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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Flattered by
the attentions of the citizens, Agrippa made their city his place of residence, and he
adorned it with new city walls and magnificent baths. Those who suppose that the
object of the aqueduct was to conduct water to…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The Croton aqueduct is but one of many works of physical improvement, constituting
portions of an extensive system, commenced in a season of great prosperity, and all like
this tending to develope the resources and promote the honor and welfare…
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…The foreigner who visits this country will find the Croton Aqueduct an interesting specimen of our public works, and will be pleased with a pedestrian tour along the line of work to the Fountain Reservoir among the hills of the…
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…along the road which once ran across what is now the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail." The image captures an early motorcar on a path near the New Croton Dam.
Date: Various
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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
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CROTON AQUEDUCT. Carb. Lime and Magnes., 1 25
Extractive Matter and Loss, 75
Total, 7
No. 3. A pint yielded 4 50
grains composed of
Mur. Soda, 1
Mur. Magnes., - 2
Carb. Lime, 1
Sulph. Lime and Extractive…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The Corporation of the city of New York shall, at the expense of the said Corporation, erect and sustain convenient passes across or under the aqueduct to be erected by
virtue of the act hereby amended, whenever said aqueduct shall…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…DODGE, Ass't Ald'n., >
CROTON AQUEDUCT.
From the Consul of Frankfort. The undersigned, Consul of Frankfort on the Main, feels honored by the invitation
of the Honorable Common Council of the city of New York, of the 26th September…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…as shall be deemed sufficient for the present purposes of such aqueduct.
10. It shall be the duty of the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the city of
New York, to execute all the work necessary for supplying the said…
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…A proposed architectural competition poster calling for a new fountain design for the 119th Street Gatehouse Proposed Interpretation by Typology Keepers’ Houses Although six keepers’ houses once existed along the length of the Old Croton Aqueduct, only the keeper’s…
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…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
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…CROTON AQUEDUCT. 259
That the city has enjoyed the blessings of peace and prosperity, during the execution of
this noble enterprise, though not unmingled with severe privations, is cause of devout
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The springs thus
found were surrounded with a brick wall, and in their course augmented by several
small streams, and the united waters were carried to Rome by an aqueduct of about
fourteen miles, of which about three-fourths of…
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…Selchow & Co., circa 1867-1880 High Bridge is one of the greatest feats of early American engineering and New York City’s oldest standing bridge. A key part of what we now call the Old Croton Aqueduct, the
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…Ferry land, just west of the Aqueduct and literal- ly around the comer from the newly built Croton Aqueduct Overseer's House on Walnut (then Water) Street. Brady was elected Mayor of New Yorl< City in 1847. Brady's purchases…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The Common Council, nothing daunted by the greatly increased cost of the contemplated Aqueduct, or perhaps being in too far to recede, complied with the call for additional means, by a memorial to the Legislature, asking authority to raise three…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…New-York with pure and wholesome water," passed February 26th, 1833,
and that on the 12th of November, of the same year, they had the honor of submitting
to the Common Council a report, in which they recommended the Croton…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…A truck surmounted by a banner with the inscription " Croton Aqueduct Depart-
"
ment," bearing several pipes, and workmen, with red caps, on which was inscribed pipe
layers," at work. Banner with portrait of De Witt Clinton, and a view of…
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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
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…new in these parts except that there has been the devil to pay of late in Sleepy Hollow; a circumstance by the bye, with which you of New York have some concern, as it is connected with your Croton Aqueduct…
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Historical Society, New York, Gift of Comella F. Muddlman and Anna E. Muddlman, 1959.90 Fayette B. Tower, Croton Aqueduct at Haarlem River (High Bridge), c.1842 Ink with watercolor wash on paper; 4 V2 x 9 V2 inches Mrs…
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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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…Though probably not overtly intended as such, these scenes suggested the wholesome nature of the water being conveyed to New York City, by association with its source. The intended opti- mism of the Croton Aqueduct's image was destined to…
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.
…whose clear
waters supply the city of New York with wholesome beverage.
The ancient name of the Croton was Kitch-a-tvan, signifying a large
and swift current. ^The Dutch called it Croton in memory of an Indian
Sachem of…
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…
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…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…All the provisions of the laws heretofore passed on the subject of the Croton
Water Works, pledging the faith of the city of New York, providing a sinking fund for
the redemption of the stock issued by virtue thereof, are…
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…So, that was the Old Croton Aqueduct that actually still runs today through the middle of the Village of Ossining. So I think one of the motivating factors was, when I went through the Ossining schools, none of my teachers…
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…Douglass boasted "that a better disposed or more rea- sonable set of landholders than those on the line of the Croton Aqueduct is very seldom found. Very soon after, however, the disposition of Westchester land- holders worsened. Word spread that…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…a distance of about eighteen miles from
the city, in New-Jersey. The objections to this project
were, that it would be going into another state, that an
Aqueduct bridge over the Hudson River would obstruct
its navigation, and iron…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…and intrepid allies the firemen of New York. On the other side is the Queen of Cities, calling attention to a picture, representing the
Dam at the Croton River, the origin of the aqueduct. On the lower part of the…