…The water furnished by the first Aqueduct having been found insufficient, they constructed a second one to bring the water of the Loire. The third Aqueduct was built by the Emperor Claudius to furnish water to the palace of the…

…17 The table is arranged to show, First, the name of the water or Aqueduct ; Second, the era of its construction ; Third, the length of each Aqueduct in miles and decimals ; Fourth, the cubic feet discharged in 24 hours, and…

…The apertures on the sides are smaller than the others, and in each of those is placed a dragon spouting water into the spacious magnifi- cent marble basin below. This fountain is furnished with water by the Aqueduct called Aqua…

…The portion of the dam over which the water flows, together with the abutment and bulkhead adjacent, is of hydraulic stone masonry ; their united length is 105 feet. The width of the sheet of water flowing over the dam is…

…then into to the Rondout reservoirs, this water then travels southward into the 85-mile-long Delaware Aqueduct to its Kensico Reservoir holding pond (see above) in Westchester County. Water from Kensico flows south into a tunnel that crosses into…

…Aqueduct bridges Where major water courses crossed the line of the Aqueduct it was necessary to build something larger than a culvert, and Jervis was forced to consider aqueduct bridges along the length of the Aqueduct between the Croton Dam…

…Aqueduct, in which it flows 20 8 30 miles to the city, and it was found to be in so perfect a state when the trial was first made after the restoration, October 13th, 1693, that all the water which…

…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…

…The country bordering upon the Croton is generally elevated and uneven, not sustaining a dense population and cleared sufficiently to prevent injury to the 76 water from decayed vegetable matter. The river has a rapid descent and flows over a…

…The fourth supported the celebrated Aqueduct of Chapolte- pec, by which water was conducted from springs, upon an insulated hill of that name, at the distance of from two to three miles." The Aqueduct of Chapoltepec was the work of…

…From the fountain-basin, water flows to the channel of the spillway. Significance(s) Interpretation For more information, see fiche on page XXX. AMAWALK FOUNTAIN 1897 Plate 9-, New Croton Aqueduct Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign ARDSLEY OPEN-CUT c…

…9 34 Aqueduct of Arcueil. The Emperor Julian built this Aqueduct to bring water to Paris, A. D. 360 ; it supplied the palace and hot baths, but was destroyed by the Normans. It was above nine miles and a half…

…River water gradually deposits much of its earthy salts as it flows, and becomes purer by exposure ; it there- fore generally contains less calcareous matter than spring water; its specific gravity is less, and its taste more vapid. It, however…

…water which enters the Aqueduct: spread over this large surface, it will have an opportunity to settle and part with some of the impurities which it receives, during rainy seasons, from the wash of the country through which it flows…

…and from these statues the water flows in copious streams to the spacious basin below. ' The Nile and Ganges from the silver tide : La Plata too, and Danube's streams unite Their liquid treasures, copious, clear and bright.' " During the…

…This having been done, and the dam raised sufficiently to cause the water to flow into the aqueduct, it was admitted to the depth of 18 inches, at 5 o'clock in the morning of the 22d June. A boat…

…The reasons for the preference are thus stated : " On an aqueduct the water flows with an easy natural motion, acting upon its channel with nothing more than its own proper weight, and a friction scarcely apprecia- ble ; and if by…

…From this reservoir, the water entered into the aqueduct of Chaponost, which runs under ground along the west side of the village. It emerges on the north, and flows over a bridge composed of ninety arches, of which more than…

…The utmost rise of the water above the dam was 25 inches ; although, according to estimate, a million gallons per minute passed over it, exclusive of that which escaped through the waste culvert of the dam, and through the aqueduct…

…It is upon these bricks, as a pavement, that the water channel is laid, or bedded. Of the arcades forming that part of the aqueduct called Langoneau, only seven piers remain, arid these of the common reticulated masonry. The valley…

…181 4406 feet, 32 ventilators for the escape of the air from the tunnel, and four waste weirs, for the discharge of the surplus water from the aqueduct. The Harlem River Bridge. After leaving the sections of the fourth division…

…Written to celebrate the opening of the Old Croton Aqueduct which brought clean water to New York City on October 14, 1842. Oh, blessed be the Croton! It floweth everywhere— It sprinkles o'er the dusty ground, It cooleth all…

…From this reservoir the water flows into the bulk-head, at the upper end of the tunnel, from a level averaging 10 feet below the surface. AQUEDUCT BRIDGE AT SING SING. The Sing Sing kill,, where it crosses the line…

…To the latter, the system becomes in a manner habituajed, so that even when pure soft water can be had, the former is often pre- ferred, as is now the case with many individuals, who prefer our brackish well water…

…may be preserved for many miles over large ravines or plains, where an aqueduct would be, from its expensiveness, manifestly out of the question. In the city of Constantinople, the old ruinous aqueduct of Valens, which no longer conducts water…

…The surplus water not used for the supply of the fountain flows down the mountain-side forming a beautiful cascade. The cities of Europe abound in fountains which in their 49 arrangement furnish beautiful designs and are ornamented with specimens…

…The pipe by which the water reaches the surface has recently been carried to a height, nearly on a level with the source of supply. At present the water flows into a circular iron reservoir at the top of the…

…The main of this company was, in 1832, laid into the Thames, of four feet diameter, the largest iron pipe any where employed probably in water-works. The water flows through this main into a reservoir in Kennington Lane, from…

…White presented various plans and estimates, some for an open canal to Ma- comb's dam, and thence the water to be raised by means of the water power furnished by the dam to the requisite elevation on the New…