…In a report to the Water Commissioners dated February 8, 1837, the chief engineer cited both the High Falls Aqueduct on the Delaware and Hudson Canal and the Little Falls Aqueduct on the Erie Canal as examples of masonry watenway…

…The State Water Commission was disbanded and the Croton Aqueduct Board established 1870: Department of Water Works supersedes the Croton Aqueduct Board 1883: New York City establishes the Board of Aqueduct Commissioners 1905: The Board of Water Supply was created…

'Ordinary Cutting," "Deep Cutting,' "Section of the Aqueduct on the Inland Route from the Head of the Saw Mill River to the City" Ink on paper; 9^4 x 14 V2 inches Jervis Public Library, Rome, NY, drawing #200 Plan…

…This valley is four fifths of a mile wide where the Aqueduct meets it, and the depression is 102 feet below the plane of Aqueduct grade. Here was an opportunity for constructing a work of architectural beauty and boldness by…

Croton Aqueduct Puzzles This piece explores two nineteenth-century jigsaw puzzles featuring the Old Croton Dam and High Bridge, part of a collection called "Sliced Objects" published by E. G. Selchow & Co. between approximately 1867 and 1880. Selchow was a…

largely owned, by the tenant farming families who had appeared as a landowner along the line of the Aqueduct, near Indian Brook in Mount Pleasant (today Ossining); Oscar Irving and his uncle Washington Irving had their neighbor George Harvey re…

…Tower (1817-1857), Aqueduct at Spoletto [sic] In Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct, 1843 Engraved by Joseph Napoleon GImbrede (1820- ?) Reproduction, courtesy of The Historical Society of the Tarrytowns Aqueduct Cross Section, c.1836-39 Ink and watercolor on paper…

…17 The table is arranged to show, First, the name of the water or Aqueduct ; Second, the era of its construction ; Third, the length of each Aqueduct in miles and decimals ; Fourth, the cubic feet discharged in 24 hours, and…

…PROTON* AQUEDUCT INDEX TO PRELIMINARY ESSAY. PAGE. Albany Water Works 81 Aqua Paola, . . .* 16—46 Augusta, 16 Felice, 17—46 Sabbatina, 16 Aqueduct, origin of, 7 of Solomon, 7 Vitruvius' rules, 8 Pliny's directions, 11 Roman Aqua Appia, ." . . 13…

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…French & Hastie, by means of a boat floating through the aqueduct, between the Croton Dam and Harlem River. Some unimportant defects were discovered inside the aqueduct, a short time before the water was shut off, and two small leaks ap…

…An Aqueduct Bridge built of stone, having arches resting upon piers and abutments, was proposed so as to continue the Aqueduct across with its regular inclination. An Inverted Syphon of iron pipes was proposed ; the pipes to descend to a…

…Before describing the salient engineering features of the Aqueduct from the Croton River to Manhattan Island, however, it is well to discuss the design methods employed for the Aqueduct. Hydraulic design Engineering design is a creative activity more nearly akin…

…Charles King, A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct (New York, 1843), p.220. 2. See selected bibliography on tlie construction of the Croton Aqueduct, p.57 of this book. 3. John Robison, A System…

…Old Croton Aqueduct, National Register of Historic Places (1974) 4. Old Croton Aqueduct running from Croton to New York City, National Historic Landmark in (1992) 5. The High Bridge Aqueduct and Water Tower, National Register of Historic Places (1972) 6…

…Tower, Croton Aqueduct at Yonkers, From Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct, 1843 Engraved by William James Bennett; 7 x 10 inches (image) Ossining Historical Society Museum Fayette B. Tower, Croton Aqueduct at Clendlnnlng [sic] Valley From Illustrations of the Croton…

…The aqueduct which conveys the water from Croton Lake to New York city, forms a bridge over Saw-mill river at Yonkers. In the county twenty-five streams cross the line of the Croton aqueduct, which are from twelve to…

…Spooner (1900)] The quantity of water at first transmitted through the aqueduct did not exceed 12,000,000 gal-lons daily. The aqueduct was constructed to afford a maximum dis-charge of 72,000,000 United States gallons every twenty…

…Such an experiment would express the surface velocity and would give a greater velocity than it would be proper to attribute to the whole body of water in the Aqueduct ; but the depth of water in the Aqueduct will be…

…Ancient Aqueduct of Metz. This Aqueduct was built by the Romans when that city was under their dominion ; but it is difficult to fix upon the precise era of its construction. It is said in the history of the city…

…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…

…Tower's book Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct (1843), implied that the Aqueduct, while bringing New York City the necessary water to grow into a teaming metropolis, fit harmoniously into pastoral ideals of the landscape and, in fact, enhanced it…

A map and graph from the May 23, 1908 issue of Scientific American illustrating reservoirs within the Croton watershed system following completion of the New Croton Dam, with their relative elevations.

…5 Laura Vookles Hardin, “Celebrating the Aqueduct: Pastoral and Urban Ideals,” The Old Croton Aqueduct: Rural Resources Meet Urban Needs (Yonkers: The Hudson River Museum of Westchester, Inc., 1992. Published to coincide with the exhibition at the Hudson River Museum…

Harlem River more navigable for larger ships 1929 1930 Hoover Dam construction begins 1933 Golden Gate Bridge construction begins 1931 1936 1939-45 World War II High Bridge designated a NYC Landmark 1970 High Bridge Aqueduct & Tower placed on National…

…O Old Croton Aqueduct: Opened on October 14, 1842, as a forty-one-mile-long aqueduct bringing water to New York City from the Croton River in Westchester County; Became a National Historic Landmark in 1992. Old Croton Aqueduct State…

…Type Significance(s) Interpretation Type Significance(s) Interpretation Structure Guide 86TH STREET KEEPER’S HOUSE STABLE 1869-1872 Plate 32-10, Old Croton Aqueduct Appendix 86TH STREET KEEPER’S HOUSE 1866 (Demolished 1935) Plate 32-9, Old Croton Aqueduct Sign…

…S., Residence of 184 Aqueduct Arch at Sing Sing 322 Aqueduct Bridge across the Pocantico 307 Aqueduct Bridge, Youkers 38 Baird, Rev. Charles W., Autograph of 701, 719 Barrett, Joseph, Autograph of 608, 628, 643 Barron, Dr. John C, Residence…

…The fourth supported the celebrated Aqueduct of Chapolte- pec, by which water was conducted from springs, upon an insulated hill of that name, at the distance of from two to three miles." The Aqueduct of Chapoltepec was the work of…

of an Aqueduct bridge of masonry was adopted as the proper one for crossing the River ; but in establishing its altitude they complied only with the requisitions of the law, and made the soffit or under side of the arches…