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Water Project, 100,11
dam, 101
Allen, Horatio, 161, 199
Manhattan Company,. .
.85, 98, 99, 104, 5, 7, 9, 11, 20
Alley, Saul, 116, 178 " Water Analysis, 107
Aqueduct, Croton,....106, 24, 37, 39,41, 56, 202, 4, 17 "
Artesian…
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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
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
Leaving the valley of the Croton we come out upon the
Hudson at the head of the "great waters of the Tappan
Zee," beyond which the early inhabitants of New-Amsterdam dared not to voyage without first " settling their family…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The level of mean tide at Harlem river is 120.66 feet below the grade line of
the aqueduct, of which a more particular description will be given hereafter. On New York Island there are several deep and abrupt valleys…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The necessary surveys and levels, to ascertain the most suitable course for the aqueduct on the island of New York, have only recently been effected some demonstration,
;
however, towards completing a plan, had been made, under the direction of Major…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Lawrence,
Esq., President of the Croton Aqueduct Board :
Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the Board of Water Commissioners :
In receiving, with my associates of the Croton Aqueduct Board, the custody of the
work committed to us, I take the occasion…
Library of Congress, Music Division (item 2023798259)
…verse and three-part chorus ("Drink! drink! the draught to cheer the soul / From chrystal streamlets clear")
Date: 1842
Location: New York
Type: document
Subjects: sheet music, Croton Aqueduct
Source: Library of Congress, Music Division (item 2023798259)
License: Public domain
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…The Aqueduct and Surrounding Neighborhoods, Yonkers. c. 1890s, contemporary print from original glass plate negative The Hudson River Museum of Westchester Panetta The building of the Croton Aqueduct is usually incorporated into the history of New York City where it…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The soil, earth, and rock, of the country from the banks of the Croton to the city of
New York, is of one general character. The line cuts a small section of marble of inferior quality, about two miles below…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…and including, the distributing reservoir, and the requisitions of the Croton
Aqueduct Commissioners, for or on account of the procuring and laying down water
pipes in the city of New York, south of the said distributing reservoir. The concluding sections…
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…Theophilus Schramke, Map of Croton Watershed and Aqueduct Route. From Description of the New York Croton Aqueduct in English, German and French. 1846 Courtesy William Lee Frost. Photo: J. Kennedy Panetta In 1836 the State Legislature felt pressure to act…
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This is an often photographed view of the New Croton Dam, but this particular image from 1912 captured an automobile driving along the road which once ran across what is now the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail. For an equally romantic…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
When
the sixth Inca acquired a new province, he ordered the
lands to be " dressed and manured ;" the fens to be drained,
" for in that art (draining) they were excellent, as is apparent by their works, which remain to this…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The
contractors for the new dam in the Croton, for instance, were bound to have it in such an
advanced stage by 1st November of this year, as to throw two feet water from the lake
into the aqueduct. The…
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…After only a few months on New York's principal waterway, he was lured to the Croton project by the prospect of engineering one of the nation's first major urban water systems. Jervis eagerly plunged into his new assignment…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…of
the single city of New York.
THE CELEBRATION
OP THB
FOURTEENTH OCTOBER, 1842.
THE CELEBRATION
FOURTEENTH OCTOBER, 1842
IT was natural that so great an event as the completion of the Croton Aqueduct,
should be deemed by the citizens…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…This Reservoir may be considered the termination of the
Croton Aqueduct, and is distant from the Fountain Reservoir on the Croton, forty and a half miles. The whole cost of the work, exclusive of the pipes in the
city below…
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…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…
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…The construction of the Croton Aqueduct, independent of the service it provided New York, was a turning point in the history of Westchester County in the 19th-century; in conjunction with the railroad, it radically trans- formed Westchester's relationship…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The Memoir of the Croton Aqueduct is compiled from official reports and documents, as for the most part is the sketch of the numerous attempts which, from an
early day, were made by the citizens of New York, to insure…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…is 32
miles and two-thirds of aqueduct, the arch bridge of 88 feet span at Sing Sing, 12 tunnels (or under ground excavations for the aqueduct,) whose aggregate length amounts to
CROTON AaUEDUCT. 181
4406 feet, 32 ventilators for…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…In October last, after the Celebration which commemorated the completion of the
CROTON AQUEDUCT, the joint Committee of the Common Council, constituting the
Celebration Committee, determined that a Memoir of this great and successful enterprise should be prepared, and by…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…With such examples before us, we may consider that by the construction of the
Croton Aqueduct for supplying the City of New-York with
water has been secured an important measure for the promotion of its growth.
Many cities of…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…The following table
is made up of data from that work.
;
The table is arranged to show, First, the name of the
water or Aqueduct ; Second, the era of its construction
Third, the length of each Aqueduct in miles and…
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…Concise Dictionary of American Biography (New YorK: Charles Scrlbner's Sons, 1964), p,520. 11. King. p. 221. 12. Reprinted in The Evening Post, New York, October 15, 1842. 13. Lt. Theophilus Schramke, Description of the New York Croton Aqueduct…
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The High Bridge at Harlem — Harper's Magazine (1860)
Engraving of the iconic High Bridge carrying the Croton Aqueduct over the Harlem River. The oldest standing bridge in New York City, opened 1848, with Roman-style stone arches. From Harper…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…at
the day when was sunk the American people
this vessel
were laying the foundation of a new form of government
composed of principles which should support a fabric of
enduring strength and beauty. We are now building a work…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The water in part escaped through the aqueduct passing over the gates, and discharging
itself, at a waste weir, near Mill River, a distance of nearly 15 miles, without any injury
to the aqueduct. It is obvious, that greater provision…