…Type Interpretation Current Designation(s) Type Current Designation(s) Significance(s) Structure Guide Designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux, the free form northern reservoir in Central Park countered the rectilinear collection pool that predated the parks design. Type…

…The Receiving Reservoir supplied the city until 1940, when Parks Commissioner Robert Moses drained it for Central Park's Great Lawn. The old aqueduct remained operational until 1955; the northernmost portion reopened in 1987 for Ossining water supply. ## Old Croton…

…Significance(s) Interpretation Sign CENTRAL PARK 1858-1870 Plate 32-14 An urban oasis designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, Central Park embraced the Old Croton Aqueduct in design. Significance(s) Sign Current Designation(s) COAL INCLINE AND…

…Shutting off the Croton at the Central Park Reservoir Wood engraving from Harper's Weekly, November 12. 1881 Courtesy of William Lee Frost Checklist Repairing the BrokM PIpee, 5th Avemw at 6Sth Street Wood engraving (tinted) from Frank Leslie's…

Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, Central Park embraced the Old Croton Aqueduct in design. Significance(s) Sign Current Designation(s) COAL INCLINE AND RAILROAD, HIGH SERVICE WORKS - HIGH BRIDGE 1873 (Demolished) Plate 29, Old Croton Aqueduct Supporting the High Service…

…This period saw the construction of many iconic structures, including a new receiving reservoir (now the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, in Central Park), the High Bridge Tower, and several new dams and reservoirs in the Croton Watershed. In order to…

…at 83 X 40 feet, the South Gatehouse at Lake Manahatta in Central Park was composed of a sturdy granite exterior with a small balcony overlooking the reservoir. For more information, see fiche on page XXX. Current Designation(s) Type…