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NYPL, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (F.B. Tower)
…NYPL, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (F.B. Tower)
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Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
On the upstream side of the masonry of the dam, an embankment of earth is filled in, extending 275 feet from the
masonry at the base, and extending from the masonry with
a slope of 1 foot in 5 on…
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.
…This objectionable feature here exists because of the combination of a stone dam and an embankment , while it could not exist in either a continuous stone dam or , on the other hand , a continu- ous embankment and core wall . As…
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.
…This objectionable feature here exists because of the combination of a stone dam and an embankment , while it could not exist in either a continuous stone dam or , on the other hand , a continu- ous embankment and core wall . As…
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.
…This objectionable feature here exists because of the combination of a stone dam and an embankment , while it could not exist in either a continuous stone dam or , on the other hand , a continu- ous embankment and core wall . As…
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.
…This objectionable feature here exists because of the combination of a stone dam and an embankment , while it could not exist in either a continuous stone dam or , on the other hand , a continu- ous embankment and core wall . As…
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incorporated. Despite all the digging for clay along the Hudson River and the incessant construction of the dam, the Manual of Westchester County noted something about Croton that is still true today— “the village is attractive as a residence
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Croton, making a distance of forty miles. From Crawford's Mills, the route by an undulating course, requiring the construction of two tunnels,
one 1,320 yards in length, and the second 1,760 yards, reached Macomb's dam, at…
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.
…The failure of this embankment might not only create a devastating flood in the valley below , but also cause a current above , of such irresistible velocity , as would de- stroy the earthen part of the old Croton dam , thus at…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
To raise the dam higher, appears to be out of the question, as it would not
only destroy all the wharf and store property of the city, above the dam, but would also
destroy so much land as to occasion…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…some solicitude lest the contractors, especially those for the dam, should not be able sufficiently to
advance their work, to realise the expectations of the citizens to behold the Croton flowing in their streets on the 4th of July but…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…Notwithstanding the immense volume discharged at the overfall of
the dam, the water was rising, during the night previous to
this disaster, at the rate of fourteen inches per hour over the
Reservoir, covering an area of four hundred acres…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park: A linear park that runs from Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx to the Croton Dam in Croton -on-Hudson. Old Croton Dam: Completed by John B. Jervis in 1842, but later submerged underwater…
Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881.
…THE TOU-N" OF YORKTO^V^^ 703
In the south-east corner of Yorktow-n, is situated the great dam of
ti'.c Croton Acqueduct, one of the most important and extensive works
ever undertaken in tliis country. " The dam…
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…of gas companies." However, an anchor symbol beneath "Croton-on-Hudson" indicated seaplane service back to New York City, and a small airplane landing strip existed near the New Croton Dam via Route 129.
Date: Various
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…of gas companies." However, an anchor symbol beneath "Croton-on-Hudson" indicated seaplane service back to New York City, and a small airplane landing strip existed near the New Croton Dam via Route 129.
Date: Various
Source: crotonhistory.org — https…
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.
…The failure of this embankment might not only create a devastating flood in the valley below , but also cause a current above , of such irresistible velocity , as would de- stroy the earthen part of the old Croton dam , thus at…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…ing the water line of the basin formed by the dam the land that Avill be overflowed on
;
both sides of the river the line traced for the aqueduct the depth of excavations and the
; ;
MEMOIR OF THE
height of…
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.
…Mall
RockhuKl Lake
A Squatter Village
Mouth of the Croton
Provoost's Tomb -Jones's Woods
Croton Dam
View near Hell-Gate
Ventilators
The Beekman Mansion
High Bridge over the Croton
Turtle Bay and BlackweU's Island
Van Cortlandt Manor…
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 . And further , this embankment…
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 . And further , this embankment…
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 . And further , this embankment…
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 . And further , this embankment…
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 . And further , this embankment…
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.
In conse- quence of this great additional depth , it was also neces- sary to greatly increase the width of the base of the dam . Thus again the cost was materially increased because of the additional quantity of excavation and masonry…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The beautiful sheet of water now formed by the dam, the Board have called the Croton River Lake, as readily distinguishing it from the entirely artificial reservoirs. The
highest point of land on the eastern side of it, in a…
Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
In the south east corner of Yorktown, is situated the great
dam of theCroton Acqueduct, one of the most important and extensive works ever undertaken in this country. "The dam
across the Croton, is placed where the river enters between…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…This gate chamber is not in any way connected with the dam itself but
stands some distance from it, and the water reaches it by
means of the tunnel which leaves the Reservoir above the
dam and passes through the…
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.
…in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse . The other two on the northerly side , are to control the flow of water direct from the res- ervoir to the old aqueduct below the dam . These two chambers are…
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.
…This objectionable feature here exists because of the combination of a stone dam and an embankment , while it could not exist in either a continuous stone dam or , on the other hand , a continu- ous embankment and core wall .