…Labor disputes arose, documented in the 1900 film "The Croton Dam Strike." At completion in 1906, the dam became the tallest dam in the world. Its foundation extends 130 feet below the riverbed, containing 850,000 cubic yards of masonry…

…The New Croton Dam extended 1,168 feet across the valley with a 1,000-foot spillway. Foundation depth measured 131 feet below the riverbed, with total height reaching 297 feet, base thickness of 206 feet, and top thickness of…

…The Dam Solution and Legal Victory The village conducted geological surveys revealing underground water reserves approximately 30 feet below the riverbed. A breakthrough arrived in the early 1960s when the Hudson River Fishermen's Association won a lawsuit requiring NYC…

…Also known as the Cornell Dam, after the family who owned the farmland where the dam was built, the New Croton Dam replaced the "old" dam, which lies underwater near the Croton Lake Bridge, where the Taconic State Parkway crosses…