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crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2014/01/22/a-van-cortlandt-manor-treasure-on-ebay/
…By comparing the notebook with the existing map, researchers hope to discover new information about the region.
Cartwright was a respected civil engineer whose maps and surveys represent significant sources regarding the Croton and Ossining areas during the early-to…
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…people of the whole state and not, as in the case of the Aqueduct, with the exclusive interests of the people of the county of New York. Earlier takings for canals and roads were justified, according to the memorialists, because…
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…32 miles and two-thirds of aqueduct, the arch bridge of 88 feet span at Sing Sing, 12 tun- nels (or under ground excavations for the aqueduct,) whose aggregate length amounts to CROTON AaUEDUCT. 181 4406 feet, 32 ventilators for…
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…The level of mean tide at Harlem river is 120.66 feet below the grade line of the aqueduct, of which a more particular description will be given hereafter. On New York Island there are several deep and abrupt valleys…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…documentation in the 1970s of the Westchester portion of the Old Croton Aqueduct, we propose a current and complete documentation survey of the Old and New Croton Aqueduct systems, referred to in this Plan/Guidelines Does this charter recognize previously…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2013/11/22/the-mystery-of-the-lost-high-bridge-watch/
…The bridge should not be confused with the more famous High Bridge that carried the Croton Aqueduct across the Harlem River.
The advertisement raises intriguing questions: Why would someone commission an engraved watch depicting a relatively obscure local bridge? Why…
NYPL / Detroit Publishing Company
…the High Bridge from the east, showing the Croton Aqueduct bridge spanning the Harlem River. By 1898, the High Bridge had been carrying water for 50 years and was one of New York City's most beloved landmarks. From the…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
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…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…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2013/02/14/an-1835-fire-burns-a-quarter-of-new-york-city/
…This disaster helped motivate the construction of the Croton Aqueduct to provide reliable water to New York City.
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…He proposed to take the waters of the Croton at Pine's bridge, which he stated to be 183 feet above the level of the Hudson ; to conduct the water in an open Aqueduct, follow- ing the line of the…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
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…500,000 Total 8672,500 June 22, 1842, the water was let into Croton Aque-duct for the first time, and on the following day was received into the reservoir at Eighty -sixth Street, in New York. On the 4th…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
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…Spooner (1900)] The public mind shrank from such a tremendous and seemingly fantastic pro-ceeding as the construction of an aqueduct from the far distant Croton; whereas the Bronx, running straight down into the Harlem River, seemed to have been…
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…The Corporation of the city of New York shall, at the expense of the said Corpo- ration, erect and sustain convenient passes across or under the aqueduct to be erected by virtue of the act hereby amended, whenever said aqueduct…
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…The Memoir of the Croton Aqueduct is compiled from official reports and doc- uments, as for the most part is the sketch of the numerous attempts which, from an early day, were made by the citizens of New York, to…
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…adapt the work to receive two four-feet pipe, which will be sufficient when the full CROTON AaUEDUCT. 165 capacity of the aqueduct shall be required. As there will be only a head of about 15 feet, no difficulty will…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
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…4m--^-" THE GREAT FIRE OF 1835 (NEW YORK CITY). mitted his report in the November following. " Major Douglass ad-hered unfalteringly to the conviction that the Croton, and the Croton only, should be looked to and relied on. Like the…
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…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…
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…The cost* of the Croton Aqueduct was very great — but once made, it is final, and its waters being distributed by its own head, there is not, as in Paris and in London, in Phila- * TOTAL COST OF THE CROTON…
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…of masonry on the aqueduct, with- in the tunnels, 2476 feet, being an increase, during the last six months, of 1964 feet in length. 4th. Foundation and Protection Wall — The foundation wall now laid, amounts CROTON AQ.UEDUCT. 175 to…
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…Furer, A Brief History of New York City (Port Washington: Associated Faculty Press, Inc. 1984), p.93. 24. Tower, pp.llO-lll. 25. Lamb and Hanison, pp.730-2. PRELIMINARY PLANS FOR THE OLD CROTON AQUEDUCT AND THE Structure of…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
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…The beginning of the gigantic Croton Aqueduct enterprise dates from about the same time as the chartering of the first Westchester County railroad. On November 10, 1832, the joint committee on tire and water of the New York City common…
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…Like the railroad, the construction of the Croton and New Croton Dams and the New Croton Aqueduct played an important role in shaping Croton-on-Hudson’s development. Construction began on the Croton Dam in 1837 after several water crises…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
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…The Croton Dam sets the river back about five miles. The water is conducted to a gateway located on solid rock to the head of the aqueduct on the YORKTOWN. Kir, southern shore, by a tunnel cut a hundred and…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…Links A links section would allow users to explore the Croton Waterworks beyond the smartphone application, by accessing relevant websites like those of the National Park Service, the Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct, and the New York City Department…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
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…CHAPTER XXIY GENERAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY CONTINUED FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE COMPLETION OF THE CROTON AQUEDUCT (1842) N a previous chapter we have briefly noticed the organiza-tion of the State government of New York on the 20th…
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…The Corporation of the city of New York shall, at the expense of the said Corpo- ration, erect and sustain convenient passes across or under the aqueduct to be erected by virtue of the act hereby amended, whenever said aqueduct…
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…The estimated cost is - 295,340 00 The total cost of the reservoirs, - - $605,840 00 The cost of the four divisions of the aqueduct, commencing at the Croton Reservoir, and ending at the Receiving Reservoir, including the crossing at…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
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…we have the new " Mechanic " (now New Main) Street, opened to the southward from the Square. The course of the Croton Aqueduct, completed in 1842, is also noted. At this date all buildings on the map of 1813 yet remained…
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…The popular voice having thus pronounced, by an overwhelming majority, in favor of the Croton Aqueduct, the Corporation lost no time in passing an ordinance, dated 7th of May, instructing the Commissioners at once to proceed in the work, according…
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…This Reservoir may be considered the termination of the Croton Aqueduct, and is distant from the Fountain Reser- voir on the Croton, forty and a half miles. The whole cost of the work, exclusive of the pipes in the city…