…Originally designed as a component of the Old Croton Aqueduct system, this structure conveyed water across the Harlem River into Manhattan. Though built primarily for transporting water through large pipes, the bridge welcomed pedestrians and quickly became a beloved public…

…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…

…Thomas Scharf (1886)] knew him well, which made his election to any public AQUEDUCT BRIDGE OVER SAW-MILL RIVER, AT YONKERS. and city of Yonkers, was born in West Hartford, Conn., on the. 20th of July, 1820, and died in…

…At that time there were only twelve houses west of the Croton Aqueduct. Beekman Avenue being in many places four rods wide, it contained no less than three distinct wagon roads, or tracks, from Broadway to the river. At that…

…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…

…and George Nelson, provided the Legislature of that year did not pass a bill which would cause the said bridge to be overflowed." The Aqueduct Bill was passed by the Legislature and hence the action of the town was void…

[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] CT w 3 b3 THE BRONX 117 Here it diverged sharply to the east, passing through the northern part of the present Jerome reservoir, and it crossed the line of the old Croton aqueduct atVanCortlandt avenue…

…gallons of water a day flowed in the river near Pines Bridge." This data informed planning for the Croton Aqueduct. The Westchester County Clerk maintains several Cartwright maps online, including his 1835 downtown Sing Sing depiction. This acquisition follows WCHS…

…The Martin Smith house is now rented and used as the office and headquarters of Brown, Howard & Co., contractors to build an important section of the new Croton Aqueduct. The long iron bars, the kerosene barrels, the fragments of machinery…

…The bridge should not be confused with the more famous High Bridge that carried the Croton Aqueduct across the Harlem River. The advertisement raises intriguing questions: Why would someone commission an engraved watch depicting a relatively obscure local bridge? Why…

…He was a resident during the time ■when the Croton Aqueduct and the Hudson River Railroad were in process of construction. Mr. Con-stant is remembered as a man of agreeable manners, with a charming domestic circle about him, and…

…who, when the decemvirs and sybils indicated the Anio as the stream which the gods preferred for the supply of his aqueduct, still adhered to the cold, pure, and abundant springs from the moun-tains of Tivoli, so Mr. Douglass…

…Spooner (1900)] Jervis, the engineer of the Croton Aqueduct, being em-ployed as chief engineer. Work was begun toward the middle of 1847, the entire line being placed under contract by sections, and the work was prosecuted so diligently that…

…Much trouble was experienced in satisfying the land owners along the line of the proposed aqueduct, who made vexations demands, among them the extraordinary one (expressed in a memorial to the legislature) that the legal possession and use of the…

…Passing under the arch of the Croton aqueduct, the waters again appear rushing over their stony bed until their further progress is checked by the mill dam. Here a pipe of nine hundred feet in length conveys the water lo…

…The beginning of the gigantic Croton Aqueduct enterprise dates from about the same time as the chartering of the first Westchester County railroad. On November 10, 1832, the joint committee on tire and water of the New York City common…

…They extended from the Andre Brook northward to within thirty rods of where the Croton Aqueduct spans the post road with its arch between Tarrytown and Sing Sing, and from the Hudson River eastward across the Pocantico River, well on…

…In the construction of the aqueduct fifty-five mil-lion bricks were used, and seven hundred thousand cubic yards of stone masonry built. At.istances of a mile hollow circular towers were erected to afford ventilation. The Croton Water-Works…

…No new village was incorporated between 1830 and 1810..This decade is memorable for the projection of the first railway enter-prise in which Westchester County was interested, ami the inception and approximate completion of the grand Croton Aqueduct. The…

…A stone " mansion," probably only one story high, then stood where the Croton Aqueduct meets Main Street, which not only served Moses Ward as a dwelling, but also as a fortress for defense against the Indians. While writing this sketch…

…Spooner (1900)] the legis-lature authorized the construction of the necessary works, and on the 21th of June, 1891, the second aqueduct was finished and turned over to the department of public works of New York City. Since 1888 the…