Current Designation(s) SHAFT NUMBER 11C Plate 23-9, New Croton Aqueduct SHAFT NUMBER 10 Plate 22-15, New Croton Aqueduct Engineers designed Shaft Number 10 to be sunk to a depth of 126 feet. Type Significance(s) Current Designation…

…Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign YONKERS BARN (Demolished) Plate 25, Old Croton Aqueduct Part of the complex allotted to the overseer of the Yonkers section of the Old Croton Aqueduct. Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) Current Designation(s…

…Current Designation(s) Type Significance(s) Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) Sign MUSCOOT DAM 1905 Plate 15-, New Croton Aqueduct Current Designation(s) MILL RIVER WASTE WEIR 1837-1841 Plate 22-6, Old Croton Aqueduct Spanning a…

…Significance(s) Appendix QUARRY RAILROAD BRIDGE 1838-1839 Plate 24-7, Old Croton Aqueduct Interpretation Sign SAW MILL RIVER CULVERT 1838-1839 Plate 27-1, Old Croton Aqueduct The design was chosen for its engineering efficiency, as two smaller arches…

…Aqueduct Bridge for Road-way, ----- 103 Croton Aqueduct at Mill-River, ... - 104 Croton Aqueduct at Jewell's Brook, - - - 105 Croton Aqueduct at Hastings, ... - - 106 Croton Aqueduct at Yonkers, ----- 108 Croton Aqueduct at Harlem River, - - - - - 110 View of the Jet at…

Significance(s) Interpretation Sign DOBBS FERRY BARN c 1880s Plate 24-2, Old Croton Aqueduct A maintenance building for the use of the principal superintendent of the aqueduct north of New York City. Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation…

Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) NORTH GATEHOUSE Plate 32-3, Old Croton Aqueduct Current Designation(s) Positioned on the northwestern edge of Lake Manahatta and at 72 X 40, the North Gatehouse serves as the inlet feet of…

Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, Central Park embraced the Old Croton Aqueduct in design. Significance(s) Sign Current Designation(s) COAL INCLINE AND RAILROAD, HIGH SERVICE WORKS - HIGH BRIDGE 1873 (Demolished) Plate 29, Old Croton Aqueduct Supporting the High Service…

…Aqueduct bridges Where major water courses crossed the line of the Aqueduct it was necessary to build something larger than a culvert, and Jervis was forced to consider aqueduct bridges along the length of the Aqueduct between the Croton Dam…

…SOUTH YONKERS OPEN-CUT c 1888 Plate 28-XX, New Croton Aqueduct Type Significance(s) Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) TITICUS DAM GATEHOUSE 1890-1895 Plate 7-, New Croton Aqueduct Constructed on the upstream side of the masonry…

of the New, discharging the water into the east and western divisions Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign JEROME PARK KEEPER’S HOUSE c 1890s (Demolished) Plate 29A-, Old/ New Croton Aqueduct Designed by F. S. Cook, the Jerome Park Keeper…

…AMAWALK FOUNTAIN 1897 Plate 9-, New Croton Aqueduct Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign ARDSLEY OPEN-CUT c 1888s Plate 24-11, New Croton Aqueduct A single arched granite bridge stretching 160 feet, the Archville Bridge carried the Croton Aqueduct across…

This Aqueduct was commenced in 1753. It is twenty- seven miles long, from the sources which supply it to the gardens of Caserta. The sources are at the base of the mountain called Taburno; the principal one is called Sor…

…Aqueduct bridges Where major water courses crossed the line of the Aqueduct it was necessary to build something larger than a culvert, and Jervis was forced to consider aqueduct bridges along the length of the Aqueduct between the Croton Dam…

Designation(s) SHAFT NUMBER 25 STEPS AND RETAINING WALL c 1892 Plate 29, New Croton Aqueduct Type Marking the point where the New Croton Aqueduct entered Manhattan Island, Shaft Number 25 employed revolutionary engineering in its design. Significance(s) Interpretation…

water ; any floating substance cannot enter it, and during the winter season when the water is frozen over no obstruction can take place to the flow into the Aqueduct, and during the summer season the water will be drawn from…

# History of the Old Croton Aqueduct ## Origins and Construction The Croton Water Supply System was established to address critical public health crises. New York City faced recurring fires and epidemics that repeatedly devastated the metropolis, stemming from inadequate water infrastructure…

…There are six of these waste-weirs constructed for the Aqueduct. VENTILATORS. For the purpose of ventilation hollow cylinders of stone are erected over the top of the Aqueduct and rising about 14 feet above the surface of the ground…

BRIDGE ENGINEER’S Office c 1840s (Demolished) Plate 29, Old Croton Aqueduct Interpretation Sign Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) 17 HIGH BRIDGE TOWER 1872 Plate 29, Old Croton Aqueduct Type Rising 185 feet on a bluff in…

…Characters were also added to the final versions of Aqueduct Bridge for Roadway, also engraved by Bennett, and Croton Aqueduct at Jewell's Brook, engraved by John William Hill. "I gain information and pleasure by talking with the artists who…

Bird's Eye Views of the Croton Aqueduct, 1879-1887 This post examines two historical perspective maps depicting New York City's water infrastructure during a critical period of urban expansion. Will L. Taylor created a four-sheet engraving published…

…Another thing that the kids loved were the culverts, which were tunnels that were built by the engineers either underneath the aqueduct or over the top of the aqueduct. The job of the culvert was to divert water from streams…

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. It was, in the main, well located. In regard…

# Old Croton Aqueduct ## Background Manhattan faced severe water scarcity as the city expanded northward from Wall Street. The island's brackish rivers provided limited freshwater, which became increasingly contaminated by sewage and industrial effluent. Before the aqueduct's construction, residents…

…Current Designation(s) Type Interpretation Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) CLENDENING VALLEY BRIDGE 1839-1841 (Demolished 1870) Plate 30-9, Old Croton Aqueduct Emerging near 95th Street, the aqueduct spans the once rural Clendening Valley on a solid masonry

…First, Aqua Virgini, called by Frontinus, Aqua Virgo, or Virgin Aqueduct. The trunk of the Aqueduct having been injured, the repa- ration was began under the Pontificate of Nicholas V. and Sextus IV., and completed under that of Pius IV…

The Old Croton Aqueduct Rural Resources Meet Urban Needs The Hudson River Museum of Westchester The Old Croton Aqueduct figure 1: Section of the Aqueduct with Iron Lining, c. 1837-39. ink and watercolor on paper Courtesy Jervis Public Library…

…A fourth Aqueduct was also constructed for this city, but there is some doubt whether it was built by the Romans. Aqueduct of Mount Pila. This Aqueduct was built by Claudius, who was born at Lyons, to conduct water to…

…9 34 Aqueduct of Arcueil. The Emperor Julian built this Aqueduct to bring water to Paris, A. D. 360 ; it supplied the palace and hot baths, but was destroyed by the Normans. It was above nine miles and a half…

…Conclusion that celebrates the Croton Aqueduct with tours, live music, and children’s activities. The Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct have also published a map detailing the route of the Croton Aqueduct trail and attractions along the way. An…