…Part of this ancient construction, consisting of two arches substantially built, still exists, near the modern Aqueduct. The Aqueduct bridge over the valley of Arcueil has twenty- five arches, is 72 feet high and 1,200 feet in length. In…

…Tower, Croton Aqueduct at Haarlem River (High Bridge), c.1842 Ink with watercolor wash on paper; 4 V2 x 9 V2 inches Mrs. Helen Tower Wilson William James Bennett (1789-1844), Fishermen at High Bridge, 1844 Watercolor on paper; 12V4X…

…The depth of the river, to the rock bottom, was found to be 32 feet below high water line, near the south shore ; and only 20 feet on the north shore. The aqueduct bridge Avill have an elevation of 163…

…is the Aqueduct bridge over the road from Tarrytown to Sing-Sing ; before it reaches this place it passes through three tunnels, over high foundation walls, and encounters deep excavations. Plate XIV. is a view of this bridge : it is…

…the bridge was about 40 feet high and the perpendicular height of the Aqueduct above it was 140 feet. Nine leaden pipes of about 8 inches interior diameter and one inch thick were laid upon the inclined planes and across…

…Numerous articles about the Aqueduct, which appeared in magazines ranging from Harper's Weekly to Scientific American after 1850, are embellished with not only the types of scenes described above but also — beginning with the enlargement of High Bridge in…

…he en- closed the town with new walls, built baths, and probably the Aqueduct of the bridge of Gard ("pont du Gard") for bring- ing water to them. This Aqueduct is nearly thirty miles in length, forming, in its course…

…Significance(s) Interpretation Sign OLD CROTON DAM WASTE WEIR 1838-1841 (Submerged) Plate 13-, Old Croton Aqueduct Accessed by a bridge, the overflow weir was protected by a small stone building. Inside, two sets of gates were capable of drawing…

…Bridge (High Bridge), C.1839-40 Watercolor and ink on paper In "Letter Book of John B. Jervis" (vol. II) Reproduction, courtesy of the Jervis Public Library, Rome, NY Lt. Theophllus Schramke, ProHle of Lower Part of Croton Aqueduct, c…

…155 The Commissioners were in hopes, as they had abandoned the idea of crossing the Harlem river with an aqueduct bridge, that they would have been enabled to recommend the building of a similar structure for carrying the water over…

…The Pont du Gard was a component of the Nîmes Aqueduct, a large gravity- fed water system built between 40–60 A.D to supply fresh water to the ancient city of Nîmes. The design of the High Bridge component…

…HARLEM RIVER BRIDGE. The width of the river at the place where the aqueduct line crosses it, is 620 feet at ordinary high water mark ; as has been before stated, the shore on the southern side is a bold rock…

…The bridge supporting this Aqueduct is remarkable for the slen- der form of the piers and their great height; being only ten and a half feet thick and two hundred and fifty feet high to the base of the arches…

…These bridges and the adjacent work form a very interesting point on the line of Aqueduct. Plate XII. is a view of the Aqueduct at this place : at the left of the picture may be seen the bridge over the…

…Ventilator along the Old Croton Aqueduct’s path Water Towers The Old Croton Aqueduct’s first water tower, built on the Manhattan end of the High Bridge in 1845, was constructed to address issues of water availability in northern Manhattan…

…75 feet high. Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) Current Designation(s) SING SING BRIDGE c 1840 Plate 22-2, Old Croton Aqueduct Spanning 20 feet the Sing Sing Bridge arches over a…

their fellow citizens have expressed a solicitude that the water might be carried on an aqueduct bridge with architectural display, the Commissioners are disposed to be guided by the opinion, legally expressed, of your honorable body on the subject. That…

…Jervis appointed Chief Engineer of Croton Aqueduct project Photography invented Old Croton Aqueduct completed (includes structures such as Old Ossining Weir, Archville Bridge, Murray Hill Reservoir, Yonkers Weir, West Burnside Avenue Bridge, Sing Sing Kill Bridge, Ventilators, Clendening Valley Crossing…

…Aqueduct Bridge for Road-way, ----- 103 Croton Aqueduct at Mill-River, ... - 104 Croton Aqueduct at Jewell's Brook, - - - 105 Croton Aqueduct at Hastings, ... - - 106 Croton Aqueduct at Yonkers, ----- 108 Croton Aqueduct at Harlem River, - - - - - 110 View of the Jet at…

…aqueduct. The Harlem River Bridge. After leaving the sections of the fourth division in Westchester County, we arrive at section 86, which includes the crossing of the Harlem River, and here we have been engaged with the high bridge. We…

…172 MEMOIR OF THE The Commissioners, for all sufficient reasons, preferred the high bridge to the tunnel, and without having in any degree changed their own views, as to the superiority of the syphon bridge to either, they issued a…

…From remains of this Aqueduct which are now found at various points along its course, it appears to have required many expensive struc- tures for crossing valleys ; in one instance the Aqueduct bridge was 3,600 feet long, and the…

…In the case of the New Croton Aqueduct, the gatehouse served as the terminus of the conduit and the beginning of the pipe line. An addition to the High Service Works at High Bridge, this somber stone and brick Romanesque…

…For instance, the Underhill family had oper- ated a farm and successful grist mill on the Croton near Quaker Bridge for half a century, until the dam collapse. At high tide, mer- chant schooners and sloops had transported wheat up…

…The opposition, however, to the syphon bridge over the Harlem, instead of a lofty aqueduct bridge on a continuous grade, was by no means abated. Notice was served on the Commissioners in behalf of land-owners not residents of the…

…Douglas's plan was on a high bridge, and Mr. Martineau's by inverted syphons, on a low bridge. With such apparent agreement, the Commissioners were well foun ded in assuming that Jive millions would certainly accomplish the work, yet…

…J, Carmlchael, who lived nearby and worked on the Aqueduct project in that town. A painting of the Sing Sing Aqueduct Bridge by a T. J. Carmtehael (kxsatton unknown, unless It may be this one) was exhibited at the National…

…Horatio, 161, 199 Alley, Saul, 116, 178 Aqueduct, Croton,....106, 24, 37, 39,41, 56, 202, 4, 17 Artesian Wells 104, 11 Baldwin, Loami, 129 Birdsall, Benjamin, 272, 99 Bridge, Quaker, 126 Bridge, High, .... 150, 6, 64, 5, 8, 9,

…These waters are all joined in one Aqueduct, crossing the river Faenza, upon a bridge of three arches, built in 1753. Again, in the valley of Durazzano, there is another bridge of three arches, upon which the Aqueduct crosses

…adaptation to the High Bridge, the complete removal of the receiving reservoir in Bryant Park, the paving of walkways atop the aqueduct berm, and current plans to add eight-foot-high fencing to the High Bridge. Standard treatment guidelines have…