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Morning Star — Croton Water Poetry (Nov 23, 1842)

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[Newspaper] Morning Star, Limerick, Maine, November 23, 1842. Poetry celebrating the Croton Aqueduct. Even newspapers in rural Maine covered the Croton water celebration, a month after the event. Coverage appeared as far away as Honolulu, in the Polynesian newspaper, showing the global reach of the story.