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Scene Below the Croton Dam — Harper's Magazine (1860)
Engraving from T. Addison Richards' article 'The Croton Aqueduct' in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, December 1860. Shows the dramatic scenery below the Old Croton Dam with water cascading over the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…about one
Brayton, the son of one of the dam contractors, perceiving
" Mr. Albert
o'clock, the danger to the people below the dam on the opposite side, by the continued
rise of the water at the dam, and believing…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…is a view taken from a point below the dam
and shows the relative positions of the dam and the gate
chamber at the head of the Aqueduct. The original channel of the River where the dam is built,
;
was…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
This dam was proposed to
be built about 2 feet above the level of high tide, thereby
keeping all the salt water below ; and above the dam would
be the fresh water for supplying the city, which must be
pumped…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…A channel for the overflow is excavated in the rock back of the wall leading down to the river below the dam . The main stone dam , according to the original plan , was to be 600 feet long , extending from the…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…A channel for the overflow is excavated in the rock back of the wall leading down to the river below the dam . The main stone dam , according to the original plan , was to be 600 feet long , extending from the…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
A channel for the overflow is excavated in the rock back of the wall leading down to the river below the dam . The main stone dam , according to the original plan , was to be 600 feet long , extending from the…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
A channel for the overflow is excavated in the rock back of the wall leading down to the river below the dam . The main stone dam , according to the original plan , was to be 600 feet long , extending from the…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
A channel for the overflow is excavated in the rock back of the wall leading down to the river below the dam . The main stone dam , according to the original plan , was to be 600 feet long , extending from the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
At 300 feet below the main dam, a second dam is in progress, which is to be 9 feet
high, constructed of timber, stone and gravel, which will set the water back over
the
of the main and form a…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…about one
Brayton, the son of one of the dam contractors, perceiving
" Mr. Albert
o'clock, the danger to the people below the dam on the opposite side, by the continued
rise of the water at the dam, and believing…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…These are all the losses which have
come to our knowledge on the Crotori River, and all the losses to everybody above and
below the dam, including the dam, are considerably inside of $75,000."
No other parts of the…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The aqueduct proceeds
from the Sing Sing tunnel, crossing both the aforesaid street and creek, from north to
south.
3d. An archway over the Highland turnpike, now highway, about eleven miles
below the Croton dam, of 20 feet span, and…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…A channel for the overflow is excavated in the rock back of the wall leading down to the river below the dam . The main stone dam , according to the original plan , was to be 600 feet long , extending from the…
Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. II. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
Pathfinder Dam and Reservoir
The Pathfinder dam and reservoir is located about three miles below the junction of
the Sweetwater with the North Platte near
the old Overland Trail, and is named in
honor of John C. Fremont, who was…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2016/02/17/niagara-falls-by-mans-own-hand/
…the first time in fourteen years water is flowing over the huge dam of the Croton Reservoir at the estimated rate of 2,000,000,000 gallons a day, the vast tide dropping to the Croton River, 150 feet below…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
The lower portion of the inner slope to a height of 16 feet below the crest of the spillway , to be paved with stone , 18 inches thick , laid dry , upon 12 inches of broken stone , and on the upper part…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
The lower portion of the inner slope to a height of 16 feet below the crest of the spillway , to be paved with stone , 18 inches thick , laid dry , upon 12 inches of broken stone , and on the upper part…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
The lower portion of the inner slope to a height of 16 feet below the crest of the spillway , to be paved with stone , 18 inches thick , laid dry , upon 12 inches of broken stone , and on the upper part…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
The lower portion of the inner slope to a height of 16 feet below the crest of the spillway , to be paved with stone , 18 inches thick , laid dry , upon 12 inches of broken stone , and on the upper part…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
The lower portion of the inner slope to a height of 16 feet below the crest of the spillway , to be paved with stone , 18 inches thick , laid dry , upon 12 inches of broken stone , and on the upper part…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
The lower portion of the inner slope to a height of 16 feet below the crest of the spillway , to be paved with stone , 18 inches thick , laid dry , upon 12 inches of broken stone , and on the upper part…
Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition.
The course of the Bronx immediately below the mill is said to have
been formerly changed by a large beaver dam, which those industrious
animals had erected near die foot of Mr. Underbill's garden. Beaver
Pond lies directly north…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
The slope of this pit extended southerly along the line of the wall for a distance of 150 feet , thus the core wall at its highest end was not built in a narrow trench below the surface of the ground…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
The slope of this pit extended southerly along the line of the wall for a distance of 150 feet , thus the core wall at its highest end was not built in a narrow trench below the surface of the ground…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
The slope of this pit extended southerly along the line of the wall for a distance of 150 feet , thus the core wall at its highest end was not built in a narrow trench below the surface of the ground…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
The slope of this pit extended southerly along the line of the wall for a distance of 150 feet , thus the core wall at its highest end was not built in a narrow trench below the surface of the ground…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
The slope of this pit extended southerly along the line of the wall for a distance of 150 feet , thus the core wall at its highest end was not built in a narrow trench below the surface of the ground…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
The slope of this pit extended southerly along the line of the wall for a distance of 150 feet , thus the core wall at its highest end was not built in a narrow trench below the surface of the ground…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…the apron at the toe of the dam, and thereby breaking the
force of the fall, by its action on a body of water, there has been constructed, at a point
300 feet below the main dam, a secondary dam…