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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Owing to leakage, decay, and constant repairs, incident to such structures, they
have been superseded by artificial mounds of earth and clay, preserving the natural flow
and level of the river. The old Chronicler, Stowe, thus relates the rejoicings, on…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Comptroller of the city for any sum in favor of, and to be paid to, the owner of any lands,
water streams, or property acquired by virtiie of this act, and in favor of, and to be paid to,
any…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Now, although the Commissioners have no reason to doubt that the waters of the upper
Hudson are perfectly pure, and that by building a water-tight dam across the river, from
this city to the shores of New Jersey, the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
I, Nathaniel Jarvis,
Clerk of the City and County of New
York, do hereby certify,
that the votes given at a General Election held on the 14th, 15th, and 16th days of April,
"
1835, in the respective wards of said…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
This work presented all the
difficulties it was originally intended to avoid,
by carrying the work partially into the hill. It was
necessary to form an artificial foundation, and carry up a heavy body of masonry,
in the channel of…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
It was from indignation at this state of things, consequent upon the possession of immense landed estates and many slaves, by a few proprietors, that Tiberius
Gracchus was stimulated to propose the Agrarian law.t
It may be assumed with…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
At 300 feet below the main dam, a second dam is in progress, which is to be 9 feet
high, constructed of timber, stone and gravel, which will set the water back over
the
of the main and form a…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The Committee have sought among their fellow-citizens for an indication of their opinion upon a
public celebration, and are pleased to find all are anxious to unite, as brethren owning a
common property in this good structure, in celebrating…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
I should be most truly happy to be present at an event so interesting to your city
as the celebration proposed for the 14th, and to which you have invited me. Circumstances, however, deny to me the pleasure of such…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Many amusing badges, banners and appropriate devices were scattered through
the procession. A large ox and a lamb were upon one platform ; upon another enclosed as
in a yard, was a cow, calf, and a score of sheep, all alive…
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.
…place of Andre and Arnold
View on Bloomingdale Road
Sleigh Riding on the Hudson
Asylum for the Insane
Croton Aqueduct at Sing Sing
Elm Park in 1861
State Prison at Sing Sing
Orphan Asylum
State Prisoners
Harlem Plains
Crolon Point…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The conduit was soldered at the joints, six feet apart, by the same material, which made a swell at
that distance. On each joint were these words in relief, C. CAINTIUS POI HINUS. P., apparently the name
of the maker…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
They are double
forcing pumps and are connected, each of them, to an iron main of sixteen inches diameter,
which is carried along the bottom of the race to the rock at the foot of Fairmount, and
thence up the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
decrease of 957,500 gallons in the volume of the pond ; showing that, during the time observed, the supplies of the pond, from whatever quarter they come, were in quantity about
7,000 gallons per day less than the evaporation…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
of the Croton water into the city.
which is derived from the successful
Participating, very fully, in the gratification
completion of that great work, and sincerely thankful for this mark of respect
on the
part of the Common Council,
I…
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.
…In the centre, upon the highest visible point, is the Convent of the Sacred
Heart ; and towards the right is the Croton Aqueduct, or High Bridge,
over the Harlem river. The trees on the extreme right mark the line 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. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881.
…A short distance north of Fordham is a depot for Jerome Park which borders on the
Croton Aqueduct, flere is located a large race course and club house
belonging to the American Jockey Club.
Bolton, Reginald Pelham. Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis. 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
INDEX 249
Dankers, see Sluyter and…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The water is carried
through cast iron pipes, under the bed of Deer creek, to the intersection of Broadway and
Third street, where it is distributed along all the principal streets, through pipes of oak
logs with iron joints. About…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
New- York, February 26, 1799. DEAR SIR I last night received your letter, dated yesterday the resolutions of the-
: ;
Common Council discover a mistake as to the character under which the gentlemen
named in them, made their communication to yourself…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
P. HASTINGS. Hon. C. CROLIUS, Jr., )
E. D. WEST, and > Committee. WM. DODGE, i
246 CELEBRATION OF THE
From the Assistant Engineer.
Sing Sing, October llth, 1842. GENTLEMEN :
The undersigned acknowledges the honor of an invitation of the Common Council…
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.
…It is the old aqueduct
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
enabled the Company to fill the cisterns in the basement stories of the houses they supplied. Hence, in 1810, resort was had to steam engines to throw the water up, and then
a head was thus obtained 144 feet above…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Resolved, That a copy of the above resolutions, under the Common Seal, together
with the papers and proceedings of the Board, relating to the subject, be transmitted to
such members of the Board as are at present in the Legislature…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
Now if we estimate that we can charge each house, on an average,
four dollars, we have $140,000, nearly double the whole interest. If it should be
thought
that four dollars is too much for some houses, it may…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
A very serious loss, the first that deserves the name, occurred to the work on the
night of the 7th January, 1841, by a great and sudden rise in the water of the Croton,
and consequently of the Croton Lake…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
The works on this island, including the reservoirs, the mains, Clendening Valley
bridges, and the tunnels, have been progressing during the summer, although retarded
from the want of punctual payments. m
The foundation for the bridge over the Harlem River…
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.
…Near where the last aqueduct of the canal crosses the ^Mohawk River,
the rapids above Cohoes Falls commence. The Indians had a touching
legend connected with these rapids, that exhibits, in brief sentences, a
vivid picture of the workings of…
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.
…On April 16 , 1902 , the Aqueduct Commissioners resolved to remove the em- bankment and core wall and to continue the main stone dam to the gatehouse . The estimated cost to complete the embankment and core wall under the original plan…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
On this supposition only can we account for many of them being
perforated through rocks, some of the oldest wells known, being dug entirely through
that material and to a prodigious depth.*
" The
Jews," as by the Abbe Pleury, in…