…Gate Chamber at the Head of the Aqueduct and Grade of the Water-way of the Aqueduct. Plate VIII. is a longitudinal section through the tunnel and gate chamber at the head of the Aqueduct showing its connection with the…

…This expansion culminated in the construction of the New Croton Aqueduct in 1891, which involved not only the usual condemnations but de- struction of the original village of Katonah (figure 43). In sum, the old Croton Aqueduct had initiated a…

…Complaints about the insufficiency of the old aqueduct began to be expressed as early as 1875, but the city officials were slow to embark upon the necessarily elaborate and costly enterprise required — a new aqueduct from the Croton River. In…

…From the Sing-Sing Kill the Aqueduct pursues a course along the east bank of the Hudson and the first work of pe- culiar interest is the Aqueduct bridge over the road from Tarrytown to Sing-Sing ; before it reaches…

…A mile farther on, the water is carried across two aqueducts, the larger of which is known as the aqueduct of Mustapha III. From this it is conveyed into the aqueduct of Justinian. This is twelve miles from Constantinople. It…

…GRADE LINE OF AQUEDUCT. The general declivity of the aqueduct in Westches- ter county is 0.021 foot per hundred, or a fraction over 13j inches per mile.* The top of the conduit pursuing this grade, corresponds with the top…

…He [Douglass] made the location of the line of 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…

…is a section of the Aqueduct showing the man- ner of constructing it across valleys, or where the natural surface of the ground falls below the plane of grade. In such cases the Aqueduct is supported upon a founda- tion…

…Moreover, their outspoken opposition to the plans coincided with their assumption of positions of responsibility in local government in the period following the completion of the Aqueduct. The following Aqueduct property owners, for example, were soon office holders: James Acker…

…Created by the New York State legislature in 1905 to replace the Board of Aqueduct Commissioners. Croton Aqueduct Board: Superseded the State Water Commission; The first board was established in 1833 with the task of providing New York City with…

…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…

…For example, the federal government is a stakeholder through its 1992 nomination of the Old Croton Aqueduct as a National Historic Landmark. The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation maintains the Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic…

…Ventilator along the Old Croton Aqueduct’s path Water Towers The Old Croton Aqueduct’s first water tower, built on the Manhattan end of the High Bridge in 1845, was constructed to address issues of water availability in northern Manhattan…

…Most of the particulars of the first sivcly, however, on the old aqueduct anil ante-aqueduct in our text arc digested from Mr. cedent conditions) is the " Memoir, etc., of (he King's " Memoir." Croton Aqueduct," compiled by Charles King…

…J, Carmlchael, who lived nearby and worked on the Aqueduct project in that town. A painting of the Sing Sing Aqueduct Bridge by a T. J. Carmtehael (kxsatton unknown, unless It may be this one) was exhibited at the National…

…The Aqueduct and Surrounding Neighborhoods, Yonkers. c. 1890s, contemporary print from original glass plate negative The Hudson River Museum of Westchester Panetta The building of the Croton Aqueduct is usually incorporated into the history of New York City where it…

…The Sing Sing Kill, where it crosses the line of the aqueduct, runs in a deep and narrow gulf, the bottom of which is sixty-three feet below the grade line. The aqueduct bridge, which covers the gulf, is immense.

…is an enlarged view of one of the bridges and a portion of the foundation wall and Aqueduct adjacent to it. The Aqueduct has a cast iron lining over the bridges like that described at the Sing Sing Kill. These…

…A view is given of the Aqueduct of Spoleto, in Italy. The bridge supporting this Aqueduct is remarkable for the slen- der form of the piers and their great height; being only ten and a half feet thick and two…

…The effects of leakage have been found very injurious to the aqueduct bridges on our canals, and it is therefore a part of our contract to line the aqueduct, when the crossing of streams on bridges is necessary, with plates…

…In August an ordinance was adopted, organising the Croton Aqueduct Department, to be composed — 1. Of the Croton Aqueduct Committee, being a joint committee of three members from each Board, whose duties are thus defined : § 2. All bills for expenditures…

…These bridges and the adjacent work form a very interesting point on the line of Aqueduct. Plate XII. is a view of the Aqueduct at this place : at the left of the picture may be seen the bridge over the…

Rachel, gives information against Lambert Starnbergh and others, 717. Youngs, Robert, bailsman for George Snyder, 194; discharged , 194- Yselstyn. See Esselstyne. ZEVEN, Christopher, bailsman for Richard Loucks, 422. Zimmer, Jacob, of Helderbergs, farmer, bailsman for Andries Cogh, 697; bailsman for…

…The most imposing is the crossing of Harlem River, either by an aqueduct bridge, or by inverted syphons ; next, carrying the aqueduct over Manhattan Valley ; and last, though not least, the erec- tion of the receiving and distributing reservoirs in…

the system, including the 1927 adaptation to the High Bridge, the complete removal of the receiving reservoir in Bryant Park, the paving of walkways atop the aqueduct berm, and current plans to add eight-foot-high fencing to the High…

…Martineau felt the use of inverted siphons would elimi- nate the need for the high bridge to keep a uniform grade level for the aqueduct. Douglass, in recommending the more expensive open aqueduct bridge was following the advice of Colonel…

…But he used to run on it all the time (...) The aqueduct’s great, and as I was saying, you know, years ago, the only time they opened up the aqueduct and the only time most people in Ossining got…

…Craton Aqueduct. Seaied Prapotais wiii be received .... for completing the embankment on the Weet side of tlie Aqueduct In Seth St, December 29, 1842 Broadside announcement to contractors Jervis Pubiic Ubraiy, Rome, NY Letter to John B. JervIs from John…

…Viewed from the Westchester Side of the Harlem River, 1861; Sing Sing Bridge, Croton Aqueduct, Showing the Road Bridge Underneath It, 1863 From Photographic Views of the High Bridge and the Gate Houses of the New Reservoir (belonged to third…

…Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct are also involved in Waterworks-related educational programming: http://www.aqueduct.org/. Other examples of infrastructure-centered curricula are available through such organizations as the National Canal Museum: http://www.canals.org/ educators/My…