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[Various (1971)] The elevation of the sites is 1325-1330 ft. and thus falls within the flood pool created by the dam at Kinzua. The first area found and later excavated was called Witchs Walk #l. This area had not…
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[Various (1971)] THE BULLETIN are oriented with these features (post mold pattern in 0N10W and 20N50E). All of the exterior post molds for the three features described are between 0.18 and 0.25 ft. in diameter and 0.8…
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croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…We would take them from Croton all the way down to Van Cortlandt Park in Yonkers, using buses; we would do, oh, five to six miles each trip. Lunch was planned; I had chaperones of course going with us, etc…
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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…As to the first point, the plan proposed by the Corporation is, that the business shall be executed by the Corporation for their own benefit and that, towards enabling them ;
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Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…the influence of the atmosphere, the temperature of which in northern winters, is usually very much below the freezing point ; and this water becomes the first nourishment of the plant, in early spring. The expansion of water during its congelation…
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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.
The Indian castle of Kitchawan (according to tradition) occupied a commanding position on the neck proper, overlooking the Croton and Haverstraw bays, a little northwest of the manor house. This site was chosen for the purpose of protecting the fisheries…
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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.
…Teller's Point, off which the Vulture lay, and from which she received a cannonading that drove her down the river ; King's Ferry, where Andre crossed the Hudson ; the place of Pine's Bridge on the Croton, where he…
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Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
Brandreth's pill manufactory is situated Craio-hucky pointy literally crab cove point. The adjoining beach was once famous for its shad fishery : four thousand have been taken at one lift. On the margin of the river, are two deep…
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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The aqueduct of Lisbon has been long admired for the excellence of its construction, and, in point of magnitude, is not inferior to any similar edifice which the ancients have left us. That part of it situated in the valley…
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Various (1971) — source
[Various (1971)] The continental validity of the concept has taken increasing hold on anthropology and if the key words used in the literature were ranked in the order of the number of times they appear, "Archaic" would certainly lead the…
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comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
…This area was to be preserved and enhanced as the focal point of Croton-on-Hudson identity, characterized by commercial and office uses, municipal facilities, and higher density residential structures. In its emphasis on the core, the Master Plan sought…
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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.
…The highest point of the structure is rather more than fifty feet above the natural bed of the Croton. By this elevation, the water is thrown back more than six miles, forming a beautiful lake of several hundred acres, containing…
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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.
…They called them the Walking Sachems of Teller's Point. We visited one of the twin sisters at Croton, Mrs. Miriam Williams. Her memory of long-past events seemed very faithful, but the mind of her sister had almost perished…
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Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…If, however, the assault had been " made, and the lines carried, the enemy would have "got off, without much loss; and no way had we, " that I could ever learn, of cutting off their retreat "by the Croton-bridge. I…
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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…To her wa-s devised by her Father at his death, the Point, from her husband's name called " Verplanck's Point," and his one eleventh interest in the Manor.' Oliver van Cortlandt, the second son of Stephanus, 'Johannes liaa…
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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…If, however, the assault had been " made, and the lines carried, the enemy would have "got off, without much less; and no way had we, " that I could ever learn, of cutting off their retreat " by the Croton-bridge. I…
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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…pipes, and until they rise again, on the opposite side, to a height of about 70 feet, at which point they are again united, arid the waters pass on, and enter the receiving reservoir in nine pipes. In opposition to…
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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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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.
…1,) being the East River lott, from Teller's Point, extending all along Croton River together with the Perry-house and Kerry thereunto belonging, including the farm where David Brown now lives, and also a lott of land on the…
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Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…Though attention is given in some degree to insure a proper bond to the wall, yet the point more particularly attended to, is to make it compact and impervious to water. The bonding of the wall is not by any…
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Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…Thus a constant counter-current is kept up, and the whole body of water has to cool down to near the freezing point, before congelation can take place. This equalization of temperature, moreover, takes place much more rapidly, than it…
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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.
…extending from Teller's or Croton Point on the north, to the northern bluff of the Palisades near Piermont. The origin of the name is to be found in the word Sint-sinck, the title of a powerful clan of…
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croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…When the City and State Governments finally gave their formal support to the construction of an aqueduct that would draw water from the distant Croton River Watershed in Westchester and Putnam Counties, Major David Bates Douglass, a West Point professor…
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comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
Years in Croton Distribution by Age 38.8 4 0.6 Number of Years in Croton Residents were asked how long they have lived in Croton. To facilitate analysis, year categories were created of five-year increments. Of the 97…
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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…A rise, or additional head at Fourteenth-street, (as a starting point,) of three feet, would give the necessary head to make the water flow over the surface of the highest streets in the city, and would give an excess…
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Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…The immediate cause of thirst appears to be a dry state of the mouth and fauces ; owing to the mucus which covers these parts becoming thick and viscid, though physiologists are not agreed on this point. This may arise from…
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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.
…May 16th, went to the posts at Vk'est Point ; received a particular account of the surprise of Col. G-reene, and the loss we sustained, v.-hich consisted of himself and :\laior Flagg killed, three of^^cers and a…
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Bolton, Reginald Pelham. Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis. Indian Notes and Monographs, Vol. II, No. 7. New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1922.
…The Indian trail in New Haerlem diverged from the main path at 110th street, at a point midway between Fifth and Lenox avenues. Curving to the northeast, it reached a point at the southwest corner of 111th street and Fifth…
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old_croton_aqueduct_raw.txt
…Including some among the Croton corps, might have built this reser- voir in the much more elaborate European Gothic architectural style that was rapidly gaining popularity in the United States. After all, the Distributing Reservoir, among all the Croton structures…
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comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
…Half Moon Bay Condominiums Completion As part of the build-out of the condominium complex, new pedestrian paths open to the public will be created; these will help link waterfront uses along the shoreline from Croton Point Park north to…
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