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crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2014/10/01/new-croton-dam-site-map/
New Croton Dam Site Map, 1892
This piece features a contract drawing for the New Croton Dam located at the Cornell Site, dated May 2, 1892. The map's most compelling aspect extends beyond the dam structure itself. Instead, the…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2017/10/09/diverting-the-croton-river/
…documents the initial phase of New Croton Dam construction—redirecting the Croton River's natural flow to create the excavation site for the dam's foundation.
The project commenced on September 20, 1892, with river diversion work. Engineers blasted a…
Croton Friends of History — https://www.crotonfriendsofhistory.org/postcard-tour
…https://www.crotonfriendsofhistory.org/postcard-tour
THE NEW CROTON DAM: Engineering marvel constructed 1892-1906, "the tallest dam in the world" at that time. THE BOWERY: Buildings along the Croton River housing Italian stone workers during dam construction. MAPLE AVENUE…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2018/02/12/crotons-120th-anniversary/
…Brickmaking remained a dominant industry, while construction of the New Croton Dam, which began in 1892, was reaching a critical phase. By this point, workers had successfully diverted the Croton River around the construction site and excavated approximately 1,821…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
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…new Croton Dam at Quaker Bridge, but that plan was abandoned, and in August, 1892, the contract was awarded for the Cornell Dam, now approaching completion, about a mile and a half above the Quaker Bridge site. No fewer than…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…The dams of the Croton Waterworks ranged from small, picturesque ones in Putnam and Westchester counties to the one-hundred-foothigh New Croton Dam—constructed between 1892 and 1906—with its iconic steel-arched bridge. Keepers’ Houses The Old Croton…