…Jervis, who had been engaged in most of the public works constructed by this State, was appointed chief engineer, at an annual salary of $5000. We cannot but pause in our narrative for a moment, to express regret that a…

…induced the city to enter upon the great enterprise. Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN B. JERVIS. CROTON AQ.UEDUCT. 245 From E. French, Esq., Resident Engineer. Engineer's Office, 1st division Croton Aqueduct, Sing Sing, October 11, 1842. GENTLEMEN

…PRELIMINARY PLANS FOR THE OLD CROTON AQUEDUCT AND THE Structure of its Engineering Department figure 10, above: Portrait of Major David Bates Douglass, contemporary print from glass plate negative Courtesy The Archives. Warren Hunting Smith Library, Hobart and William Smith…

…the above remarks in relation to its future management." CROTON AQ.UEDUCT. 201 No one will fail to be struck with the tone of natural solicitude evinced by the chief engineer in the close of this extract, for the due…

…Jervis, Esquire, who, as Chief Engineer, gave Plans and Specifi- cations for the work during its construction. A description from such source, accompanied with detail- ed plans of all the appurtenances of the Aqueduct, with the results of experiments on…

…as a skilled engineer in the construction of canals and railroads. Jervis would go on to oversee the construction of the first phase of the Waterworks—which has come to be known as the Old Croton Aqueduct—so it is…

…See selected bibliography on tlie construction of the Croton Aqueduct, p.57 of this book. 3. John Robison, A System of Mechanical Philosophy (Edinburgh, 1804). 4. John B. Jervis, "Memoir presented October 18, 1876,' Transactions of the American Society of…

…Jervis who served as the Chief Engineer of the Croton Aqueduct and Supervisor for the Hudson River Railroad. The Aqueduct transformed northern Westchester, shifting popu- lation from the north of the County to the south in the 1840s^^ (fig- ure…

…51 MEMOIR OF THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CROTON AdUEDUCT BY J. B. JERVIS, GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LINE. The Croton Aqueduct was designed to supply the city of New York with an abun- dance of pure and wholesome water. It…

…from the Croton Dam to Sing Sing, compelling those who were willing to work to join them, until they amounted to a crowd of several hundred. By April 10, Engineer Assistant Horatio Allen wrote a letter to Jervis from Sing…

…For instance, in June 1837, Jervis* monthly report to the Water Commis- sion recounted widespread complaints from landowners near Dobbs Ferry, requiring they "suspend [work] for the present."" Similarly, Jervis' brother William (a resident assistant engineer) wrote to him from…

…In 1837, construction began under Chief Engineer John B. Jervis, who maintained strict specifications and discouraged worker alcohol consumption near sites. The gravity-fed system dropped 13 inches per mile. Workers laid an elliptical tube, 8.5 feet high by…

…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…

…Chief Engineer Jervis arrived within a few hours, evaluated the damage, and reported to the Water Commissioners. Jen/is tersely conclud- ed, "It appears three lives were lost one at the dam and two at Bailey's wire factory."^'' While…

…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…

…Untitled Survey of Farmland, c.1835, ink on paper Courtesy Jervis Public Library, drawing #291. Photo: G. R. Farley Bailey, situated on the hanks of the Croton which it instantly carried away, together with their dwelling houses and tenant houses…

…the Croton. The Common Council agreed with the basic outline of the plan and submitted it to a public referendum where it easily carried. On May 7, 1835, the Council authorized a loan and appointed a chief engineer. Major Douglass…

…go...They were interested in things like the stone sides of the aqueduct, the fact that John Jervis, who was the chief engineer, and his predominantly Irish workmen put stones along the outside of the aqueduct...The aqueduct was built…

…Douglass was employed as Chief Engineer; he proceeded in the location of the line for the Aqueduct and in preparing plans, until October, 1836, when he was succeeded by John B. Jervis, who continued at the head of that department…

…the knowledge of the chief engineer, Mr. Jervis, and on his professional skill and fidelity, that * Duten's Histoire de la navigation interieure de la France, p. 566, 7, vol. i. Paris 1829. CROTON AdUEDUCT. the very first estimate he…

…Jervis, that he suggested as a temporary expedient, the laying down pipes along the coffer dam in the river, through which the Croton water might be conducted to the New York shore. The Commissioners repeat this suggestion without expressing an…

…French & Hastie, by means of a boat floating through the aqueduct, between the Croton Dam and Harlem River. Some unimportant defects were discovered inside the aqueduct, a short time before the water was shut off, and two small leaks ap…

…JERVIS, Chief Engineer, N. Y. W. W. 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…