…The Croton Lake is by far the most ex-tensive sheet of water in the county. It is formed by a dam about five miles east of the mouth of the Croton, and has an ordinary length of some three…

…In April, 1837, work was com-menced in constructing the dam across the Croton River about five miles above its mouth, and in build-ing the aqueduct. John B. Jcrvis was chief in-gineer. On the 7th of January, 1841…

…Danger of water famine has compelled the city to make en-deavors to increase the Croton supply. According to the plan recently adopted, a dam is to be built at Quaker Bridge, about two and a half miles below the…

…Croton Lake and Stjbkcnjndings.1 — In the southeastern por-tion of the town, and extending into thetownof'Somers, lies Croton Lake, the source of the water supply of New York City, which is formed by the damming of the waters…

…614 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY the great dam, which is to convert the present Croton Lake into a body eleven miles long', is not yet finished. Complaints about the insufficiency of the old aqueduct began to be expressed as early…

…J., Autograph of 423, 469 Dam at Croton Lake 464 Decker, T. W., Residence of 510 Diagram showing Remains of French Ovens 180 'ji IV

…It was originally proposed to construct the new Croton Dam at Quaker Bridge, but that plan was abandoned, and in August, 1892, the contract was awarded for the Cornell Dam, now approaching completion, about a mile and a half above…

…The dam across the Croton River was commenced in January, 1838, and was completed about the end of 1840. This dam was formed of 1 All the original commissioners except I'.. new board. Mr. Brown was succeeded by M. Brown…

…Two large storage reservoirs have been con-structed near the head waters of the Croton; one at Boyd's Corner, in the town of Kent, Putnam County, and the other at Drewville, in the same county. The DAM AT CltOToN…

…The Croton Water-Works begin six miles above the mouth of the Croton River, where a dam elevates the water of the river fifty feet, or a hundred and sixty-!

…The largest, as already men-tioned, is Croton Lake, entirely artificial; and we have also seen that ^^|5*JWL,, several of the natural lakes have been utilized for purposes of water supply. Lake Waccabuc, in the Town of Lewisboro, has…

…Bailey's Wire-Mill. — A wire-mill was formerly located on the Croton River below the dam, near the western border of the town. It was started about 1831 by the Messrs. Bailey, the firm consisting of James Bailey, a…

…Spooner (1900)] On the 26th of April, 1837, bids were opened " for furnish-ing the materials and completing the construction of twenty-three sections of the Croton Aqueduct, including the dam in the Croton, the aqueduct bridge over Sing Sing…

…The Croton Dam sets the river back about five miles. The water is conducted to a gateway located on solid rock to the head of the aqueduct on the YORKTOWN. Kir, southern shore, by a tunnel cut a hundred and…

…When it became certain, in 1831, that the water-supply problem was to find its solution in a continuous aqueduct from the Croton — such a continuous aqueduct being practicable in this case because of the Croton's sufficiently lofty elevation…

…The new aqueduct is to start from the present dam, and is to be cylindrical in shape and fourteen feet in diam-eter. The territory drained by the Croton River amounts to three hundred and thirty-eight square miles.

…east of the dam the bridge of the New York City and Northern Railroad spans the river at an elevation of eighty-four feet. Near the northern end of the bridge is the station known as Croton Lake North. A…

…supply of its own, quite independent of the Croton system--a fact, perhaps, not generally understood. It is dammed at Kensico Station, making a storage reservoir of 250 acres. A similar dam has been thrown across the Byram Eiver, and…

…The Gerritsens removed from L^ng Island some time in 170;), and settled near Croton Dam. Captain Wilhelmus Gcrritsen married Letty, the fourth daughter of Charles Teed, and settled near Somers Centre, as it is now called. Here he purchased…

…Spooner (1900)] They marked out a route from Macomb's Dam to the Bronx River, which they declared to be the proper one for the long desired supply, and added: "The Croton cannot be brought in by this route, and…

…The house where he was born was wrecked and partially carried away by the breaking of the Croton Dam, January 8, 1841. He is the son of Gilbert Tompkins and Ferlina Griffen. The Tompkinses are of Welsh origin. They came…

…Beaver Dam, Broad Brook, David's Brook, Miry Brook, Spruce Brook, one of the boundaries of the Indian deeds, Kisco Brook and Kisco River, near Mount Kisco. The last-named was for its whole length, down to Croton River, the…

…Croton Lake, in the southern portion of the town, is artificial, being formed by a dam constructed i mss sui vc > bj Robert EnkiM. V. It. s. 1779. > Dead quoted i.y Bolton, "Hbtoryof w, »i. iir.-i. r Count…

…This bill, which provides for the construction of a dam or dams across the Croton River in order to secure an increased water supply in New York, will submerge much of the valuable landed property in the southern part of…

…Wilhelmus Ger-ii! ritsen, whose patrimonial estate lay near Croton Dam, in and who afterward married Letty, sister of Samuel Vii Teed, was a captain and served during the war. The u J names also of James Ganong and Nathan…

…A rolling mill, wire factory, gristmill, and sawmill had been erected two miles west of Croton dam. Intense partisan feeling characterized the discussion of political issues in Westchester County in the electoral campaign of 1860. At that time the leading…

…Spooner (1900)] This embraces all the exterior portions of the county except the section from Croton Bay to the Highlands — that is, the present Town of Cortlandt, — which, as we have indicated, was bought by Stephanus Van Cortlandt in a…