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croton_point_landfill_rod_1993_raw.txt
…Subsequent to this engineering evaluation the Westchester County Department of Public works prepared a report titled, 'Effect of Croton Point Leachate on the Ossining WWTP." Table 2 of this report provides the following actual discharge rates in pounds per day…
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king_memoir_1843_raw.txt
…This formation of country continues to, and is terminated by, the Harlem river, at the point where the aqueduct intersects it, which is one mile northwesterly from Macombs' dam.. The length of the aqueduct from the Croton dam to Harlem…
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Various (1971) — source
[Various (1971)] The time span of the Laurentian in southeastern Canada, New York and New England, on present limited C-14 determinations, falls between c. 3300 and 2000 B.C., with the oldest dates to the north, in the Ottawa…
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comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
…Westchester County Parks Size (acres) Special Features and Activities Offered Name/Location Croton Point Park • camping • fishing • picnicking • children’s play area 503.8 • hiking • concerts, craft shows, and guided walks held throughout the year • swimming Paradise Island 22.2…
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J. Thomas Scharf (1886) — source
…The large Croton, or Striped Bass, and many smaller speeies, gave him ample sport and em-ployment.1 Van Cortlandt had purchased of the Indians, pre-vious to his receiving the charter, the territory known as Meanagh (Verplanck's Point
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Various (1971) — source
[Various (1971)] The elevation of the sites is 1325-1330 ft. and thus falls within the flood pool created by the dam at Kinzua. The first area found and later excavated was called Witchs Walk #l. This area had not…
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Various (1971) — source
[Various (1971)] THE BULLETIN are oriented with these features (post mold pattern in 0N10W and 20N50E). All of the exterior post molds for the three features described are between 0.18 and 0.25 ft. in diameter and 0.8…
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comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
Croton Point Beach, 1910 Source: History of Croton-on-Hudson Following World War II, Croton-on-Hudson’s importance as a railroad town diminished as diesel replaced steam engines and long-distance passenger service was gradually discontinued. However, it continued…
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Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962) — source
…This confirms the chronology for the Croton River mouth area placed by us before this conference last year, whereby our Parham Ridge site, a manifestation of our Q or quartzite tradition, with its steatite and no ceramics, dates from the…
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croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…In certain locations in Westchester County and the Bronx, a berm indicates the presence of the Old Croton Aqueduct channel. The berm serves as a halfway point between a subgrade and aboveground feature, since a somewhat clear indication of the…
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croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…We would take them from Croton all the way down to Van Cortlandt Park in Yonkers, using buses; we would do, oh, five to six miles each trip. Lunch was planned; I had chaperones of course going with us, etc…
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Various (1971) — source
[Various (1971)] The continental validity of the concept has taken increasing hold on anthropology and if the key words used in the literature were ranked in the order of the number of times they appear, "Archaic" would certainly lead the…
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Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962) — source
[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] "While we cannot demonstrate the emergence of the Archaic out of the antecedent Paleo-Indian stage there is good evidence that the delineation of some lines of affinity will be possible in the future…
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Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848) — source
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] The first property south of the Croton in this town is that of Col. Joseph Hunt, whose family purchased of the commissioners in 1784. The next place in succession is the old McChain estate, now owned…
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comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
…Looking south along Hudson River, from Village waterfront property PAGE 21 CROTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Table 3.1: Croton-on-Hudson Open Space Acreage Type of open space Acres Village parks and public spaces 54.5 County parks (Croton Point Park…
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croton_waterworks_raw.txt
Four of the world’s aqueducts already join this venerable list of sites, and we believe that the Croton Waterworks matches those other sites in national- and worldwidelevel historical, engineering, architectural, and cultural value. While this designation also does not…
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J. Thomas Scharf (1886) — source
…of Owensville to the hamlet that gathered around the vicinity of the excellent water-power of the Croton River at this point, which was utilized by the erection of a paper-mill, clothier's works, etc., under the ownership of…
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J. Thomas Scharf (1886) — source
…Robert was the oldest son, and the ancestor ol the Underbills of Teller's (or Croton) Point. Abraham I. Underhill, the second son, was born June 27, 1763. He married Rebecca Field, who was descended from a family well known…
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J. Thomas Scharf (1886) — source
…Thomas Scharf (1886)] its western extremity to either the most southern or eastern point was too great for the convenient trans-action of town business, and it lay, like a pair of sad-dle-bags, in such shape as naturally…
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croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…The Croton Waterworks Website The Croton Waterworks website has served as a repository for historical research focused on system functionality, typologies, and individual structures. The website also functions as a point through which the public can access our group mission…
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croton_point_sampling_2021_raw.txt
…S0418 D1706 C0106 B1036 B694 F305 E3460 G5072 Kx6 CROTON POINT PARK CROTON, NY 10520 Collection Point : Valhalla, New York 10595 SURFACE RR RIGHT Collected By : STEY & DUVAL Collection Date : 05/06/2021 AT 7:15:00AM Submitted On : 05…
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comp_plan_ch2_history_raw.txt
…This area was to be preserved and enhanced as the focal point of Croton-on-Hudson identity, characterized by commercial and office uses, municipal facilities, and higher density residential structures. In its emphasis on the core, the Master Plan sought…
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croton_point_sampling_2021_raw.txt
…S0594 C0114 F623 D1729 G5148 B1276 B1013 E3135 K8492 K8499 K8763 K0835 K8597 K83 CROTON POINT PARK CROTON, NY 10520 Collection Point : Valhalla,
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hudson_river_source_raw.txt
…Digitized by Microsoft® Chapter XVIII The Storming of Stony Point BETWEEN Croton Point and Peekskill, above the railway station, are scattered pleasant residences. A few miles to the north is the little village of Cruger's; then, just above Montrose…
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Wikipedia
…to school groups. ## Great Hudson River Revival The organization's annual Great Hudson River Revival, held at Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, served as both fundraiser and consciousness-raising event from the late 1960s until its…
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comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
…This area was to be preserved and enhanced as the focal point of Croton-on-Hudson identity, characterized by commercial and office uses, municipal facilities, and higher density residential structures. In its emphasis on the core, the Master Plan sought…
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crotonhistory.org
…The flat land comprising the entire Harmon Shops facility was created through removal of substantial amounts of earth from what was once the "neck" of Croton Point. Much of this landscape has since disappeared. The article references previous posts about…
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Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962) — source
[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] 16 THE BULLETIN pipe is represented by a stem only, but is unusual in that the rear portion of an animal, possibly a lizard, stands out in relief on the top of the stem…
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Robert S. Grumet (2014)
…used variants of a name they spelled as Kichtawanck when they began documenting relations with Indians living in and around today’s Croton Valley during the war years of the 1640s. Although many writers, including me, have identified Kichtawanck as…
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croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…When the City and State Governments finally gave their formal support to the construction of an aqueduct that would draw water from the distant Croton River Watershed in Westchester and Putnam Counties, Major David Bates Douglass, a West Point professor…
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