persons from bathing in their aqueduct." Mr. Rhodes, however, has altogether misconceived the construction of the aqueduct proposed by our report, for in- stead of its admitting any of these substances or impurities, it was to be impervious on three…

…Two thousand four hundred and fifty-five feet of the aqueduct is now complete. There have been erected also about 400 feet of inside wall of the aqueduct, ready for springing the arch. The amount of open cutting and excavation…

…46 182 MEMOIR OF THE During the last fall, the water was introduced, several times, from the Croton Lake into the aqueduct. For greater security it is made to pass through two chambers, each having nine small gates, of 16…

…AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE MANNER IN WHICH THE CROTON AQUEDUCT SHALL PASS THE HARLEM RIVER. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : § 1. The Water Commissioners shall construct an aqueduct…

…Stein, relating to the route, modes of construction, and cost 34 134 MEMOIR OF THfi thereof, of an aqueduct from the Croton, that on all hands being adopted as the only ad* visable plan. As in a subsequent part of…

…The aqueduct and its appurtenances have been subjected to the trial of near seven months, and I have endeavored to detail fully the effect the water has produced, and the prospect of its capacity to fulfil, with regularity and permanence…

…CROTON AQUEDUCT. 131 Mr. 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…

…It is not probable that either plan can be executed as early as other parts of the aqueduct ; and it will be proper to lay down a temporary pipe, which may be sufficient for the introduction of the water ; as…

…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…

…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…