…the Need Water Woria Money of 1774 Wooc^engraved illustration in Charles King's A Memoir of the construction, costs and capacity of the Croton Aqueduct, compiled from official documents, together with an account of the civic celebration of the…

…THE OLD CROTON aqueduct LENDERS TO THE EXHIBITION Blake, Nelson Manfred. Water for Cities: A History of the Urban Water Supply Problem in the United States. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1956. Cooper, Linda Gilbert, ed. A Walkers to the Old…

…A notice in The Evening Post, October 15, 1842, for Atwill figure 47: F. Jones, Thomas Dusenbury, Plumber ... Croton Water, color lithograph advertisement Courtesy The J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York. 29.100.2484a Hardin…

…Order of the Fire Department Procession, on the occasion of the Croton Celebration, October Uth, 1842. At the head of the procession was a Band of Music, brought from Philadelphia, by the Neptune Hose Company of that city. Immediately after…

…Contractors and Workmen of the Water Works. A large main Pipe drawn by four horses. A truck surmounted by a banner with the inscription " Croton Aqueduct Depart- ment," bearing several pipes, and workmen, with red caps, on which was inscribed…

…One local historian concluded that the strongest bond between the metropolis and Westchester in 1841 was the Croton River. Howe, p.83. figure 44. above: Fayette B. Tower. Croton Aqueduct at Clendinning |sic] Valley, c.1842. ink on paper Courtesy…

…The 14th of October following was set apart as a day for the celebration of the introduction of the water into the city : and it was an occasion of unrestrained enthusiasm and joy. Multitudes came in from the country around…

…General outlines of the New York Fire Department Procession, on the occasion of the Croton Water Celebration. — October 14^, 1842. Grand Marshal— CORNELIUS V. ANDERSON. Assistant Marshals, W. Wells Wilson, Dewitt C. Mott, John B. Miller, Samuel L. Liscomb, George…

…Surely, we thought, with Croton water to extinguish a fire, and such a body of men to use it, New York will never suffer again from a conflagration. FIFTH DIVISION. Under the direction of Colonel Philbrick, assisted by Mr. James…