…CROTON AQUEDUCT. 219 were drawn up in writing, of which Cato has preserved to us a specimen in his book on agriculture." In reference to the Aqua Appia, the same writer makes this statement : " The pride of a princely patrician…

…it would be desirable to fill in the earth again to the natural form, also where the line of Aqueduct intersected villages, and using the open channel with slope walls for the residue of the distance. In regard to iron…

…Moses Ward had a stone house that was also a fort, about where the intersection of Main Street and the Croton aqueduct occurs. There were even in his day numerous Indians in the neighbour- hood, but they seem to have…

…At various points there are galleries and staircases, to descend to the subterranean aqueduct. I descended to examine the work with M. Girard, the engineer, by a flight of steps from the cellar of a house where one of the…

…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…

had in the town of Greensburg alone, valued the property of the aqueduct at $60,000 Believing such a measure, in regard to such a work, to be unprecedented, the Com- missioners recommend to the Corporation, to invoke legislative protection…

…For instance, the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation use their own logo on signs, while many signposts in Yonkers and the Bronx have only the letters OCA (Old Croton Aqueduct) on them. Our goal is to enable people to…

…Lee concluded that without the new aqueduct, the City's water sup- ply would have soon been inadequate, for the quality had been steadily deteriorating for decades: figure 7. above: The Tea Water

…The whole length of aqueduct, arched and complete, is 59,169 feet 41 162 or eleven and one fifth miles. That completed on the first of July last was about two miles. The increase, in this part of the work…

…Formal documentation includes measured drawings, many of which have already been created by the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) for the Old Croton Aqueduct; photography; archival research; written reports; and historic images and drawings. The Secretary of the Interior’s…

…94 crosses the Clendening Valley, and em- braces a very heavy stone foundation wall and three arches, or aqueduct bridges, for con- templated streets. This section is about three eighths of a mile long, is about two-thirds finished, and…

…Lee concluded that without the new aqueduct, the City's water sup- ply would have soon been inadequate, for the quality had been steadily deteriorating for decades: figure 7. above: The Tea Water Pump at Roosevelt and Chatham Streets. engraving…

…The ratio worsened in the 1840s and 1850s after the opening of the Aqueduct to about 40 per 1,000, and in the cholera year of 1849 it surpassed 60 per 1,000. Of course, this did not affect all…

…The estimated cost for a dam across the Croton River, the aqueduct, and reservoirs was $4,150,000, with an additional $1,262,000 for distributing pipes. They esti- mated the annual income, based on 30,000 customers, to be…

…This was the city which built the Croton Aqueduct. The lack of an adequate water supply obviously did not hinder the spectacular growth of the metropolis, but the citizens of the nation's largest city had to endure a dirty…

…Structures that are Accessible or Inaccessible to the Public Many of the Croton Waterworks sites, particularly those associated with the Old Croton Aqueduct, are located in areas where members of the public may interact directly with the exterior of a…

…165 capacity of the aqueduct shall be required. As there will be only a head of about 15 feet, no difficulty will be experienced in the use of pipes of this dimension. To guard more effectually against the influence of…

…By the 19th century, farming, shipping, ship-building and flour and brick manufacturing had become the predominant industries, along with work on the railroad and construction of the Croton and New Croton Dams and the New Croton Aqueduct. Etching of…

we shall not consider its intro- duction purchased at too dear a rate, even were the expenses attending it increased to double the actual amount. We need not attempt to specify in detail the benefits which are likely to accrue…

the state of carbonate ; if after, as well as before, in that of sulphate. Tea may be sub- stituted for galls, to which its effects and indications are similar. Fcrro cyanide of potassium yields, with solutions of the sesqui-salts…

for securing prisoners paid, 397, 812; another account of his, 397 C!0 Index — Commissioners for Conspiracies S3 Fairchild, Jesse — continued, (note); bailsman for Henry Simpson, 444; money paid to, 518, 521; bailsman for William Lees, 570; money paid to…

| In the Frith of Forth, - - - 312 " I At Ritzebuttle, - - - 312 " At Apemalle, in Sleswick, - 216 " At Kiel, in Holstein, - - - 200 " Baltic Sea At Doberan, in Mecklenbergh, - - 168 " At Travemunse, .... 167 " At Zoppot, in Mecklenbergh, - - 76 " At Carshamm, - - - - - 66 " The average…

about 14 feet ; and on its summit stands an Egyptian obelisk formed of red granite, 55 feet in height, and covered with hieroglyphics. At the four sides of the rock are colossal marble statues, which designate the four great rivers…

skill, patience and ingenuity, and were boldly carried along the most precipitous mountains, fre- 11 42 quently to the distance of fifteen or twenty leagues. Many of them consisted of two conduits, a short distance apart ; the larger of these…

Croton River, the origin of the aqueduct. On the lower part of the border, surrounding the picture, are emblazoned the arms of the city of New York, in basso relievo. . The silk on which the design is portrayed, measures 9…

some ruins and appearances of them." In describing the temple and gardens at Cusco. Garci- lasso observes, " there were five fountains of water, which ran from divers places through pipes of gold. The cisterns were some of stone, and others…

may be momentarily assuaged by wetting the mouth, or holding a thin fluid in it — yet it can only be effectually relieved by conveying into the stomach a quantity of fluid sufficient to supply the deficiency. This supply is termed…

…From means thus acquired, was this aqueduct probably provided for. These were the two great works of republican Rome, but they were cemented by the blood of slavery, and defrayed by the spoils robbed from the conquered and the oppressed…

Legislature of New-Jersey as well as that of New- York, and it was also questionable whether such obstructions could be placed in navigable rivers without in- terfering with the powers of Congress to regulate the com- merce of the…

Hagerman, 82. Hagerman, Nicholas, of Balfston, released on bail, 8r, 82. Haight, Hait, Hoyt. See Hayt, Hoit. ■-■ ''if ;- ■7 , .f-,.^ .J '.'V I04 State of New York Hail, Coenraedt, deserter from British army, 83. Hainer. See also Heyner. Hainer, Barent…