…This valley is four fifths of a mile wide where the Aqueduct meets it, and the depression is 102 feet below the plane of Aqueduct grade. Here was an opportunity for constructing a work of architectural beauty and boldness by…

largely owned, by the tenant farming families who had appeared as a landowner along the line of the Aqueduct, near Indian Brook in Mount Pleasant (today Ossining); Oscar Irving and his uncle Washington Irving had their neighbor George Harvey re…

…Tower (1817-1857), Aqueduct at Spoletto [sic] In Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct, 1843 Engraved by Joseph Napoleon GImbrede (1820- ?) Reproduction, courtesy of The Historical Society of the Tarrytowns Aqueduct Cross Section, c.1836-39 Ink and watercolor on paper…

…17 The table is arranged to show, First, the name of the water or Aqueduct ; Second, the era of its construction ; Third, the length of each Aqueduct in miles and decimals ; Fourth, the cubic feet discharged in 24 hours, and…

…PROTON* AQUEDUCT INDEX TO PRELIMINARY ESSAY. PAGE. Albany Water Works 81 Aqua Paola, . . .* 16—46 Augusta, 16 Felice, 17—46 Sabbatina, 16 Aqueduct, origin of, 7 of Solomon, 7 Vitruvius' rules, 8 Pliny's directions, 11 Roman Aqua Appia, ." . . 13…

…French & Hastie, by means of a boat floating through the aqueduct, between the Croton Dam and Harlem River. Some unimportant defects were discovered inside the aqueduct, a short time before the water was shut off, and two small leaks ap…

…An Aqueduct Bridge built of stone, having arches resting upon piers and abutments, was proposed so as to continue the Aqueduct across with its regular inclination. An Inverted Syphon of iron pipes was proposed ; the pipes to descend to a…

…Before describing the salient engineering features of the Aqueduct from the Croton River to Manhattan Island, however, it is well to discuss the design methods employed for the Aqueduct. Hydraulic design Engineering design is a creative activity more nearly akin…

…Charles King, A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct (New York, 1843), p.220. 2. See selected bibliography on tlie construction of the Croton Aqueduct, p.57 of this book. 3. John Robison, A System…

…Old Croton Aqueduct, National Register of Historic Places (1974) 4. Old Croton Aqueduct running from Croton to New York City, National Historic Landmark in (1992) 5. The High Bridge Aqueduct and Water Tower, National Register of Historic Places (1972) 6…

…Tower, Croton Aqueduct at Yonkers, From Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct, 1843 Engraved by William James Bennett; 7 x 10 inches (image) Ossining Historical Society Museum Fayette B. Tower, Croton Aqueduct at Clendlnnlng [sic] Valley From Illustrations of the Croton…

…Such an experiment would express the surface velocity and would give a greater velocity than it would be proper to attribute to the whole body of water in the Aqueduct ; but the depth of water in the Aqueduct will be…

…Ancient Aqueduct of Metz. This Aqueduct was built by the Romans when that city was under their dominion ; but it is difficult to fix upon the precise era of its construction. It is said in the history of the city…

…This formation of country continues to, and is terminated by, the Harlem river, at the point where the aqueduct intersects it, which is one mile northwesterly from Macombs' dam.. The length of the aqueduct from the Croton dam to Harlem…

…Tower's book Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (1843), implied that the Aqueduct, while bringing New York City the necessary water to grow into a teaming metropolis, fit harmoniously into pastoral ideals of the landscape and, in fact, enhanced it…

…5 Laura Vookles Hardin, “Celebrating the Aqueduct: Pastoral and Urban Ideals,” The Old Croton Aqueduct: Rural Resources Meet Urban Needs (Yonkers: The Hudson River Museum of Westchester, Inc., 1992. Published to coincide with the exhibition at the Hudson River Museum…

Harlem River more navigable for larger ships 1929 1930 Hoover Dam construction begins 1933 Golden Gate Bridge construction begins 1931 1936 1939-45 World War II High Bridge designated a NYC Landmark 1970 High Bridge Aqueduct & Tower placed on National…

…O Old Croton Aqueduct: Opened on October 14, 1842, as a forty-one-mile-long aqueduct bringing water to New York City from the Croton River in Westchester County; Became a National Historic Landmark in 1992. Old Croton Aqueduct State…

…Type Significance(s) Interpretation Type Significance(s) Interpretation Structure Guide 86TH STREET KEEPER’S HOUSE STABLE 1869-1872 Plate 32-10, Old Croton Aqueduct Appendix 86TH STREET KEEPER’S HOUSE 1866 (Demolished 1935) Plate 32-9, Old Croton Aqueduct Sign…

…The fourth supported the celebrated Aqueduct of Chapolte- pec, by which water was conducted from springs, upon an insulated hill of that name, at the distance of from two to three miles." The Aqueduct of Chapoltepec was the work of…

of an Aqueduct bridge of masonry was adopted as the proper one for crossing the River ; but in establishing its altitude they complied only with the requisitions of the law, and made the soffit or under side of the arches…

…Gate Chamber at the Head of the Aqueduct and Grade of the Water-way of the Aqueduct. Plate VIII. is a longitudinal section through the tunnel and gate chamber at the head of the Aqueduct showing its connection with the…

…This expansion culminated in the construction of the New Croton Aqueduct in 1891, which involved not only the usual condemnations but de- struction of the original village of Katonah (figure 43). In sum, the old Croton Aqueduct had initiated a…

…From the Sing-Sing Kill the Aqueduct pursues a course along the east bank of the Hudson and the first work of pe- culiar interest is the Aqueduct bridge over the road from Tarrytown to Sing-Sing ; before it reaches…

…A mile farther on, the water is carried across two aqueducts, the larger of which is known as the aqueduct of Mustapha III. From this it is conveyed into the aqueduct of Justinian. This is twelve miles from Constantinople. It…

…GRADE LINE OF AQUEDUCT. The general declivity of the aqueduct in Westches- ter county is 0.021 foot per hundred, or a fraction over 13j inches per mile.* The top of the conduit pursuing this grade, corresponds with the top…

…He [Douglass] made the location of the line of the aqueduct from the Croton river to the north bank of the Harlem River 33 miles, and determined the grade of the aqueduct at about 13' /4 inches to the mile…

…is a section of the Aqueduct showing the man- ner of constructing it across valleys, or where the natural surface of the ground falls below the plane of grade. In such cases the Aqueduct is supported upon a founda- tion…

…Moreover, their outspoken opposition to the plans coincided with their assumption of positions of responsibility in local government in the period following the completion of the Aqueduct. The following Aqueduct property owners, for example, were soon office holders: James Acker…

…Created by the New York State legislature in 1905 to replace the Board of Aqueduct Commissioners. Croton Aqueduct Board: Superseded the State Water Commission; The first board was established in 1833 with the task of providing New York City with…