…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…

…He walked the scenic post road along high banks toward the old head of boat navigation at High Bridge. The Croton River: The original Native American name was Kitch-a-wan, meaning "a large and swift current." The Dutch named…

…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…

…It is the old aqueduct 10 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY which crosses the Harlem River over High Bridge; the new is carried underneath the stream. Iii3|j* South of the Croton River the next Hudson tributary of interest is the…

…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…

…The greatest interior width of the aqueduct is seven feet five inches, and the greatest height, eight feet HIGH BRIDGE. and heavy filling in deep ravines. There are on the line sixteen tunnels, varying in length from a hundred and…

…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…

early in the spring, under contract, to raise the same so high by the 1st of November following, as to throw at least two feet of water into the tunnel of the aqueduct. This requirement of their contract they have…

…Jeffrey Cooley Elevation of A High Bridge for Crossing Hariaem [sic] River, c. 1839-40 watercolor and Ink on paper Courtesy Jervis Public Library, Rome, NY. Photo: G.R. Farley The Old Croton aqueduct Rural Resources Meet Urban Needs The…

…Thus the old High Bridge road which was in existence long prior to its receiving that name, was an ancient track used prior to the Revolution. It branched from the Kingsbridge road, the line of the Lower path, at or…

…The Commissioners, who had in vain sought the instruction of the Common Coun- cil on this vexed question, of a high or low bridge, and who had at last, on their own re- sponsibility, decided in favor of the low…

…McCullough, Black & Co., early in the spring, under contract, to raise the same so high by the 1st of November following, as to throw at least two feet of water into the tunnel of the aqueduct. This requirement of their…

…The high bridge I have heretofore en- deavored to avoid, as a work of great expense, and attended with much difficulty in its execution. From the considerations before detailed, I have however come to the conclu- sion, that under the…

…CLENDENING BRIDGE This bridge is constructed over a valley of the same name, that is situated about equally distant between Manhattan valley and the receiving reservoir. The greatest depression is 50 feet, below top of aqueduct, and the valley is…

…The conduit associated with the Old Croton Aqueduct is carried across the river inside of the High Bridge, while the conduit associated with the New Croton Aqueduct is buried deep beneath the river, its presence completely imperceptible. In certain locations…