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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 core wall was to be 200 feet high at the junction with the stone dam and 90 feet high at a gate house that is built in the embank- ment , 290 feet from the stone dam . The high end…
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 core wall was to be 200 feet high at the junction with the stone dam and 90 feet high at a gate house that is built in the embank- ment , 290 feet from the stone dam . The high end…
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 core wall was to be 200 feet high at the junction with the stone dam and 90 feet high at a gate house that is built in the embank- ment , 290 feet from the stone dam . The high end…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…A change, too, was made, on the recommendation of the chief engineer, in the position of the dam in the Croton ;
a place about 400 feet down the stream being supposed
more suitable for the purpose. This change led to…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw.txt
…Arthur Hunter, 56.153.13 The New Croton Dam, c. 1890s Contemporary print from original glass plate negative The Hudson River Museum of Westchester Gloeckner Newby Co., New Croton Dam, 1912 Photograph; 2V2X 9V2 Inches Collection of ESL Information Services…
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…
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.
…Before the writer assumed the responsibility of this work , the foundation of the stone dam had been com- pleted to the surface of the ground and the core wall had been completed , excepting the stretch between the stone dam and…
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.
…Before the writer assumed the responsibility of this work , the foundation of the stone dam had been com- pleted to the surface of the ground and the core wall had been completed , excepting the stretch between the stone dam and…
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.
…Before the writer assumed the responsibility of this work , the foundation of the stone dam had been com- pleted to the surface of the ground and the core wall had been completed , excepting the stretch between the stone dam and…
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.
…Before the writer assumed the responsibility of this work , the foundation of the stone dam had been com- pleted to the surface of the ground and the core wall had been completed , excepting the stretch between the stone dam and…
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.
…Before the writer assumed the responsibility of this work , the foundation of the stone dam had been com- pleted to the surface of the ground and the core wall had been completed , excepting the stretch between the stone dam and…
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.
…Before the writer assumed the responsibility of this work , the foundation of the stone dam had been com- pleted to the surface of the ground and the core wall had been completed , excepting the stretch between the stone dam and…
illustrations_aqueduct_raw.txt
…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, keep- ing at a…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…MIDDLE BRANCH DAM 1874-1878 Plate 4-, New Croton Aqueduct Earthen with a masonry core-wall, the 515 foot long dam stretches across the Middle Branch of the Croton River. It reaches a maximum height of 94 feet. For more…
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 main stone dam , according to the original plan , was to be 600 feet long , extending from the spillway to the foot of the slope at the south side of the valley , thence an embankment and core wall 568 feet…
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 main stone dam , according to the original plan , was to be 600 feet long , extending from the spillway to the foot of the slope at the south side of the valley , thence an embankment and core wall 568 feet…
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[Various (1971)] In the 1950's the United States Army Corps of Engineers proposed to dam the Allegheny River at Kinzua, Pennsylvania, to prevent downriver flooding and to control the navigation level of the river. Since the proposed dam would…
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.
…When it became certain, in 1831, that the water-supply problem
was to find its solution in a continuous aqueduct from the Croton --
such a continuous aqueduct being practicable in this case because
of the Croton's sufficiently lofty elevation…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…For
the sum of $150,000, he undertook to throw a dam of sufficient height across the river
to create the requisite head of water, to construct the locks and canal for the accommodation of the navigation, to build the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The
tide water of the Harlem river, was relied
upon for the power, and the cost of the bridge
and dam, to raise and pass the water, was estimated at $50,000. The machinery for lifting, and the reservoirs on…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…How he is to convey either six or sixteen millions of gallons of water from the mouth
of the Croton, in accordance with his first proposition, and at an elevation of 125 feet
above low water, at the city of…
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. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition.
…In its progress
to the Croton, the Beaver dam is fed by the waters of broad and muddy
brooks. By the process of gauging, in 1833, (at a fair minimum.) the
Beaver dam and Broad Brook yielded four million nine…
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 cost of which is estimated at . . . " .
£350
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£1,650
Pines Bridge crosses the lake about one mile above the dam. Ou
the south side of the Croton is a small settlement bearing the name of
Crotonville -- which contains…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…208 MEMOIR OF THE
Had it been admissible to construct the dam with timber, the difficulties would have
been far less. But the importance of the object it was designed to secure, arid its great
that could be made.
height…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Weston's plan was to take the water of the Bronx river, at Lorillard's snuff factory,
to raise a dam six feet high, which would turn the water through a low swamp into Mill
brook, to follow the north…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Bradford Seymour, of Utica, suggesting the following plan for supplying the city with water.
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Mr. Seymour proposes to erect a permanent dam in the Hudson river, extending from
this city, at or near the site of the…
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.
…the 20th of January, 1834, he says, his canal to Sleepy Hollow will
be on a level with the dam; and by this canal, having no descent whatever, he calculates
to be enabled to carry the whole of the river…
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.
…Two on the southerly side of the structure are to control the flow of the water in the old Croton aqueduct which passes through this gatehouse .
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The coffer dam being completed, it is proposed to erect two
fifty horse power steam engines, with suitable pumps, to clear the pit from water. The
sand and rock within the coffer dam will then be excavated to the proper…