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a small boat, the Croton Maid) and emerged at the Harlem River 22 hours later. The water eventually filled two above-ground reservoirs – on the present sites of the Great Lawn in Central Park and the New York Public Library…
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lies a few miles to the east. Built under Chief Engineer B. S. Church, it began service in 1890 and remains in service today. It has no walking trail. In 1968, New York State purchased from the city the land…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…No part of the fund created by this act, or any other fund raised for the purpose of constructing or completing- the Croton Aqueduct, and the works connected therewith, and distributing the water throughout the city, shall be diverted from…
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…Tower's book Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (1843), implied that the Aqueduct, while bringing New York City the necessary water to grow into a teaming metropolis, fit harmoniously into pastoral ideals of the landscape and, in fact, enhanced it…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…The fourth supported the celebrated Aqueduct of Chapoltepec, by which water was conducted from springs, upon an
insulated hill of that name, at the distance of from two to
three miles."
The Aqueduct of Chapoltepec was the work of Montezuma…
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…5 Laura Vookles Hardin, “Celebrating the Aqueduct: Pastoral and Urban Ideals,” The Old Croton Aqueduct: Rural Resources Meet Urban Needs (Yonkers: The Hudson River Museum of Westchester, Inc., 1992. Published to coincide with the exhibition at the Hudson River Museum…
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“Wagon Bridge” in 1898. New York State eventually removed the old span, replacing it with the “Van Cortlandt Bridge” in 1922. This was the main route into Croton for more than 40 year until it was demolished in 1964—despite…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…A large portion of them are intended as ventilators to discharge the
superabundant air collected in the aqueduct, and a few of them are fitted for waste weirs,
for discharging the water from the aqueduct, if at any time repairs…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The necessary surveys and levels, to ascertain the most suitable course for the aqueduct on the island of New York, have only recently been effected some demonstration,
;
however, towards completing a plan, had been made, under the direction of Major…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The Commissioners, in this report, draw the attention of the Corporation to the fact,
that the assessors of the towns in Westchester county, along the line, proposed to include
not only the lands occupied by the aqueduct, but the unfinished…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…The plan which has been adopted for building an Aqueduct
bridge across this valley is as follows : on the south shore of
the river there is one arch of 50 feet span, across the river
there are eight arches, each…
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Harlem River more navigable for larger ships 1929 1930 Hoover Dam construction begins 1933 Golden Gate Bridge construction begins 1931 1936 1939-45 World War II High Bridge designated a NYC Landmark 1970 High Bridge Aqueduct & Tower placed on National…
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…O Old Croton Aqueduct: Opened on October 14, 1842, as a forty-one-mile-long aqueduct bringing water to New York City from the Croton River in Westchester County; Became a National Historic Landmark in 1992. Old Croton Aqueduct State…
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across the bottom from Croton Dam. One of the many interesting things about this map is that the New Croton Dam—then in the planning stages—is shown at the Quaker Bridge location. For more information on the Quaker Bridge…
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was definitely there in 1884. The Van Cortlandt Manor Bridge , which spanned the mouth of the river and went up the road where Shoprite is today, had several incarnations and was there when this map was made. “Long Bridge” was…
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Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…From the Sing-Sing Kill the Aqueduct pursues a course
along the east bank of the Hudson and the first work of peculiar interest is the Aqueduct bridge over the road from
Tarrytown to Sing-Sing ; before it reaches this…
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fascinating aspect of the map is that it shows two bridges across the lower Croton River that didn’t actually exist in 1884, when the map was made. Moving from left to right the bridges shown are: Hudson River Railroad…
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of All Dams . . . the Gigantic Structure at Quaker Bridge.” Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens…
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…
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was built high above the river, is another ghost bridge on this map. It collapsed in 1879. (Details here ). Quaker Bridge was definitely there in 1884 and would have been dwarfed by the dam behind it, that the New York…
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…Type Significance(s) Interpretation Type Significance(s) Interpretation Structure Guide 86TH STREET KEEPER’S HOUSE STABLE 1869-1872 Plate 32-10, Old Croton Aqueduct Appendix 86TH STREET KEEPER’S HOUSE 1866 (Demolished 1935) Plate 32-9, Old Croton Aqueduct Sign…
NYPL / F.B. Tower, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct
…Tower, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct
License: Public domain
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extensive planning—including test borings, cost estimates and structural plans. The site was eventually abandoned in favor of one further up-river, but in 1887 Quaker Bridge was the favored location. For Crotonites the detail showing the bridge is
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The first and second divisions, which are included in the contracts made, embrace a
line of aqueduct of 21 miles in length, and the Commissioners were only waiting for the
possession of the land, then just adjudicated to them, extending…
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Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…Martineau
and Douglass, was a closed Aqueduct of masonry. These
gentlemen each made an estimate of the cost of bringing
the water of the Croton River to the city of New- York by
a closed Aqueduct of masonry, and the…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…From Mill River the Aqueduct passes the village of
Tarrytown and through one tunnel and over several depressions and streams, reaching Jewell's Brook which is
seventeen and a half miles from the dam. This stream
enters the Hudson River…
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Receiving Reservoir in Central Park. Click to enlarge. The Distributing Reservoir at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. Click to enlarge. Scientific American , 1887 The cover of the June 4, 1887 issue of Scientific American featured a bird’s eye view…
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particularly interesting because it depicts a covered wooden bridge. The current metal Quaker Bridge—one of the oldest bridges in Westchester County—wasn’t built until 1894. Detail of the area from the Old Croton Dam to the Hudson River…