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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Providence, in Rhode Island, is partially supplied by an aqueduct, but on no very
extensive scale.
Richmond, the capital of Virginia, derives water from the James river by works
planned by Mr. Albert Stein, who was among the engineers originally…
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puzzle companies of the Victorian era and sold several “sliced” puzzle sets, including Sliced Animals and Sliced Birds. The series was popular enough that it was copied by another company, resulting in an 1883 trademark infringement lawsuit ( Selchow
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population growth in the 19th century and encroachment on these areas as Manhattan moved further north of Wall Street , led to the pollution of many local fresh water sources. Below Grand Street , a small number of well-off customers of…
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Company had fresh water delivered to them, but that company was actually more focused on banking—it eventually became Chase Manhattan —and only paid as much attention to its water activities as it needed to avoid losing the state charter…
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a wooded section of the trail) #22-#24 : Yonkers (including one near Untermyer Park and Gardens ) #25-#33 : The Bronx and Manhattan (all demolished as the city developed, though the site of #33 was rediscovered on St. Nicholas Avenue in…
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1839 and demolished in 1924 as a traffic hazard, the Archville Bridge is commemorated on two plaques on the western end of the pedestrian, trail-walking bridge that later replaced it. [ 21 ] South of Archville, the trail runs over the…
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photos, 7 color transparencies, 3 data pages, 3 photo caption pages v t e New York City's water supply system Croton reservoirs New Croton Boyds Corner Middle Branch East Branch / Bog Brook Titicus West Branch Amawalk Muscoot Cross River…
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Library Hall of Fame for Great Americans Van Cortlandt House Woodlawn Cemetery See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in the Bronx and List of National Historic Landmarks in New York City v t e Protected areas of New…
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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The
work required was vigorously prosecuted to completion, and on the 16th, eight days after
the water was shut off, it was again let into the aqueduct. In the main, the aqueduct
appeared substantially well, and the defects not such…
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…Old Croton Aqueduct, National Register of Historic Places (1974) 4. Old Croton Aqueduct running from Croton to New York City, National Historic Landmark in (1992) 5. The High Bridge Aqueduct and Water Tower, National Register of Historic Places (1972) 6…
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…Tower, Croton Aqueduct at Yonkers, From Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct, 1843 Engraved by William James Bennett; 7 x 10 inches (image) Ossining Historical Society Museum Fayette B. Tower, Croton Aqueduct at Clendlnnlng [sic] Valley From Illustrations of the Croton…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
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tained to show, that the capacity of the aqueduct for delivering water will be at least 15
I have not been much disappointed in
per cent, greater than the calculated flow. finding
the flow of water in the aqueduct…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…GENERAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE AQUEDUCT.
Plate I. is a section of the Aqueduct showing the form of
the masonry used in earth excavations. The foundation is
formed with concrete ; the side walls of stone ; the bottom
and sides of the…
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Civil Engineering Landmark Program. Read more HERE . More articles of interest to history buffs can be found in our NEWSLETTERS . The following text is from our Map/Guide Past Newsletters Newsletter Articles OCA Bibliography An Urgent Need for Water
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complex water distribution system constructed as part of the New York City water supply system between 1837 and 1842. The aqueducts , which were among the first in the United States , carried water by gravity 41 miles (66 km) from the…
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one of the most notable, it is more ornate than others [ 20 ] and has the builder's name and year "1840" engraved on the base) #10-#12 : Ossining to Briarcliff Manor to Archville #13-#15 : Sleepy Hollow / Tarrytown (in residential…
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New York Walk Book (7th ed.). New York-New Jersey Trail Conference. ISBN 978-1-880775-30-1 . Koeppel, Gerard T. (2000). Water for Gotham: A History . Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press . ISBN 0-691-01139-7 . Rappole, George…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…In August an ordinance was adopted, organising
the Croton Aqueduct Department, to be composed
Of the Croton Aqueduct Committee, being a joint committee of three members
1.
from each Board, whose duties are thus defined :
2. All bills for expenditures…
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v. Baker ), which Selchow won. In 1880 John Righter became a partner and the company name was changed to Selchow & Righter. The firm remained a top game and puzzle company into the twentieth century, remembered by aficionados for Parcheesi, Scrabble
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the ground, tunneled through rock, and carried over valleys and streams on massive stone and earth embankments and – at Sing Sing Kill, the Nepperhan (Saw Mill) River, and the Harlem River – across arched bridges. Typically it is partly buried, with
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contributed to an unprecedented mortality rate of 2.6% (1 death per 39 inhabitants) in 1830. Then in 1832 cholera first reached New York in the deadliest epidemic to that date. The need for a new supply of fresh water…
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masonry was laid, sometimes in cuts. Conical ventilating towers, also called shafts, 10 to 20 feet high, were placed every mile or so to relieve pressure and keep the water fresh. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Every third ventilator (e.g., #3, #6…
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State Historic Park are: #1-#3 : near New Croton Dam (these are largely submerged or modified due to the construction of the dam) #4-#8 : Croton-on-Hudson to Ossining (some of them in wooded sections of the trail) #9…
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