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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The most imposing is
the crossing of Harlem River, either by an aqueduct bridge, or by inverted syphons ;
next, carrying the aqueduct over Manhattan Valley ;
and last, though not least, the erection of the receiving and distributing reservoirs in this…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The proportion of lime of aqueduct masonry
on foundation walls over valleys, to that in excavation, is about as one to eight. The
masonry of the aqueduct is covered with earth to a sufficient depth to protect it from
frost.
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Engineer John B. Jervis . [ 7 ] Jervis had exacting specifications for each segment of the route; he strictly guided progress and discouraged liquor consumption by workers anywhere near the construction sites. [ 8 ] The Croton River was dammed,
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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…dimensions of the piers and arcades of the ancient aqueduct, this was shortly afterwards
erected.
Aqueduct at Lyons. Nothing gives us a higher idea of the ancient splendor of the
city of Lyons (Lugdunum,) under the emperors, than the remains…
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an increase in disease. Epidemics of yellow fever ravaged the city. A polluted aquifer, overcrowded housing, the lack of sewers, public ignorance of basic sanitary conditions, and the existence of polluting industries near wells and residential areas
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to survey and estimate the proposed route. [ 5 ] : 46 In 1837, construction began on a massive engineering project, to divert water from sources upstate, following a route surveyed by Douglass [ 6 ] and supervised by Douglass' successor, Chief
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flowed into it daily from northern Westchester. From the Receiving Reservoir, water flowed down to the Croton Distributing Reservoir , better known simply as the Croton Reservoir , a similar fortified tank located on Fifth Avenue between 40th Street
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