[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] prised in the earthen embankment gave way, and the whole country below was flooded. Three bridges — Tompkins's Bridge, the bridge at the Wire Mill, and Quaker's Bridge — were swept away, and several mills and dwelling houses were destroyed; but, so far as was known, only two residents lost their lives. This was the only serious casualty that occurred in connection with the building of the Oroton Aque-duct. It had been earnestly desired by the people of New York that the water should be introduced into the city by the 4th of July, 1842, and this wish was realized. At five o'clock on the morning of the 22d of June, water to the depth of eighteen inches was admitted into the aqueduct from Croton Lake. A boat called the 4k Croton Maid," carrying four persons, was placed in the aqueduct, to be floated down by the stream. The water, with the boat, arrived at the Harlem River during the night of the 23d. On the 27th it was allowed to enter the receiving reservoir at Yorkville, and on the 4th of July the distributing reservoir on Murray Hill,1 both events being observed with great ceremony. The public celebration — the grandest demon-stration in the history of the city up to that time — was held on the 14th of October. Near the head of the line, as one of the guards of honor, marched the Sing Sing Guards. The total cost of the Oroton Aqueduct enterprise (reckoning every item of expense) was nearly 812,500,000. High Bridge, as it is at present, was not completed until 1848.