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| Source | Passages | Words | Link |
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| king_memoir_1843_raw.txt | 217 | 172,824 | |
| hudson_river_source_raw.txt | 191 | 152,169 | |
| croton_point_sampling_2021_raw.txt | 134 | 106,888 | |
| illustrations_aqueduct_raw.txt | 66 | 52,703 | |
| croton_waterworks_raw.txt | 60 | 47,579 | |
| comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt | 58 | 46,131 | |
| old_croton_aqueduct_raw.txt | 50 | 39,768 | |
| croton_point_landfill_rod_1993_raw.txt | 23 | 18,214 | |
| housing_taskforce_report_raw.txt | 21 | 16,692 | |
| croton_point_landfill_review_2019_raw.txt | 14 | 11,057 | |
| comp_plan_ch2_history_raw.txt | 5 | 3,670 | |
| housing_proposals_2024_raw.txt | 3 | 1,831 | |
| coastal_zone_waterfront_raw.txt | 1 | 246 |
Passages
illustrations_aqueduct_raw.txt
summer of 1822, and shortly after the termination of the epidemic, on the 25th of November, the Mayor, in a communication to the Common Council, on subjects relative to the preser- vation of the public health, stated that a very important subject con…
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of the project and the ability of the Corporation to meet the expense ; and prefaced that report as follows : — " That they approach the subject as one of vast magnitude and import- ance to an already numerous and dense population, re- quiring our mu…
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together with his personal observation, for the subject matter of his report. In a report made to the Board of Aldermen in January, 1833, it was suggested that the failure of the law asked for the year previous, was in consequence of a want of suffi-…
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into a Law, and is the one under which, as its main foundation, the work has been constructed. 67 It was further provided, that " in case the plan adopted by the Commissioners shall be approved by the Common Coun- cil, they shall submit it to the ele…
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much importance to the city that the supply should be such as not only to answer the present purposes, but be adequate to the future increased demands, and that the quality of the water should be unquestionable, that it became necessary to extend the…
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Legislature of New-Jersey as well as that of New- York, and it was also questionable whether such obstructions could be placed in navigable rivers without in- terfering with the powers of Congress to regulate the com- merce of the nation. It was fear…
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to be interrupted thereby, and lastly, that there would be a loss by evaporation. It was supposed that these objections might be obviated by certain precautions ; for example, the wash could be avoided by making sufficient side drains ; and the inter…
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the natural flow of water at that place, and sets the water back about six miles, forming the Fountain Reservoir which covers an area of about four hundred acres. The country forming the valley of the River was such as to give bold shores to this res…
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Croton River where a dam could be constructed that would turn the water into a channel having a gradual descent to the required elevation at the city. So that it may easily be conceived, it is only diverting the water into another channel where it wi…
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under the whole length of the Aqueduct like one continuous stone. It attains a degree of hardness which gives it the appearance of the conglome- rate bearing the name of Pudding-stone, and is an article of the greatest importance in forming foundatio…
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proportions of the mortar for the brick work, are two parts of sand to one of hydraulic lime. The inverted arch of brick, as well as the brick facing on the sides, is four inches thick, and the roofing arch of brick is eight inches thick. After the m…
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by using large stones laid in positions to give proper bond, and to allow small broken stone to be closely packed in, filling up all the interstices so as to form a compact and uniform mass. The wall is generally allowed to stand some months after it…
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from the door and gain an entrance to the channel- way by an opening in the side of the roofing arch. The sill of the door is about 12 feet above the bottom of the channel-way. Those not intended for an entrance stand directly over the top of the Aqu…
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water ; any floating substance cannot enter it, and during the winter season when the water is frozen over no obstruction can take place to the flow into the Aqueduct, and during the summer season the water will be drawn from a level where it is cool…
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width is 7 feet 5 inches. The sec- tional area of the interior is 53.34 square feet. On the first plane, the Aqueduct is larger ; being 2.05 feet higher at the gate chamber, 2.31 feet higher at 2244. feet from the cham- ber, and then diminishing, to …
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water are the richly cultivated slopes with the 96 neat farm houses overlooking the lake, or the hills crowned with forest trees, while at intervals a valley or ravine opens and empties in its tribituary stream. Plate IX. is a view taken above the da…
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of water flowing on such occasions. With such opportunities to become acquainted with the changes of the stream they could not fail to know the quantity of water flowing at periods of the highest freshets, and know- ing it, to adapt an overfall of su…
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dam, an em- bankment of earth is filled in, extending 275 feet from the masonry at the base, and extending from the masonry with a slope of 1 foot in 5 on the top. The whole work about the dam possesses great interest, and though it be distant from t…
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over the roadway and rising high up above the old mill, and what adds much to this boldness, is the narrowness of the arch, or small distance from one end of it to the other ; being only 23 \ feet long at the springing line while the span is nearly f…
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mile. Plate XVI. is a view of the work at Jewell's Brook. The culvert for the stream is 6 feet span and 148 feet long. The larger culvert for a private road is 14 feet span and 141 feet long. The wall which supports the Aqueduct at this valley is 50 …
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RW a P H e 107 the Aqueduct, would support iron pipes. The design was a bold one, yet instances where such bridges have been con- structed for road-ways afford examples of the feasibility and permanency of the structures, and prove that the applicati…
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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 at the crown, 100 feet above…
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reared upon the foundations formed by the people of that day. The water is now conveyed across this valley by an iron pipe of 3 feet interior diameter. In the progress of pre- paring foundations for the piers of the bridge, an embank- ment has been f…
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miles from the Croton Dam. This valley is 1900 feet across, and the Aqueduct is supported upon a foundation wall of dry stone work having the face laid in mortar, except over three streets where bridges are built, having an arch of 30 feet span for t…
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stone wall 4 feet thick having the face laid in mortar : the inside face is protected by a slope wall of stone laid without mortar, If foot thick. The top of the bank is 4 feet above top water line, and the inside slope wall terminates at 2 feet abov…
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draws from the southern division at G, and a branch of it passing along within the vault draws from the northern division at H. Provision has been made on the east side of the Reser- voir for supplying that part of the city when it becomes necessary.…
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The height of the walls is 45 feet above the streets around, and about 50 feet above the foundations. The water is 36 feet deep when it reaches the level de- signed for its surface (which is 4 feet below the top of the walls) and the surplus, when th…
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of the water into the city : and it was an occasion of unrestrained enthusiasm and joy. Multitudes came in from the country around, and from sister cities : — all business was laid aside for the pleasing ceremonies of the day, and the Croton water, w…
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ments of Van Helmont and Mr. Boyle, who maintained that it could be changed into all vegetable substances, as well as into earth ; but it was substantially held until the middle of the last century, (1781,) when Mr. Cavendish proved that this liquid …
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life. Water, therefore, which is transparent, colorless, inodorous, and tasteless, is called good and pure, and none other can be called such ; though some medical writers are of opinion, that it is not necessary it should be in this pure state for c…