…Theophilus Schramke, Description of the New York Croton Aqueduct in English, German and French (New York and Berlin: printed by Mundt, 1846). Schramke published the only known illustration of workers on the initial phase of the Aqueduct project. A straightforward…

…Jervis appointed Chief Engineer of Croton Aqueduct project Photography invented Old Croton Aqueduct completed (includes structures such as Old Ossining Weir, Archville Bridge, Murray Hill Reservoir, Yonkers Weir, West Burnside Avenue Bridge, Sing Sing Kill Bridge, Ventilators, Clendening Valley Crossing…

…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…

…The aqueduct is built on a foundation of stone, and the water runs in earthen pipes, about 10 inches in diameter, which are cased with two stones so as to fit them ; these are covered over with other, but rough…

…The Corporation of the city of New York shall, at the expense of the said Corpo- ration, erect and sustain convenient passes across or under the aqueduct to be erected by virtue of the act hereby amended, whenever said aqueduct…

…The foreigner who visits this country will find the Croton Aqueduct an interesting specimen of our public works, and will be pleased with a pedestrian tour along the line of work to the Fountain Reservoir among the hills of the…

…There are 33 ventilators constructed to give free circulation of air through the aqueduct. Eleven of them are constructed with doors that admit an easy entrance into the aqueduct. They rise 14 feet above the surface of the ground over…

…No bricks were used in the construction of the channel- way of the Aqueduct. Ventilators were constructed along the course of the Aqueduct 2 feet square, and rising above the ground 2 or 3 feet. The Aqueduct when it was…

…Jervis, in a letter to the author of 22d April, " has been deposited on the bottom and sides of the aqueduct, but as yet its depth or thickness is too small to be measured with much accuracy. As near as…

…As the two mountains forming the valley of Gardon are not of equal height at the points in the line of aqueduct, that on the left side of the river being lower than the level of the aqueduct, while the…

…In the report of the undersigned, made to your Board on the 12th December, 1837, a plan for abridge of sufficient height and stability to support the regular inclination of the aqueduct grade was presented. This plan provided for an…

…This exposure and the painting's subsequent issuance as an etching probably made High Bridge from Harlem Lane the best known Aqueduct painting of this later period. Artists, writers, and the general public also associated the Croton water system with…

…The Dam, as well, symbolized the technological power of the Aqueduct. In confining the forces of nature, it likely invoked fear- some feelings of the sublime so desired in landscape paintings of the period. Yet popular imagery did not really…

…81 GENERAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE AQUEDUCT. Plate I. is a section of the Aqueduct showing the form of the masonry used in earth excavations. The foundation is formed with concrete ; the side walls of stone ; the bottom and sides of…

…THE AQUEDUCT. — The whole length of aqueduct, arched complete, is 77,587 feet, running measure, or about 14 miles and two-thirds. That completed on the first of January last, as per our semi-annual report of that date, was…

…Gabriel Purdy and Robert Tompkins, for exam- ple, complained of damage and petty theft by Aqueduct workers to farm lands along the line of the Aqueduct: One of them had a few rails, and some small wood ... taken; another a…

…In suggesting the design for the Sing Sing Aqueduct Bridge, Jervis revealed early in 1837 the approach he would take in plan- ning the building of the other major structures of the Croton sys- tem. He informed the Water Commissioners…

…The great length of this Reservoir is favourable for the purity of the water which enters the Aqueduct: spread over this large surface, it will have an opportunity to settle and part with some of the impurities which it receives…

…We now come to our own great work — THE CROTON AQUEDUCT. MEMOIR CROTON AQUEDUCT. MEMOIR CROTON AQUEDUCT. AT A very early day the want of a sufficient supply, and a convenient distribution of good water, was felt by the citizens…

…155 The Commissioners were in hopes, as they had abandoned the idea of crossing the Harlem river with an aqueduct bridge, that they would have been enabled to recommend the building of a similar structure for carrying the water over…

…A two-day festival organized by the Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct in celebration of the Old Croton Aqueduct. C conduit: A tunnel or channel for carrying water or other fluids. Aqueduct Commission: Created by the passage of “An…

…The foundation wall at this place is 50 feet in height to grade, and 62 feet to the top filling of the aqueduct. 6th. An aqueduct bridge over the railroad at Harvey's marble quarry, of 16 feet span, and…

…Theophilus Schramke, Map of Croton Watershed and Aqueduct Route. From Description of the New York Croton Aqueduct in English, German and French. 1846 Courtesy William Lee Frost. Photo: J. Kennedy Panetta In 1836 the State Legislature felt pressure to act…

…A more clearly defined difference between the visibility of the Old versus the New Aqueduct conduits is illustrated as the Aqueducts cross the Harlem River between the Bronx and Manhattan. The conduit associated with the Old Croton Aqueduct is carried…

…Kennedy Harnik once, -when required for the aqueduct, became of great and intrinsic value in the estimation of the owners and their neighbors ....^^ Eventually, the City paid $165,786 for 813 acres of rural West- chester land. Although modest In…

…Numerous articles about the Aqueduct, which appeared in magazines ranging from Harper's Weekly to Scientific American after 1850, are embellished with not only the types of scenes described above but also — beginning with the enlargement of High Bridge in…

…County Clerk Section of the Aqueduct with Iron Lining, c. 1837-39 Ink and watercolor on paper; 14^4 x 17 V2 inches Jervis Public Library. Rome, NY, drawing #205 Possibly by John B. Jervis. Croton Aqueduct — Detail of Iron…

…http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_ your_park/highbridge/html/hb_coalition_programs.html an exposed section of the aqueduct tunnel. websites: http://vcpark.org/park/features/ old_croton_aqueduct_trail.html; see also http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park…

…Tower, Croton Aqueduct at Haarlem River (High Bridge), c.1842 Ink with watercolor wash on paper; 4 V2 x 9 V2 inches Mrs. Helen Tower Wilson William James Bennett (1789-1844), Fishermen at High Bridge, 1844 Watercolor on paper; 12V4X…

…Among the ruins of the city of Zacatecas, are found the remains of an Aqueduct ; and at Palenque is found an Aqueduct of stone, constructed with the greatest solidity. Among the hieroglyphical ornaments of the pyramid of Xochicalco are heads…