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king_memoir_1843_raw.txt
be employed in the aqueduct, and such other matters incident to the supply of the city with pure and wholesome water from that or any other source, as he may think proper, and that he be requested to report his…
king_memoir_1843_raw.txt
…500 for a survey and profile of the route, and for an estimate of the cost of constructing an aqueduct. This was carried. Next year, a new set of schemes seems to have been started, one was to bring the…
king_memoir_1843_raw.txt
…CROTON AQUEDUCT. 1V3 The Report concludes with the draft of a law embodying the views therein expressed, and asking authority to borrow two millions of dollars. In January of next year, 1832, the Common Council approved the report and the…
king_memoir_1843_raw.txt
…If the river, as low down as the proposeds ite for the dam, will be closed by a CROTON AQUEDUCT. 133 covering of ice for three months in the year, we should think the cutting off so much of the…
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…After all, we have followed but at a respectable distance ancient Rome, with her nine aqueducts, some of which were longer than the Croton Aqueduct, and together were capable of supplying 250,000,000 of gallons per day. But history…
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…Between the Croton Dam and the influent gate-house at Harlem River, the line of aqueduct was finished last season, and during the present season this gate-house has been nearly completed. The embankment in the Harlem River, which serves…
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…The natural rock formed the southern abutment, and the aqueduct being on this side, the water was conducted to the gateway at its head, by a tunnel, cut 180 feet through the rock ; this allowed the gateway to be located…
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…Commissioners of the Croton Aqueduct Board, Water Commissioners, and ex- Water Commissioners, in barouches. Members of the Society of Cincinnati, in barouches. 272 CELEBRATION OF THE Mayors of New York, Brooklyn, Albany, Troy, Jersey City, Newark Elizabethtown, New Brunswick, Princeton…
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…of these, the Julia, Marcia, and Tepula were conducted from the purifying reservoirs to the city, over the same aqueduct, as has already been noticed, one above the other. The Anio Novus, and the Claudia also flowed in separate channels…
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…been an ample provision for all navigation that it is necessary to provide for, the plan of passing the aqueduct by means of a tunnel, would have been divested of a large portion of the difficulty and expense, and could…
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…MORRIS, and sung in front of the Park Fountain, by the Members of the New York Sacred Music Society, on the completion of the Croton Aqueduct. CELEBRATED OCTOBER XIV, MDCCCXLII. Gushing from this living fountain, Music pours a falling strain…
hudson_river_source_raw.txt
a new aqueduct, commenced in 1884 and finished in 1890, was constructed to the east of the earlier one. This has a capacity three times as great as the first, and taps the numerous lakes of a water- shed embracing…
king_memoir_1843_raw.txt
…The experience of Philadelphia had indicated 27 gallons per head, as an adequate daily supply for the inhabitants, at which rate a popula- CROTON AQUEDUCT. tion of 244,000, much beyond that then contained in the city of New York…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…It has also become evident that most existing interpretative features associated with the Waterworks not only revolve solely around the Old Croton Aqueduct, but almost always take the form of signage, commissioned by various organizations and inconsistently designed and maintained…
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…From this feeble and economical beginning, sprang our noble Croton Aqueduct ; for the immense and immediate advantages in cases of fire derived from this reservoir, impressed more vividly upon the public mind the far greater advantages that would result from…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…A sampling of maintenance tasks specific to the Croton system would include routine weeding, rock maintenance along the Aqueduct berm, and the exterior cleaning of ventilators. Rehabilitation and Reuse In the case that more attention and resources can be devoted…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…Rendering of the proposed blue-painted line running the length of the Old Croton Aqueduct, as well as a temporary QR code sign painted on the sidewalk Facing Page: Rendering of medium-sized sign panels installed on the New Ossining…
comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
Croton Aqueduct System and borders the Croton River, it does not tap into the reservoir system for its water. Instead its water supply comes directly from sand and gravel aquifers pumped from three deep wells under the Croton River Basin…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…The Croton Aqueduct App Logo and Homescreen Top Right: App navigation diagram for the “Search by Name” feature Bottom Left: Navigation diagram for the “History of the System” feature Bottom Right: Navigation diagram showing the various ways to search for…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…For instance, the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation use their own logo on signs, while many signposts in Yonkers and the Bronx have only the letters OCA (Old Croton Aqueduct) on them. Our goal is to enable people to…
comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
…Although Croton-on-Hudson is situated close to the Croton Aqueduct System and borders the Croton River, it does not tap into the reservoir system for its water. Instead its water supply comes directly from sand and gravel aquifers pumped…
king_memoir_1843_raw.txt
…The distance from the source to the Castle Hill reservoir, in a direct line, is six miles and a quarter, but, by the line of the aqueduct, eight and a half miles. The water is conducted the whole distance through…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…High Bridge, Aqueduct, and Pedestrian Walk, LP-0639 1981: 135th Street Gatehouse, List 141: LP-1035 High Pumping Station, List 145: LP-1080 2000: 119th Street Gatehouse, List 312: LP-2051 2000: Jerome Park Reservoir (Bronx, NY), reference number 00001014…
hudson_river_source_raw.txt
…269 Cozzens's hotel at West Point, 382 Crane, Ichabod, 243, 249, 509, 510 Creasey, Sir Edward, 561 Crispell, 469 Crommelin, Daniel, 262 Crom-Pond road, 318 Cro' Nest, 116, 357 Crosby, Enoch, 417 Croton, 112, 224, 436 Croton Aqueduct…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…Plan/Guidelines 50 as is the case for the Old Croton Aqueduct portion of the system, extant machinery is rare. If a good candidate were identified, such as a pumping station or a weir with engineering integrity, restoration could be…