The Great Receiving Reservoir, Yorkville (1842)

Hand-colored lithograph of the Croton Aqueduct's receiving reservoir at Yorkville (now the site of Central Park's Great Lawn). This was where Croton water first arrived in Manhattan after its 41-mile journey.

Date: 1842 Location: Yorkville, Manhattan (now Central Park) Type: lithograph Subjects: reservoir, stone wall, carriage, horses, flagpole, American flag, people Text visible in image: VIEW OF THE GREAT RECEIVING RESERVOIR. YORKVILLE, CITY OF NEW YORK.

Source: Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons License: Public domain

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