Pipe Chamber — F.B. Tower (1843)

Tower's engineering plate showing a pipe chamber along the Croton Aqueduct. These underground chambers housed the valves and connections that controlled the flow of water through the system. Tower's detailed architectural illustrations were both artistic and technically accurate.

Date: 1843 Type: engraving Subjects: landscape, hills, trees, house, cows Text visible in image: SOUTH WEST VIEW OF LANCASTER, P.A.

Source: NYPL, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (F.B. Tower) License: Public domain

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