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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…French & Hastie, by means of a boat floating through the aqueduct,
between the Croton Dam and Harlem River. Some unimportant defects were discovered
inside the aqueduct, a short time before the water was shut off, and two small leaks ap-
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looking south, from the Putnam County border to New York City and beyond. The accompanying article said the map “clearly presents the course of the Croton River, the location of Muscoot, Croton, and the proposed Quaker Bridge dams, and in…
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article about three-dimensional maps of New York City, the website Codex 99 calls this map “the first true attempt at a perspective map of the city . . . [The] four-sheet engraving, published by Galt & Hoy, attempted to label all roads…
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Bridge and the High Bridge Water Tower The Receiving Reservoir in Central Park The Distributing Reservoir at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, now the site of the New York Public Library High Bridge and the High Bridge Water Tower. Click…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…From the
Croton Dam the Aqueduct passes along the left side of the
valley of the Croton River until at the mouth of this river it
reaches the left bank of the Hudson, which it pursues, keeping at a distance…
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…The fourth supported the celebrated Aqueduct of Chapolte- pec, 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…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…The following table
is made up of data from that work.
;
The table is arranged to show, First, the name of the
water or Aqueduct ; Second, the era of its construction
Third, the length of each Aqueduct in miles and…
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structure of its kind in the world,” the Quaker Bridge Dam. The City of New York. Will L. Taylor, chief draughtsman. New York, Galt & Hoy, 1879. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. Click to enlarge. Taylor’s 1879 New York…
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American , 1887. Click to enlarge. 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…
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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…
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of an Aqueduct bridge of masonry was adopted as the proper one for crossing the River ; but in establishing its altitude they complied only with the requisitions of the law, and made the soffit or under side of the arches…
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…Gate Chamber at the Head of the Aqueduct and Grade of the Water-way of the Aqueduct. Plate VIII. is a longitudinal section through the tunnel and gate chamber at the head of the Aqueduct showing its connection with the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Ever since the completion of the masonry of the aqueduct, it has been frequently
and carefully examined, with a view to detect defects, if any existed, or failure, if any
should take place and it has been found, with slight…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…They are built of marble, or a light colored stone, from 14
to 20 feet in in the form of a
height, rising up pyramid,and may answer to point out to
strangers, the line of the aqueduct, as well…
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…This expansion culminated in the construction of the New Croton Aqueduct in 1891, which involved not only the usual condemnations but de- struction of the original village of Katonah (figure 43). In sum, the old Croton Aqueduct had initiated a…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The
whole length of this wonderful aqueduct was 46 miles and 406 paces, of which 36
miles and 210 paces were subterraneous the remaining 10 miles 176 paces were carried
;
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Burgess, vol. ii., p. 332.
PRELIMINARY ESSAY. 17
over arches…
Westchester County Archives, Park Commission Collection
Croton Aqueduct Bridge Rendering
An architectural rendering of a bridge over a body of water, likely the Croton Reservoir. The bridge has a distinctive arched truss structure and appears to be surrounded by trees and a sloping hillside.
Date: Early…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The reservoirs, during the time the water was shut off from the aqueduct, proved
amply sufficient for the supply of the city, and indeed much beyond a supply, as a large
quantity of water had to be wasted from the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The sources of supply of the aqueduct of Mont de Pile, were from the waters of the
from the rivulet of Sauon, and probably from the river Tanon, to which
river Gievre,
were joined those of the rivulet Langoneau after…
NYPL, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (F.B. Tower)
…Tower (1843)
Tower's engineering plate showing a pipe chamber along the Croton Aqueduct. These underground chambers housed the valves and connections that controlled the flow of water through the system. Tower's detailed architectural illustrations were both artistic and…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Owing to some intrigue, however, of Appius, Plautius resigned his station before the
expiration of two years, and Appius alone, therefore, enjoyed the honor of giving his name
to the aqueduct, and to another noble work, which, by prolonging his…
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…From the Sing-Sing Kill the Aqueduct pursues a course along the east bank of the Hudson and the first work of pe- culiar interest is the Aqueduct bridge over the road from Tarrytown to Sing-Sing ; before it reaches…
Westchester County Archives, Park Commission Collection
Croton Aqueduct Bridge over Hudson River
Black and white photograph showing a large steel arch bridge spanning over a body of water, likely the Hudson River, with a forested landscape in the background and a reservoir or river in the…
Westchester County Archives, Park Commission Collection
Croton Aqueduct Bridge
Black and white photograph of a large steel arch bridge spanning a body of water, with a stone structure on the left bank. The bridge has a prominent arch and suspension cables. A river or reservoir is…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…in their beneficial effects, perhaps equalled
any similar undertakings in any other part of the world. " He made an Aqueduct 12 feet in depth, and 120 leagues
in length ; the source or head of it arose from certain
springs on…
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.
…Complaints about the insufficiency of the old aqueduct began to
be expressed as early as 1875, but the city officials were slow to
embark upon the necessarily elaborate and costly enterprise required
-- a new aqueduct from the Croton River. In…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
A description from such source, accompanied with detailed plans of all the appurtenances of the Aqueduct, with the
results of experiments on the flow of water in the Aqueduct,
would be a useful contribution to the cause of science, a…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
Among the ruins of the city of Zacatecas, are found the
remains of an Aqueduct ; and at Palenque is found an
Aqueduct of stone, constructed with the greatest solidity.
Among the hieroglyphical ornaments of the pyramid of
Xochicalco are heads…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Now, although this
CROTON AQUEDUCT, 127
last proposition carries with it the semblance of feasibility, there is, nevertheless, nothing new in it for he only offers to remove the
: dam
from the place selected by our engineer, to a position…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Besides the piscina limosa, or purify ing reservoir usually
placed at the mouth of each aqueduct, there were frequent castella, or wells along the line,
which both aided in the process of purification, and permitted water to be drawn occasionally…