…the race is excavated below the overfall of the dam, and of course, room is allowed for a continual passage of four hundred and eighty square feet of water ; these arches are on the north of the race, and the…

…for he only offers to remove the dam from the place selected by our engi- neer, to a position some miles below it, while he follows the precise line designated by our report, and adopts the very objectionable plan of…

…Seymour proposes to erect a permanent dam in the Hudson river, extending from this city, at or near the site of the old State Prison, at the foot of Amos-street, to the Jersey shore, so as to elevate the…

…At the place where it was determined to build the dam across the Croton River, the surface of the natural flow of water was about 38 feet below the elevation required as a head for the water to flow into…

…The course of the aqueduct passes along the valley of the Croton to near its mouth, and thence passes into the valley of the Hudson. At 8 miles from the Croton dam, it reaches the village of Sing Sing, and…

…Old Croton Dam: Completed by John B. Jervis in 1842, but later submerged underwater after the construction of the New Croton Dam in 1905; Now located about thirty feet below the water's surface in the new dam. P Panic…

…The Great Fire of 1835 and the cholera epidemic of 1832 (a victim of whom is illustrated below) were two of the most catastrophic instances of these periodic phenomena; occurring on the eve of the construction of the Croton system…

…From these reasons, then, it is obvious, that by building a dam five feet high across the Bronx, and below where the first mentioned spring empties itself into, and by digging a canal four hundred yards in length, through the…

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…of the hill against which the masonry of the dam is built, a distance of over 200 feet. This tunnel descends into the Reservoir, so that the centre of it at the mouth is about 12 feet below the sur…

…Like the railroad, the construction of the Croton and New Croton Dams and the New Croton Aqueduct played an important role in shaping Croton-on-Hudson’s development. Construction began on the Croton Dam in 1837 after several water crises…

…The space between the exterior and interior walls, at 41 feet below the top, is 14 feet, or 24 feet from the outside of exterior to inside of interior walls ; and the space between them at the spring of connecting…

…Culvert, ------ 90 Tunnel and Gate Chamber at the head of the Aqueduct, - - 92 View above the Croton Dam, ------ 95 Entablature over the entrance to the Aqueduct, - 96 View below the Croton Dam, ------ 98 Croton Aqueduct at Sing-Sing, - - - - - 101 Aqueduct…

miles from the Croton Dam. This valley is 1900 feet across, and the Aqueduct is supported upon a foundation wall of dry stone work having the face laid in mortar, except over three streets where bridges are built, having an…

…It is presumed that the mason work of the dam, will derive additional strength from the extension of the time of its construction. The remaining part of the aqueduct proper, in Westchester, being the second, third, and part of the…

…Farley figure 15, below: Robert Havell. Jr., View of Croton Dam. engraved by Henry Jordan & Frederick Halpin, frontispiece from Charles King's A Memoir of the Construction, Costs and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct .... New York. 1843 The Hudson River…

completed in 1890 and the New Croton Dam, designed to meet the ever-increasing demands for fresh water from New York City, was completed in 1907 after 15 years of construction. Construction of New Croton Dam, 1901 Source: History of…

…Farley Kemp Inverted siphons As indicated, it is possible to carry an aqueduct below the hydraulic grade line, which is the free surface of the water, diverting it Into pipes which can descend into valleys and rise on the other…

…Steinberg, "Dam Breaking in the 19th Century Merrimack Valley: Water, Social Conflict, and the Waltham Valley," The Journal of Social History v.24 (Fall 1990). #1, 31. The argument is more fully developed in Steinberg's Nature Incorporated: Industrialization and…

…If the river should ever be made navigable, by the removal of the mills at Kings- bridge, and of the obstruction of the dam at Macomb's Bridge, the facility afforded by the low bridge, of an archway of 80…

…By damming the valley, about three-fourths of a mile below the small pond, so as to back up the water to three feet above the ordinary level of the upper pond, a reservoir of 360 acres will be formed…

spectator with the belief that it is almost, if not entirely, indestructible by the elements, or time. Between the Croton Dam and the influent gate-house at Harlem River, the line of aqueduct was finished last season, and during the…

…ALONG THE RIVER BELOW TROY Troy is the capital of Rensselaer County, tne head of tide-water in the Hudson, the site of the State dam and of various manufacturing concerns. It is a busy place and 'owes much of…

and six feet in depth, to which the race is excavated below the overfall of the dam, and of course, room is allowed for a continual passage of four hundred and eighty square feet of water ; these arches are on…

…The river is 42 feet below grade, and to the top of the aqueduct, 56 feet. The two last structures are connected, the aqueduct passing over both of them, in its course to the city These important pieces of workmanship…

…as the Highland Turnpike, nearly eleven miles south of the Old Croton Dam. Type Sign Current Designation(s) Type Current Designation(s) Interpretation Structure Guide Rugged in landscape, the original park wrapped around the High Service Reservoir. At the turn…

…A series of short flights of bluestone steps broken by generous gneiss landings linked the entrance to High Bridge, at the top of the hill, to the road and wharf on the river below. Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current…