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…Type Significance(s) Interpretation Current Designation(s) Sign Current Designation(s) 25 NEW CROTON DAM GATEHOUSE 1892-1906 Plate 18-3, New Croton Aqueduct NEW CROTON GATEHOUSE 1890 Plate 13-, Old/ New Croton Aqueduct Constructed on the upstream side of…
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Current Designation(s) SHAFT NUMBER 11C Plate 23-9, New Croton Aqueduct SHAFT NUMBER 10 Plate 22-15, New Croton Aqueduct Engineers designed Shaft Number 10 to be sunk to a depth of 126 feet. Type Significance(s) Current Designation…
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…WEST BRANCH SUPERVISOR’S HOUSE c 1895 Plate 2-, New Croton Aqueduct Type Structure Guide Type Appendix WEST BRANCH BARN c 1895 Plate 2-, New Croton Aqueduct Interpretation Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) Sign Current Designation(s…
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…30 Sign Current Designation(s) POCANTICO OPEN-CUT c 1888 Plate 22-11, New Croton Aqueduct Type PIPE YARD (Demolished) Plate 34-1 Significance(s) Interpretation A portion of the New Croton Aqueduct was run through an open trench when…
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…31 SHAFT NUMBER 0 Plate 13-, New Croton Aqueduct SHAFT NUMBER 2 Plate 19-3, New Croton Aqueduct Shaft Number 0 was dug at an incline on a grade of 12 feet per 100 feet. Shaft Number 2 was designed…
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…Significance(s) Appendix CROTON FALLS DAM 1906-1911 Plate 7-, New Croton Aqueduct For more information, see fiche on page XXX. CROTON FALLS DIVERTING DAM 1911 Plate 4-, New Croton Aqueduct Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Earthen with a stepped…
Library of Congress, Rare Book Division
…These broadsides were distributed during the celebration parade along with copies of the Croton Ode by George Pope Morris.
Date: October 1842
Type: document
Subjects: Croton Aqueduct, broadside, history
Text visible in image: COMPLETION OF THE CROTON AQUEDUCT CELEBRATED New…
Library of Congress
…Shows the precise engineering behind the gravity-fed system that carried Croton water to New York City.
Date: 1837
Type: diagram
Subjects: Croton Aqueduct, engineering plans, aqueduct structures
Text visible in image: Croton Aqueduct
Source: Library of Congress
License: Public…
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Significance(s) Interpretation Sign DOBBS FERRY BARN c 1880s Plate 24-2, Old Croton Aqueduct A maintenance building for the use of the principal superintendent of the aqueduct north of New York City. Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation…
NYPL, Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
…Croton Aqueduct, rivers, hills, settlements, Westchester County, Manhattan
Text visible in image: HYDROGRAPHIC MAP New York, Westchester and Putnam, CROTON AQUEDUCT.
Source: NYPL, Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
License: Public domain
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…SOUTH YONKERS OPEN-CUT c 1888 Plate 28-XX, New Croton Aqueduct Type Significance(s) Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) TITICUS DAM GATEHOUSE 1890-1895 Plate 7-, New Croton Aqueduct Constructed on the upstream side of the masonry…
NYPL, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (F.B. Tower)
…The word 'kill' is from the Dutch for creek, a reminder that this land was once New Netherland.
Date: 1843
Location: Ossining (Sing Sing), NY
Type: lithograph
Subjects: Croton Aqueduct, Sing Sing Kill, stone arches, bridges, hills, trees, buildings
Source…
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of the New, discharging the water into the east and western divisions Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign JEROME PARK KEEPER’S HOUSE c 1890s (Demolished) Plate 29A-, Old/ New Croton Aqueduct Designed by F. S. Cook, the Jerome Park Keeper…
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Designation(s) SHAFT NUMBER 25 STEPS AND RETAINING WALL c 1892 Plate 29, New Croton Aqueduct Type Marking the point where the New Croton Aqueduct entered Manhattan Island, Shaft Number 25 employed revolutionary engineering in its design. Significance(s) Interpretation…
Library of Congress, Chronicling America
…Published a celebratory ode to the Croton Aqueduct following the water celebration in New York City. The poem praised the engineering feat that brought clean water from the Croton River to Manhattan. The fact that a Virginia newspaper published poetry…
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…AMAWALK FOUNTAIN 1897 Plate 9-, New Croton Aqueduct Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign ARDSLEY OPEN-CUT c 1888s Plate 24-11, New Croton Aqueduct A single arched granite bridge stretching 160 feet, the Archville Bridge carried the Croton Aqueduct across…
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…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…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2013/08/31/birds-eye-views-of-the-croton-aqueduct-1879-1887/
Bird's Eye Views of the Croton Aqueduct, 1879-1887
This post examines two historical perspective maps depicting New York City's water infrastructure during a critical period of urban expansion.
Will L. Taylor created a four-sheet engraving published…
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…19 JEROME PARK BRIDGE c 1890 (Demolished) Plate 29A-, Old/ New Croton Aqueduct Type Elaborately arched, the bridge provided access to Shaft Number 21 from Gatehouse Number 5. Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s…
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…BOYD’S CORNERS DAM 1866-1870 (Demolished 1980s) Plate 1-, Old/ New Croton Aqueduct Simple in design, the Boyd’s Corners Dam was 670 feet long and 57 feet high. Stretching across the West Branch of the Croton River, the…
Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct
# History of the Old Croton Aqueduct
## Origins and Construction
The Croton Water Supply System was established to address critical public health crises. New York City faced recurring fires and epidemics that repeatedly devastated the metropolis, stemming from inadequate water infrastructure…
NYPL, Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views
…Harlem River, New York City
Type: photograph
Subjects: bridge, aqueduct, river, trees
Text visible in image: 563 High Bridge, Croton Aqueduct, New York.
Source: NYPL, Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views
License: Public domain
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NYPL, I.N. Phelps Stokes Collection
Croton Aqueduct over Harlem River
Lithograph showing the Croton Aqueduct spanning the Harlem River, with a man fishing in the foreground on the riverbank, surrounded by trees and rocks.
Date: 1844
Location: Harlem River, New York City
Type: lithograph
Subjects…
Scientific American / Wikimedia Commons
The Old and New Croton Aqueduct System (1887)
Map/engraving from Scientific American (June 4, 1887) showing both the Old (dotted line) and New (solid line) Croton Aqueduct routes from Putnam County to Manhattan. A comprehensive overview of the entire…
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…http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/ home/home.shtml New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation (Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park): The segment of the Old Croton Aqueduct trailway located in the Old Croton Aqueduct State…
NYPL, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (F.B. Tower)
…Harlem River, New York City
Type: lithograph
Subjects: river, bridge, boats, trees, people, horses
Text visible in image: GENERAL VIEW
Source: NYPL, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (F.B. Tower)
License: Public domain
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine / Wikimedia Commons
…They became landmarks along the aqueduct trail and several survive today. From Harper's, December 1860.
Date: December 1860
Type: engraving
Subjects: Croton Aqueduct, ventilator tower, stone structure
Text visible in image: AN AQUEDUCT VENTILATOR.
Source: Harper's New Monthly…
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…Conclusion New York City Partners: Citywide New York City Department of Parks and Recreation: New York City’s Department of Parks and Recreation is in charge of the Old Croton Aqueduct Trailway, the segment of the Croton aqueduct that runs…
Wikipedia
…The German cockroach earned the nickname "Croton bug," mistakenly attributed to the aqueduct bringing insects into newly connected homes.
Despite its scale, the Old Croton Aqueduct couldn't match New York's growth. The New Croton Aqueduct, begun in 1885…
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…Helen Tower Wilson Theophlius Schramke, Description of the New York Croton Aqueduct In Elfish, Qarman and French, 1846 Book with 20 plates. New York and Berlin: printed by Mundt Court;esy of William Lee Frost Cathleen Polgreen, Aqueduct Overseer's…