BRIDGE ENGINEER’S Office c 1840s (Demolished) Plate 29, Old Croton Aqueduct Interpretation Sign Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) 17 HIGH BRIDGE TOWER 1872 Plate 29, Old Croton Aqueduct Type Rising 185 feet on a bluff in Highbridge Park, High Bridge Tower contained a water tank for high-storied buildings in Washington Heights. For more information, see fiche on page XXX. Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Part of the High Service Works at High Bridge serving the area of Manhattan above 135th Street, the earthen embanked reservoir also contained a promenade at the top with view of High Bridge and the Harlem River. For more information, see fiche on page XXX. HIGH SERVICE RESERVOIR GATEHOUSE (WEST) 1866-1869 (Demolished) Plate 29, Old Croton Aqueduct Interpretation Sign Significance(s) The eastern gatehouse regulated the inlet of the aqueduct. Sign HIGH SERVICE RESERVOIR FOUNTAIN c 1869 (Demolished) Plate 29, Old Croton Aqueduct The High Service Reservoir Fountain had an 80 foot diameter basin for aerating the reservoir water. Significance(s) Current Designation(s) HIGH SERVICE RESERVOIR GATEHOUSE (EAST) 1866-1869 (Demolished) Plate 29, Old Croton Aqueduct Interpretation Current Designation(s) Type 18 Sign Current Designation(s) Type HIGH SERVICE RESERVOIR 1866-1869 (Adaptive Reuse - Highbridge Pool 1934) Plate 29, Old Croton Aqueduct Significance(s) Interpretation The western gatehouse regulated the outlet of the reservoir. Current Designation(s) Type Significance(s) Current Designation(s) Interpretation Sign Type Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign HIGHLAND AVENUE BRIDGE 1838-1841 Plate 23, Old Croton Aqueduct Significance(s) INDIAN CREEK CULVERT 1837-1839 Plate 18-7, Old Croton Aqueduct An eight foot culvert provided passage to Indian Creek with a foundation wall rising 45 feet to meet the grade of the Old Croton Aqueduct. Interpretation Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) Rising 14 feet with a span of 20 feet, Highland Avenue Bridge is an archway over what was then known as the Highland Turnpike, nearly eleven miles south of the Old Croton Dam. Type Sign Current Designation(s) Type Current Designation(s) Interpretation Structure Guide Rugged in landscape, the original park wrapped around the High Service Reservoir. At the turn of the nineteenth century its acreage was increased with the addition of Fort George Park, Speedway Park, and Washington Park. Significance(s) Appendix HIGHBRIDGE PARK 1871- c 1915 Plate 31-3 Sign Current Designation(s) HOOPER FOUNTAIN 1894 Plate 30-1 JEROME PARK 1866 Plate 29ADeveloped by the American Jockey Club, Jerome Park was the first commercial racetrack in the City. The original home of the Belmont Stakes, Jerome Park closed in 1887. Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) Commissioned by John Hooper and sited near the entrance to the Harlem River Speedway, the fountain quenched the thirst of pedestrians, as well as horses. For more information, see fiche on page XXX. 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) JEROME PARK GATEHOUSE NUMBER 3 c1890 Plate 29A-, Old/ New Croton Aqueduct The 29 X 35 foot substructure was constructed to control the outflow of water. Current Designation(s) Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign JEROME PARK GATEHOUSE NUMBER 1 c1890 Plate 29A-, Old/ New Croton Aqueduct Designed in an “L” plan with a 31 X 35 foot main body and 22 X 27 foot wing, Gatehouse Number 1 was constructed below grade with no superstructure. Here the New Croton Aqueduct divides with one branch leading to the reservoir and the other leading to Shaft Number 20 where the pressure tunnel begins. Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) JEROME PARK GATEHOUSE NUMBER 2 1900 (Superstructure added 1938) Plate 29A-, Old/ New Croton Aqueduct Comprised of two inlet chambers and a central chamber into which the waste water from the reservoir passes over three waste weirs, the stone substructure at Gatehouse Number 2 measured 27 X 30 feet. 20 Current Designation(s) JEROME PARK GATEHOUSE NUMBER 4 c1890 Plate 29A-, Old/ New Croton Aqueduct The 29 X 35 foot substructure was constructed to control the outflow of water. Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) JEROME PARK GATEHOUSE NUMBER 5 1900 (Superstructure added 1938) Plate 29A-, Old/ New Croton Aqueduct A gatehouse crucial to Jerome Park’s functioning, Gatehouse Number 5 received water from the Old and a branch 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’s House was an elaborate home for the overseer of the aqueducts in the Bronx. Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) JEROME PARK GATEHOUSE NUMBER 6 c1890 (Demolished) Plate 29A-, Old/ New Croton Aqueduct The southeastern gatehouse. Type Significance(s) Interpretation The expansion of the Bronx necessitated a pumping house to pump water to higherstoried buildings. The building’s form and Romanesque Revival detailing is similar