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| Source | Passages | Words | Link |
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| king_memoir_1843_raw.txt | 217 | 172,824 | |
| hudson_river_source_raw.txt | 191 | 152,169 | |
| croton_point_sampling_2021_raw.txt | 134 | 106,888 | |
| illustrations_aqueduct_raw.txt | 66 | 52,703 | |
| croton_waterworks_raw.txt | 60 | 47,579 | |
| comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt | 58 | 46,131 | |
| old_croton_aqueduct_raw.txt | 50 | 39,768 | |
| croton_point_landfill_rod_1993_raw.txt | 23 | 18,214 | |
| housing_taskforce_report_raw.txt | 21 | 16,692 | |
| croton_point_landfill_review_2019_raw.txt | 14 | 11,057 | |
| comp_plan_ch2_history_raw.txt | 5 | 3,670 | |
| housing_proposals_2024_raw.txt | 3 | 1,831 | |
| coastal_zone_waterfront_raw.txt | 1 | 246 |
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king_memoir_1843_raw.txt
11 miles and one-fifth. The increase in this part of the work, since our last report, is 18,418 feet, or about three and a half miles in length. 2d. SIDE WALL. — The length of side wall ready to receive the brick facing and arches, was, at our last r…
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dam, of 14 feet span, and 125 feet in length. The foundation wall at this place is 50 feet in height to grade, and 62 feet to the top filling of the aqueduct. 6th. An aqueduct bridge over the railroad at Harvey's marble quarry, of 16 feet span, and 1…
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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 115,210 cubic yards,…
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be entirely delusive. This may be explained, without impeaching the sagacity or accuracy of those engineer, by the facts, that they had no actual experi- ence derived from the price at which contracts would be taken — that the difference in the cost …
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The advantages in retaining his services, and also of his present assistants, must be obvious ; as the information they possess, relative to the man- ner in which the contracts are to be fulfilled and executed, of the materials to be used, of the pla…
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of a joint special committee of both Boards. To this Committee were to be referred all matters relating to the aqueduct, except the sale and disposal of stock and other duties ordinarily belonging to the Finance Committee. The new Commissioners retai…
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supply of water, which now discharges into Long Island Sound, might be diverted or made to pass into the Croton. This fact is mentioned for its singularity, rather than from its being of any importance to the work. The lake, formed by the dam, flows …
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the line ; it consists of 800 feet of tunnel cut through rock, and about three-fourths of a mile of grading for two lines of iron pipes of 36 inches diameter. This last section is about one half completed, and will easily be completed the next fall. …
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the streets surrounding the reservoir and the southern division, that we were obliged to let this reservoir proceed, as contemplated by our predecessors ; except, that we do not excavate the rock, as was previously intended, by which there is a savin…
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millions, the fifth section of which is quoted in a preceding page, it is expressly enacted " that no item of expenditure should be charged against the water stock fund, except the same is approved by the Water Commissioners and the Comptroller." Und…
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their exact location may be known thereby. He is also, under the direction of the Committee, to advertise for, and make contracts, examine and certify bills for work, and generally to perform such duty as may be re- quired of him by the Croton Aquedu…
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various discussions, the Corporation made good their ground, and exercised the exclusive right of distributing the water from the reservoir at 40th street. A very serious loss, the first that deserves the name, occurred to the work on the night of th…
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lived on the opposite side ; but not understanding it, they took no measures for their safety, until still later, when the water began to come down in torrents. Two people at Baileys' Mills occupied themselves so long in remo- ving their property, th…
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laying a tax on the citizens to pay the interest of the water loan. 2d. To limit the power of the Water Commissioners over the aqueduct to its termination at Murray's Hill. 3d. To authorise the Commissioners, with the assent of the Common Council, to…
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be done on the Fifth Avenue, between Fortieth and Twenty-first streets ; their contract with John B. Chollar and Ebenezer Jones, made the twenty-third of Octo- ber, one thousand eight hundred and forty, for iron pipe ; their contract with S. V. Mer- …
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early in the spring, under contract, to raise the same so high by the 1st of November following, as to throw at least two feet of water into the tunnel of the aqueduct. This requirement of their contract they have not fulfilled ; which is to be regre…
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If we are mistaken in the wishes of the Common Council, we shall be glad to be informed of the same. Under this arrangement of the work, the whole amount required by this depart- ment to bring the water to Murray's Hill, will not differ materially fr…
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spectator with the belief that it is almost, if not entirely, indestructible by the elements, or time. Between the Croton Dam and the influent gate-house at Harlem River, the line of aqueduct was finished last season, and during the present season th…
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which are laid the -iron pipes, connecting the receiving and distributing reservoirs, is nearly completed. Something remains to be done at one or two culverts, and perhaps something more ought to be done in the way of regu- lating the Avenue. DISTRIB…
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Court for the Correction of Errors, and many other distinguished persons. A salute of 38 guns was fired upon the occasion by a detachment of artillery, detailed for that service by Gen. Sanford. The "Croton Maid," which arrived soon afterwards at the…
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situated. James Palmer was the chairman of the committee, and brought good practical sense as well as an honest reputation to the support of the measure. The plan was fully discussed — was CROTON AQ.UEDUCT. 197 pronounced by some to be visionary, and…
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expected." The whole amount expended on the works up to 20 January, is stated by the Com- missioners at seven millions nine hundred and ten thousand four hundred and seventy- six dollars, to which a further amount of $662,540, required for work unfin…
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the work done inside, and nothing has since appeared to indicate any defect in the work. The reservoirs, during the time the water was shut off from the aqueduct, proved amply sufficient for the supply of the city, and indeed much beyond a supply, as…
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River, and is mainly to be attributed to the manner in which it was necessary to lay down this pipe, not allowing all the freedom of action that is necessary to provide for the expansion and contraction occurring in the different tem- peratures to wh…
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of the State having occurred, the former Commissioners were reinstated, and now have charge of the work — without any change occurring in the engineer department, other than by the re- duction consequent upon the finishing of operations. Having thus …
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6th Avenue on the east. It is 1826 "feet long and 836 feet wide on the outside angle of the embankment; containing an area of 35 acres, divided into two divisions, and is (a little over) 5 miles from the City Hall. From the receiving reservoir, a dou…
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mile, the grade of the aque- duct was compelled to encounter great irregularities of surface. Very little regular table- land could could be found for its location. While the main ridge of high land, that lay on the left of the line in Westchester co…
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feet 8 inches thick at the spring line of the inverted arch, and 2 feet at the top, or spring line of the roof- ing arch. The inverted arch is of brick, 4 inches thick. The roofing arch is also 8 inches thick. The abutments, or side walls, are of rub…
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course of well jointed stone, not less than nine inches thick is laid, forming a stone platform on which well dressed stone is laid, one or two courses high, for the abntments or side walls, and finished by a second course of well dressed flagging, n…
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the disappointment in regard to the extent of the rock in the river, it was found difficult to obtain the desired length of the water way, and it was concluded to raise the abutment to 12 feet at the lower end, and 15 feet at the upper end, and allow…