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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…After all, we have followed but at a respectable distance ancient Rome, with her nine
aqueducts, some of which were longer than the Croton Aqueduct, and together were
capable of supplying 250,000,000 of gallons per day. But history…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…To the Honorable the Water Commissioners of the City of New York :
GENTLEMEN : The resolution of your Board, requiring the undersigned to prepare
plans and estimates for crossing Harlem River, by a bridge, the arches of which shall be
164…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
All revenue to be received for water, to be procured by the works for supplying
the city of New York with pure and wholesome water, and furnished to the inhabitants
of said city, is especially pledged and appropriated as a…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…and enhance the advantages of the city of New York the enormous expenditures for wages,
and other necessaries, for the great number of men that would be employed on
provisions,
the aqueduct, should have been deemed by the neighboring residents…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
This was the water-course, afterwards adjusted by Trajan, into which he introduced
a new stream from the lake Sabbatinus, now the Lago Bracciano, and then the name
of Alsietina was changed to Sabbatina. It is now the Aqua Paola…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…city with pure and wholesome water and after the most mature consideration, recommend that the Croton be
;
brought to the city in a covered aqueduct of masonry, and that the water be taken from the
river at Halman's or…
comp_plan_ch2_history_raw.txt
…Like the railroad, the construction of the Croton and New Croton Dams and the New Croton Aqueduct played an important role in shaping Croton-on-Hudson’s development. Construction began on the Croton Dam in 1837 after several water crises…
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…
NYPL / F.B. Tower, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct
…Harlem River, New York City
Type: map
Subjects: San Francisco, map, waterways, city layout
Source: NYPL / F.B. Tower, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct
License: Public domain
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…The New York Times announces the completion of the South Gatehouse at the new Central Park Reservoir and invites the public to visit and marvel at this feature of the “Croton Aqueduct, which, with these latest connections, presents a specimen…
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…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…line of the aqueduct, but to descend on the Westchester side some 14 feet with the water in iron pipes, and after passing it over the river in a
horizontal line, to raise it on the New York side within…
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Celebrating High Bridge
Celebrating High Bridge
High Bridge stands as one of America's most significant early engineering achievements and New York City's oldest existing bridge. Originally designed as a component of the Old Croton Aqueduct system, this structure…
NYPL, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (F.B. Tower)
…the New York Public Library — the main branch stands on its exact footprint today.
Date: 1843
Location: Murray Hill, Manhattan (now NYPL Main Branch)
Type: lithograph
Subjects: river, village, mountain, church, people
Source: NYPL, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (F…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…155
The Commissioners were in hopes, as they had abandoned the idea of crossing the
Harlem river with an aqueduct bridge, that they would have been enabled to recommend
the building of a similar structure for carrying the water over…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…By adding a small quantity of this to the common well water of
New-York, a copious, white, flocculent precipitate is immediately formed, which is
the chloride of soda. The same test, however, applied to the Croton water, produces no…
illustrations_aqueduct_raw.txt
…vicinity of the Croton Dam will be one of the resorts in summer seasons for the citizens of New- York. From the Croton Dam the Aqueduct passes along the left side of the valley of the Croton River until at…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…CROTON AQUEDUCT. 265
12. Common Council of Troy.
13. do do Jersey City, Newark, Elizabethtown, New Brunswick,
Princeton, and Trenton.
14. Officers of the Corporation.
15. County Officers.
16. Enginers and Officers of the Water Works.
17. Foreign Consuls.
THIRD…
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.
A boat called the 4k Croton Maid,"
carrying four persons, was placed in the aqueduct, to be floated down
by the stream. The water, with the boat, arrived at the Harlem
River during the night of the 23d. On the…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…Ventilators Ventilators were originally placed at every mile along the length of the Old Croton Aqueduct. Although all have been demolished in New York City, many are extant along the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail in Westchester County. These ventilators may…
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…national engineering society of the same name, founded in 1852 and headquartered in New York City. As soon as Jervis took charge of the Croton Aqueduct construc- tion, he moved to revitalize the Engineering Department based upon his experience in…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…By adding a small quantity of this to the common well water of
New-York, a copious, white, flocculent precipitate is immediately formed, which is
the chloride of soda. The same test, however, applied to the Croton water, produces no…
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.
An Ode, written by Gen. George P. Morris, Esq., will be sung by the New York Sacred Music Society.
The ceremonies will be closed by nine cheers from the citizens and others…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Commencing at the Croton dam, on a level 40 feet above the river, which descends from
this point to tide-water, at the average rate of 25 feet to the mile, the grade of the aqueduct was compelled to encounter…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…It shall be the duty of the Water Commissioners of the city of New York, to
finish and complete the aqueduct for supplying the said city with water, down to and
including the distributing reservoir at Murray's hill, according…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…a sufficient bed
shall be formed to support the foundation wall of the aqueduct. From the south abutment
pier of the main arch, on the New
York side of the river, an arcade, of three arches, will
be built, one…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…New York and Erie, and the
304 CELEBRATION OF THE
New York and Albany Rail Roads, the two unfinished lateral Canals, and the enlarge,
ment of the Erie Canal.
One more reflection and I shall have done. This aqueduct, like…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…New York. On the other side of the banner the Queen of Cities, represented by a female wearing a crown, is calling attention to a
picture, a view of the dam on the Croton
River
the origin of the aqueduct…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw.txt
…Bornet, Croton [Distributing] Reservoir, 1850, published by J. Hoff, colored lithograph Courtesy The J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum ol the City of New York. 29.100.2103 figure 50, right: David Johnson. Harlem River Aqueduct. 1860. oil on canvas Courtesy…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…In receiving, with my associates of the Croton Aqueduct Board, the custody of the
work committed to us, I take the occasion to convey to you, the thanks of your fellowcitizens, for the zeal, perseverance and fidelity with which your…