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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 |
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croton_waterworks_raw.txt
States and New York High School Standard 3: Geography Sample Curriculum Ideas If teachers in New York City are still not convinced that they would have the time to take their students to commune with the Croton Waterworks in Westchester County, there…
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the New Croton Dam), the author recounts in these pages his guided tour of the South Gatehouse, complete with illustrations of the structure’s now-closed interior. —“Local Intelligence: The New Reservoir,” The New York Times, 30 June 1862, http://tin…
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forty years, and during that time, I worked with my seventh graders a lot on backyard history. One of the themes that I focused upon was the history of the NYC water supply system. People always ask me, “Well, how did you get interested in the water …
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ever mentioned the history of the Hudson River Valley, never mentioned the history of the Hudson River, never mentioned the history of Sing-Sing Prison, never mentioned Andre and Arnold and West Point, and they certainly never really talked about the…
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wonderful history that still is truly in our backyard. Oral Histories 92 Solemn River there, it’s got to be 150 feet high. And there were times when the kids—you know, I’d say to the kids, “Okay, you can go up about 20 or 30 feet, but then you have t…
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down at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, where it crosses the Oral History 2: Scott Craven Scott Craven, a former student in Mr. O.’s class, is now a captain of the police force in Ossining. A lifelong resident of the village with a background in history, he …
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Ossining Police Department, and I’ve been a police officer here for twenty-six years. I’ve lived in Ossining and the Lower Hudson River Valley for my entire fifty years, and I’m never gonna leave. I talk on various topics of the Hudson River to diffe…
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further ensure the protection of the system. Our research and analysis informed our preservation plan and interpretive schemes. We have outlined shortand long-term approaches, best-practice methods, and platforms to encourage preservationists and par…
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99 Rivertown Runners (Westchester): Rivertown Runners is an organization that organizes community running events for its members and other runners in the towns along the Hudson River. The main goal is to raise money to benefit local charities and to …
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2nd Floor Yonkers, NY 10701 website: www.groundworkhv.org promote the joys of running. The Runners make use of the parts of the Old Croton Aqueduct trailway that run through the river towns along the Hudson River. Rivertown Runners P.O. Box 8384 Slee…
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various partners and constituents, the High Bridge is slated to be restored and reopened for public use by 2013. website: http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_ your_park/highbridge/html/hb_coalition_programs.html an exposed section of the aqueduct tunnel. …
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to acquire easements, which may be beneficial to the Croton Waterworks when considering issues such as encroachment on the historic viewshed. private, non-profit organization geared toward the preservation of historic places, offers multiple grants a…
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for the intangible benefits that these sites have fostered: they have and are still raising awareness of the Croton Waterworks. Awareness is at the heart of our mission because it is a key step to advocating for the protection of the system. Online F…
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of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, allowing one side of the reservoir to be drained for repairs while water distribution continued from the other. beltcourse: A continuous row/layer of stones or bricks in a wall. berm: Generally speaking, a…
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done from a hole drilled into reservoir rock formations to increase the rate and recovery of oil and natural gas. I inverted siphon: A pressure pipeline that carries water downhill, then uphill again in a U-shaped trajectory; The rising liquid at the…
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to 1842, remaining as chief engineer until the completion of the High Bridge in 1848. Section 4: Conclusion was for fighting the fire in storage tanks was frozen solid in the unseasonably cold weather. Q QR (quick response) code: A two-dimensional ba…
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existing interpretation, signage recommendations, and designation status. Appendix Croton Waterworks Structure Guide Structure Guide In assigning our different sign types to Croton sites we took into account the size of the structures and their locat…
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Bridge, this somber stone and brick Romanesque Revival engine house and tower was sited near Shaft 25. Six machines powered by coal, were capable of pumping 14 million gallons a day. Type Significance(s) Interpretation Structure Guide 179TH STREET HI…
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feet high. The inner wall is covered in paving, while the top and outer wall are sodded. For more information, see fiche on page XXX. Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) BOG BROOK DAM NUMBER 2 1891-1893 Plate 5-, New Croton Aqu…
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Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, Central Park embraced the Old Croton Aqueduct in design. Significance(s) Sign Current Designation(s) COAL INCLINE AND RAILROAD, HIGH SERVICE WORKS - HIGH BRIDGE 1873 (Demolished) Plate 29, Old Croton Aqueduct Supporting …
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Significance(s) Interpretation Sign DOBBS FERRY BARN c 1880s Plate 24-2, Old Croton Aqueduct A maintenance building for the use of the principal superintendent of the aqueduct north of New York City. Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current D…
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BRIDGE ENGINEER’S Office c 1840s (Demolished) Plate 29, Old Croton Aqueduct Interpretation Sign Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) 17 HIGH BRIDGE TOWER 1872 Plate 29, Old Croton Aqueduct Type Rising 185 feet on a bluff in…
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of the New, discharging the water into the east and western divisions Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign JEROME PARK KEEPER’S HOUSE c 1890s (Demolished) Plate 29A-, Old/ New Croton Aqueduct Designed by F. S. Cook, the Jerome Park Keeper’s House…
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feet above the river bed. The 25 foot span allows free passage along Mill River under the aqueduct. Significance(s) Interpretation Imposing and massive, the Egyptian Revival reservoir contained two collection pools with a capacity of 24 million gallo…
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Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) NORTH GATEHOUSE Plate 32-3, Old Croton Aqueduct Current Designation(s) Positioned on the northwestern edge of Lake Manahatta and at 72 X 40, the North Gatehouse serves as the inlet feet of th…
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is not as tall and that the polygonal faces have been rounded off. Type Significance(s) Current Designation(s) Interpretation Sign Type Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) SAW MILL RIVER BRIDGE 1838-183…
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Current Designation(s) SHAFT NUMBER 11C Plate 23-9, New Croton Aqueduct SHAFT NUMBER 10 Plate 22-15, New Croton Aqueduct Engineers designed Shaft Number 10 to be sunk to a depth of 126 feet. Type Significance(s) Current Designation(s) 34 Interpretati…
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Designation(s) SHAFT NUMBER 25 STEPS AND RETAINING WALL c 1892 Plate 29, New Croton Aqueduct Type Marking the point where the New Croton Aqueduct entered Manhattan Island, Shaft Number 25 employed revolutionary engineering in its design. Significance…
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continuation of the Sodom Auxiliary Dam, the overflow weir stretches 500 feet and is 8 feet high. Type Significance(s) Interpretation Current Designation(s) Sign Current Designation(s) 41 SOUTH YONKERS GATEHOUSE c 1888 Plate 28-XX, New Croton Aqueduc…
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Type Significance(s) Current Designation(s) Interpretation Sign A maintenance building allotted to the supervisor of the West Branch Reservoir. Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign YONKERS BARN (Demolished) Plate 25, Old Croton Aqueduct Part of t…