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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The principle of the work was, that the water of the Croton should be taken at such
height above tide, as to afford a sufficient head to force it across the Harlem river, and to
deliver it at the distributing…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
and the expense of the project. With the information in the possession of the Corporation, should they decide to carry
the project into effect, the first and second considerations may safely be left to the judgement of those who shall…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Eastburn's church in Canal-street, the hose carriage in
the fore on the reverse, a portrait of the hose carriage, and a fountain in the
ground ;
"
distance ; motto, Duty, though in Peril." Staff, surmounted by a gilt fire cap…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
D. 1807." Engine drawn by 85
Engine Company, No. 34,
men in same uniform as above.
Fifteenth Ward Hose Company, No, 35. Two wheeled hose carriage, painted
light blue drawn by 19 men same uniform.
; ;
Equitable Engine Company, No. 36…
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.
…Cow bay, 229
Cripplebush road, 145
Cromwells creek, 105, 108
Cropsey avenue, 167
Cross road, 66
Croton, 92
Croton aqueduct, 117
Croton reservoir, 66, 71
Cushetonk hills, 204
Cypress avenue, 106, 222
INDIAN NOTES
Bankers, see Sluyter and Bankers
Bash…
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.
…Croton Aqueduct, 796. Crotou Lake, 5.
River, 6. Crown, English, 107.
Grants, 96. Cultivation, Indian, 13. Culver, C. E., 637. Currency, Continental, 478/. Curry, Rev. D., 620, 621.
D.
Davenport, John, 25. Davidson, M. 0., 835. Dawson, H.B ., 612…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Lead was universally used for the supply-pipes from the castella, and notwithstandof health, we find in
ing Vitruvius speaks of this metal as objectionable on the score
Frontimis no allusion to any evil from its general employment.
The liability…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Before the declaration of independence, considerable expenditures had been made in
order to satisfy this want.
In July, 1774, the proposal of Christopher Colles, to erect a reservoir and to convey
water through the several streets of the City, after…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Thus encouraged and stimulated, the Common Council resolved to proceed in earnest, and the Manhattan Company joining
in the general impulse, made a proposition to
the Common Council for the sale to it, of all their immunities, rights and privileges…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
family, I have received, through you, the polite invitation of
the Common Council, to attend the celebration of the introduction of the Croton Water in the city of New York, on
the 14th instant. I have some doubts whether I…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Washington Temperance Benevolent Society. Marine Temperance Society. Manhattan Temperance Society. Junior Washington Temperance Society. Franklin Temperance Society, preceded by a band composed of members of the Institute
for the Blind, seated on a car. Junior Franklin Temperance Society.
Broadway Washington…
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.
…See Mechawanienck
Annadale road, 193, 234
Anns hook, 123, 227
Aqueduct avenue, 107
Aquehonga, 194
Aquehonga-Monacknong, 187
Aquehung, 104, 105, 240. See Bronx river
Archer, John, 99
Areola, 201
Aressick, 198, 199, 238. See Paulus Hook
Arlington Station, 191…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Claudia, the Julia, the Tepula, and the Marcia ; the waters of all these five aqueducts
could, however, be conducted to every part of the city. The Anio Vetus was in the sixth
rank, as to level, though from the height…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
They all
have recourse to steam engines, to raise their supplies to a height sufficient for distribution.
The large iron mains, which project out nearly half across the river in some instances,
are laid upon the bottom ;
a method that…
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.
This corporation connot but be suitably
impressed with the value of such an invitation, and they have instructed me to return for
answer their acceptance of it, and their congratulation at the completion of a work so magnificent in design…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
GENTLEMEN:
Your invitation to the Superintendent of the Military Academy, and the Corps of
Cadets, to attend the Croton water celebration to-morrow, has just been received. The permanent Superintendent of the Academy, is at present absent, and during his…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Neptune Hose Company, of Philadelphia, numbering 56 men, in black fire dress,
also, with glazed hats and capes, drawing a splendid four-wheeled hose carriage, silver
mounted, and with appropaiate painting and designs. These two Companies arrived by
rail road…
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.
…The greater population of 1840 was
probably due to the inclusion in the census at that time of the numerous workmen employed on the Croton Aqueduct. As classified by
occupations in 1845, the adult males of the county included 4…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The first water works were commenced in 1799, (the year in which the Manhattan
Company was incorporated for supplying New- York with water,) and consisted of forcing
pumps, worked by steam engines, which raised the water from the Schuylkill into…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
granted to the applicants, took care, while reserving a right to subscribe for a portion of
the stock, to guard themselves against any obligation to do so.
They at the same time, in the bill accompanying the memorial, sought to…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
for theimmense and immediate advantages in cases of fire derived from this reservoir,
impressed more vividly upon the public mind the far greater advantages that would result
from having a river at command.
Early in 1830, we find a motion…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
174 MEMOIR OF THE
Resolved, That a line of water pipes be laid through Christopher-street, from Hudson-street to Sixth avenue also, through Clarkson-street, from Hudson to Varick-street,
;
through Varick to Hammersley, through Hammersley to intersect with…
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.
…It branched from the
Kingsbridge road, the line of the Lower
path, at or near the old Dutch Reformed
church at Fordham, and followed approximately the course of Aqueduct avenue
along the range of hills, as far as Washington
Bridge…
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.
…Morris and his associates
to prevent the building of a low bridge over the river
were at length crowned with success, and an Act of
Legislature passed May 3, 1839, prescribed that the
Aqueduct Bridge should be constructed with arches…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
At the same time he announced by these means the greatness of Rome to the
whole world, and secured immortal glory to himself."*
In regard to the receipts from the water of the aqueducts, coll ected from the gardens
and…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Matthews, in 1834, descriptive of water works in Great Britain, and the exceedingly clever book on Hydraulics and Mechanics, published in our city last year, by THOMAS EWBANK, have
furnished or indicated much of the material used in the Essay…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
In all ages and countries, from the most remote periods, a supply of the indispensable article water has been an object of solicitude, and various were the means by
which it was obtained and diffused. In Asia, the original home…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
On the latter point particularly he states, that the Curule .ZEdiles were
required to select two persons in each street from those who inhabited it, or owned property
in it, who should determine where the public fountain, or hydrant should…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
horseback, and having the diversion beforehand, of hunting the hare the ladies following
in wagons, to partake in the sport and all assembling afterwards in the true spirit of
corporation enjoyments, at a good dinner.*
Like the Arabian fountains in…