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published the New Croton Aqueduct tunnel was three years away from completion and the dam was still in the planning stages. 2 The narrow part of the Croton, where today’s Quaker Bridge crosses the river, was one of several…
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embankment of the old Croton Dam—destroyed the Van Cortlandt mills, along with all the bridges and buildings on the banks of the lower Croton River. 3 What’s remarkable is that the water power produced at the site was…
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…For a before-and-after bird’s eye view of the flooding of the Croton River Valley after construction of the New Croton Dam see this previous post . A high resolution image of the Taylor map is available at the
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…New Croton Dam, circa 1906 Double Arches Promenade View from Quaker Bridge Share this: Print (Opens in new window)
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.
…During his incumbency the new Croton Dam was under construc- tion . The purpose of this paper is to explain , as briefly as possible , the original plan of this structure and the im- perative necessity of its modification , and to answer…
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…Jervis also concurred with the loca- tion of the dam at Garretson's Mill, seven miles upstream from the Croton's junction with the Hudson. He felt that a high dam would create a large reservoir wherein a more complete…
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…Work was well underway when a freshet struck the Croton River watershed. The dam was breached when the water rose 15 feet above the spillway of the dam. The masonry part was on solid rock and was not dis- turbed…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…carried away before the dam went, as were also it is believed, the other two bridges.
about one
Brayton, the son of one of the dam contractors, perceiving
" Mr. Albert
o'clock, the danger to the people below the dam…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
With the
view of keeping 4 feet of water on the apron at the toe of the dam, and thereby breaking the
force of the fall, by its action on a body of water, there has been constructed, at a…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Now, although the Commissioners have no reason to doubt that the waters of the upper
Hudson are perfectly pure, and that by building a water-tight dam across the river, from
this city to the shores of New Jersey, the…
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hole that would become the foundation of the dam. Construction started on September 20, 1892 with excavation to divert the Croton River. A channel 125 feet wide and about a quarter of a mile long was blasted out of solid…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…No dwelling house above the dam was carried away. John
Tompkins, below the dam, lost his dwelling house, which was of small value, say five or
six hundred dollars, and his son,John Tompkins, lost a grist mill and dam…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
The difference of tides is about 5 feet,
which added to the height of dam above high tides, would
give 7 feet of the top of the dam exposed to the pressure
of the water on the up stream side…
Shonnard, Frederic, and W.W. Spooner. History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900. New York: The New York History Company, 1900.
…It was originally
proposed 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…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
It is proposed to make the tunnel, by first excavating the mud which forms the bed
of the river, by means of a dredging machine, so as to allow a frame for a coffer dam to
be sunk on the…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
At the place where it was determined to build the dam
across the Croton River, the surface of the natural flow of
water was about 38 feet below the elevation required as a
head for the water to flow into…
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…Tower, View above the Croton Dam, From Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct, 1843 Engraved by William James Bennett; 5V2X 10 V2 Inches (Image) Ossining Historical Society Museum Fayette B. Tower, View below the Croton Dam, From Illustrations of the Croton…
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…Detail of the area from the Old Croton Dam to the Hudson River. Scientific
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…This crossing
is thirty-three miles from the Croton Dam, and about ten
miles from the City-Hall. The distance across this valley is about a quarter of a
mile, and the surface of the River is 120 feet below…
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…It extended from the Old Croton Dam in northern Westchester County to the Harlem River , where it continued
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.
…As an example , the Amawalk dam , which forms one of the upper Croton reservoirs , while only about half the height , 85 feet , yet has a base even wider than that of this embankment of unprecedented height .
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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…
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map — Croton-on-Hudson (1903)
The earliest Sanborn map of Croton-on-Hudson, showing the village layout in 1903 during the final years of New Croton Dam construction. Sanborn maps documented building construction materials, dimensions, and uses…
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Library of Congress website . ↩ The tunnel was opened in 1890 and construction of the New Croton Dam began in 1892. ↩ Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…He considers the impediments to the trade on the river, by locking vessels
through the dam, so objectional, that he is induced to conclude that the project cannot be
beneficial. To raise the dam higher, appears to be out of…
Harper's New Monthly Magazine / Wikimedia Commons
…The Croton River rises in Putnam County and flows through the highlands before reaching the dam at Croton-on-Hudson.
Date: December 1860
Type: engraving
Subjects: Hudson Highlands, river, boats, mountains
Source: Harper's New Monthly Magazine / Wikimedia Commons
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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
It must be conceded, as the Commissioners think, that the building of the proposed dam would be an obstruction of more or less magnitude to the navigation of the
river; for although a vessel may be locked through in 10…
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…1906 the new Dam was completed, the second-largest hand-hewn structure in the world, after the famous pyramids of
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…The structure which is seen in the centre of the
picture and on the ridge of the dam is a gate house over a
culvert which extends through the body of the dam this ;
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…The flood of 1841, that swept away the Croton Dam, almost filled the bay with earth;