…The 'work was so far completed, as to permit the'water to be let in from the Croton dam on the 22d day of June, 1842 ; and it was admitted into the distributing reservoir on the 4th of July following…

…Aqueduct of Spoleto, Italy, .... - 3'^ Sections of the Croton Aqueduct, - - - - 84 & 86 Entrance Ventilator, .'.-■-- 88 Isometrical View of Culvert, ------ 90 Tunnel and Gate Chamber at the head of the Aqueduct, - - 92 View above the Croton Dam, ------ 95 Entablature over the…

…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 Aqueduct leading to the city…

…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 Museum of Westchester, Gift of John…

…Crane, Samuel, Water Project, 89 Creek, Morrisianna, 93, 10 Croton Aqueduct,. .106, 24, 37, 39, 41, 56, 97, 202, 4, 17 Croton River, .... Ill, 13, 14, 16, 18, 133, 4, 7, 40, 6, 58, 60, 61, 88, 93, 7, 203…

…Aqueduct bridges Where major water courses crossed the line of the Aqueduct it was necessary to build something larger than a culvert, and Jervis was forced to consider aqueduct bridges along the length of the Aqueduct between the Croton Dam…

…This dam was proposed to be built about 2 feet above the level of high tide, thereby keeping all the salt water below ; and above the dam would be the fresh water for supplying the city, which must be pumped…

…When the City and State Governments finally gave their formal support to the construction of an aqueduct that would draw water from the distant Croton River Watershed in Westchester and Putnam Counties, Major David Bates Douglass, a West Point professor…

…Sign Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) YORK HILL RESERVOIR 1842 Plate 32-11, Old Croton Aqueduct York Hill Reservoir, the main receiving reservoir for the Old Croton Aqueduct, was capable of collecting 180 million gallons of water. The…

…From the very beginning, many sites along the Aqueduct—the Murray Hill Reservoir, High Bridge, Old Croton Dam—became popular destinations for sightseeing and recreation. Also popular were the fountains fed by the Waterworks, which produced jets of water that…

…the Croton reservoir, which has been formed by the erection of the Croton dam and other work necessary to obtain the water, at a suitable level on the Croton river, as without this dam and reservoir, the aqueduct would have…

…the whole of the Croton." On the 18th of April, 1834, Mr. Rhodes addressed a communication to the Com- mittee of the Common Council, on " Fire and Water," in which he proposes to build a dam at a point about…

…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…

…melting snow destroyed 200 feet of the earth embankment of the nearly complet- ed dam and created a freshet which sent water rushing down the Croton to its juncture with the Hudson. In its wake, earth and flood waters carved…

…His first proposition was, to take the water from the mouth of the river; second, from near the Quaker Bridge; and third, at Garritson's Mill, about four miles above the said bridge. Now, although this CROTON AQUEDUCT, 127 last…

…In referring to the Croton Lake created by the Dam as the "Fountain Reservoir," Fayette Tower probably used the phrase as a double connotation of the organic water source and the man-made. Natural fountains were an ancient symbol of…

…CROTON DAM. The work on this dam is now so nearly completed, that whenever it is considered safe and proper to do so, the quantity of water sent into the aqueduct may be increased to its full capacity. This massive…

…Keepers’ Houses The Old Croton Aqueduct was subdivided into regions, each of which was assigned a 28 Top: New Croton Dam Bottom: 135th Street Gatehouse Pumping Stations Pumping stations were usually constructed adjacent to water towers, as an essential mechanism…

…Croton Aqueduct at Clendinning |sic] Valley, c.1842. ink on paper Courtesy Mrs. Helen Tower Wilson. Photo: T. Harnik figure 45. below: Fayette B. Tower. Croton Aqueduct at Clendlnning [sic] Valley, fronn Illiistratumi of the Cmiou Ar/iuJiic!. 1843. engraved…

…Sign HIGH SERVICE RESERVOIR FOUNTAIN c 1869 (Demolished) Plate 29, Old Croton Aqueduct The High Service Reservoir Fountain had an 80 foot diameter basin for aerating the reservoir water. Significance(s) Current Designation(s) HIGH SERVICE RESERVOIR GATEHOUSE (EAST) 1866…

…under the Aqueduct, and one having two arches each 25 feet span for the river. Plate XVIII. is a view of the work at Saw Mill River. The water is set back at this place by a dam for a…

…of the survey, show- ing the water line of the basin formed by the dam ; the land that Avill be overflowed on both sides of the river ; the line traced for the aqueduct ; the depth of excavations and the MEMOIR…

…The utmost rise of the water above the dam was 25 inches ; although, according to estimate, a million gallons per minute passed over it, exclusive of that which escaped through the waste culvert of the dam, and through the aqueduct…

…best known Aqueduct painting of this later period. Artists, writers, and the general public also associated the Croton water system with park-like public amenities in both the City and the countryside — in the fountains, reservoirs, the Dam and Lake…

…only of the building of the Croton Aqueduct but also the beauty of its surroundings and how it complemented them. For example, he not- ed that the clearing of the area around the Dam and the juxtaposi- tion with man…

…EAST BRANCH GATEHOUSE 1888-1892 Plate 5-, New Croton Aqueduct The flow of water between Sodom Reservoir and Bog Brook Reservoir is controlled by a gatehouse located near Bog Brook Dam Number 1. The superstructure measures 23 X 27 feet…

…He suggested two possible routes to get Croton water to the City, one along the Hudson and one inland, and favored a masonry aqueduct tunnel. The cost for either route averaged about $4.5 million. In aligning solidly behind the…

…Cross section of the Old Croton Dam, illustrating the engineering significance of the system Left: An 1850 painting of the Croton Water Reservoir, an architecturally significant feature of the system. 34 35 Lack of Awareness or Understanding of Historic Heritage…

…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…

…From Manhattan Valley the Aqueduct passes through a tunnel, and following its course the next work of interest is at Clendinning Valley, which is thirty-seven miles from the Croton Dam. This valley is 1900 feet across, and the Aqueduct…