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Jervis" (vol. II) Reproduction, courtesy of the Jervis Public Library, Rome, NY Lt. Theophllus Schramke, ProHle of Lower Part of Croton Aqueduct, c.1842 Color lithograph, George Hayward's Lithography, NY; 10 x 38 Vs inches Jervis Public Library, Rome, NY Nathaniel Cum'er (1818-1888), Hydrographhs Map of the Counties of New York, Westchester, and Putnam and also showing the line of the Croton Aqueduct, 1845 Color lithograph; TVs x lOVs inches Courtesy of William Lee Frost SECTION 1 : The Need for Water The Collect Pond, c.1800 Illustration #17, Hollyer's Old New York Views Reproduction, courtesy of The New-York Historical Society, New York The Tea Water Pump at Roosevelt and Chatham Streets Engraving Reproduction, courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York John Pennlman (c. 1817-1850), Origin of Steam Navigation. Honor to Whom Honor Is Due. A view of Collect Pond, N.Y.C., 1795, 1846 Lithograph Reproduction, courtesy of The New-York Historical Society, New York Nicolino V. Calyo, The Great Fire of 1S3S ... Burning of the Merchants Exchange, NY, Dec. 16, 17, 1835 Gouache on paper; 13 x 20^8 Inches Museum of the City of New York, Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 52.100.7 Nicolino V. Calyo, View of the Ruins after the Great Fire in NY, As Seen fNm Exchange Place Colored engraving by William James Bennett (1789-1844); published by L. P. Clover; 20^8 x 27 V4 inches Museum of the City of New York, Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair in memory of Mr. and Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 52.100.19 Hollow Log with Valve, used by The Manhatten Water Company, N.Y.C. Wood and iron; 12 x 24 Inches The New-York Historical Society, New York, X.47 Section 2: The Plan to meet the Need Water Woria Money of 1774 Wooc^engraved illustration in Charles King's A Memoir of the construction, costs and capacity of the Croton Aqueduct, compiled from official documents, together with an account of the civic celebration of the 14th Oaober, 1842 (New York, 1843) Reproduction from book, collection of The Hudson River Museum of Westchester, Gift of John Zukowsky G. P. Hall and Sons, Manhattan Company Reservoir, New York City, 1825 Watercolor on paper; 10 Vs x ISVs inches The J. Clarence Davles Coiiection, Museum of the City of New York, 29.100.1579 Fanny F. Palmer (c.1812-1876), View on the Hariem River, New York, The H^bridge In the Distance (Macomb's Dam), 1852 Color lithograph; published by Nathaniel Currier; 17 x 2iy2 Inches Kennedy Galleries, New York C. Burton, The Reservoir, Bo«*ery, 1831 Engraved by George W. Hatch (1805-1867) and James Smillle (1807-1885); printed by James R. Burton; published by G. Melksham Bourne; 2^4 x 3V2 inches (image) The Hudson River Museum of Westchester Report of the Commlsslonen ... relative to supplying the Ctty of New York with Pure and Wholesome Water, Document no. 36, November 1833 Printed report, with maps Courtesy of William Lee Frost Water Stock of the City of New Yort( ($2000), 1849 Printed bond for expansion of Croton water system. 7 Vs x 10 Vs inches Courtesy of William Lee Frost Topographical Map Showing the Entire Watershed of Croton Rhrer above the Croton Aquechict Dam, 1858 HandK:olored lithograph; 25^4 x 40 Inches Jervis Public Library, Rome, NY, drawing #148 Report of Mr. D. B. Douglass, in Report of the Commissioners ... relative to supplying the City of New-York with Pure and wholesome water, Document No. 44, February 1835 Printed report, with illustrations The Hudson River Museum of Westchester Aqueducts of the Worid Engraving In Encyclopedia Britannica, 9th edition (New York, 1878), vol. II Reproduction, courtesy of Dobbs Feny Historical Society, Dobbs Feny, NY Letter from Samuel F. B. Morse, to David B. Douglass, 1833 Reproduction, courtesy of The Archives, Warren Hunting Smith Library, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY Fayette B. Tower, Student Notebook Regarding World Architecture, c.1830-35 Bound manuscript Mrs. Helen Tower Wilson TninsvMM Saotkm* of Plana for tha Croton Aquaduet (submitted by John B. Jervis in report of Dec. 23, 1836) Ink and watercolor on paper; I8V2X 26^8 Inches Jervis Public Library, Rome, NY, drawing #161 Sectional Drawing of Aqueduct Alternate Plan— copy II, c.1837 "Profiles of the Aqueduct on the Hudson River," 'Ordinary Cutting," "Deep Cutting,' "Section of the Aqueduct on the Inland Route from the Head of the Saw Mill River to the City" Ink on paper; 9^4 x 14 V2 inches Jervis Public Library, Rome, NY, drawing #200 Plan of Supporting the Croton Aqueduct Across Ravines and Low Grounds, Dec. 27th 1836 Watercolor and Ink on paper; 25 x 33 V2 Inches Jen/is Public Library, Rome, NY, drawing #235 Section 3: The Corps of engineers Portratt of Mi^or David Bates Douglass (1790-1849), n.d. Contemporary print from glass plate negative Reproduction, courtesy of The Archives, Warren Hunting Smith Library, Hobart and