…23, 1836) Ink and watercolor on paper; I8V2X 26^8 Inches Jervis Public Library, Rome, NY, drawing #161 Sectional Drawing of Aqueduct Alternate Plan— copy II, c.1837 "Profiles of the Aqueduct on the Hudson River," 'Ordinary Cutting," "Deep Cutting…

…The Aqueduct that conveyed the Aqua Neroniana to Rome, was built of brick ; this, as well as the former, was in some instances 70 Roman feet high. The Aqueduct that brought the Aqua Marcia into the city was repaired by…

RW a P H e 107 the Aqueduct, would support iron pipes. The design was a bold one, yet instances where such bridges have been con- structed for road-ways afford examples of the feasibility and permanency of the structures…

…dimensions of the piers and arcades of the ancient aqueduct, this was shortly afterwards erected. Aqueduct at Lyons. Nothing gives us a higher idea of the ancient splendor of the city of Lyons (Lugdunum,) under the emperors, than the remains…

…Martineau and Douglass, was a closed Aqueduct of masonry. These gentlemen each made an estimate of the cost of bringing the water of the Croton River to the city of New- York by a closed Aqueduct of masonry, and the…

…There are in Westchester county twenty-five streams crossing the line of aqueduct, that are from 12 to 70 feet below the grade line, and from 25 to 83 feet below the top covering of the aqueduct. The most prominent…

…Gabriel Purdy and Robert Tompkins, for exam- ple, complained of damage and petty theft by Aqueduct workers to farm lands along the line of the Aqueduct: One of them had a few rails, and some small wood ... taken; another a…

masonry on the aqueduct, with- in the tunnels, 2476 feet, being an increase, during the last six months, of 1964 feet in length. 4th. Foundation and Protection Wall — The foundation wall now laid, amounts CROTON AQ.UEDUCT. 175 to 115…

…An underground vertical passageway; Shafts are a building typology introduced to the New Croton Aqueduct conduit. These structures filled the niche of the Old Croton Aqueduct’s ventilators in providing circulation to the water underneath. More importantly, they also provided…

…In Westchester County twenty-five streams cross theline of the aqueduct, which are from twelve to seventy feet below the grade-line, and from twenty-five to eighty-three feet below the top covering of the aqueduct.

…The design and construction of the Aqueduct is also noted as one of the remarkable technical accomplishments of 19th-century engineering. The Croton Aqueduct is usually thus described as an example of an innovative technology and as a response to…

…The foundation wall at this place is 50 feet in height to grade, and 62 feet to the top filling of the aqueduct. 6th. An aqueduct bridge over the railroad at Harvey's marble quarry, of 16 feet span, and…

…The earliest religious services of the Roman Cath-olic Church in Yonkers were held among the Cath-olic laborers upon the Croton Aqueduct in 1830-39, by the Rev. James Cummiskey of St. Joseph's Church, New York, a church…

…Jervis would go on to oversee the construction of the first phase of the Waterworks—which has come to be known as the Old Croton Aqueduct—so it is his name that is commonly associated with the design of the…

…Theophilus Schramke, Description of the New York Croton Aqueduct in English, German and French (New York and Berlin: printed by Mundt, 1846). Schramke published the only known illustration of workers on the initial phase of the Aqueduct project. A straightforward…

…Jervis appointed Chief Engineer of Croton Aqueduct project Photography invented Old Croton Aqueduct completed (includes structures such as Old Ossining Weir, Archville Bridge, Murray Hill Reservoir, Yonkers Weir, West Burnside Avenue Bridge, Sing Sing Kill Bridge, Ventilators, Clendening Valley Crossing…

…Croton Aqueduct at Clendinning |sic] Valley, c.1842. ink on paper Courtesy Mrs. Helen Tower Wilson. Photo: T. Harnik figure 45. below: Fayette B. Tower. Croton Aqueduct at Clendlnning [sic] Valley, fronn Illiistratumi of the Cmiou Ar/iuJiic!. 1843. engraved…

O, blessed be the Croton! The article introduces a poem by Lydia Maria Child celebrating the Croton Aqueduct's opening in 1842. Child, described as "renowned in her day as a tireless crusader for truth and justice," wrote "The New…

…When it became certain, in 1831, that the water-supply problem was to find its solution in a continuous aqueduct from the Croton — such a continuous aqueduct being practicable in this case because of the Croton's sufficiently lofty elevation…

…Spooner (1900)] On the 26th of April, 1837, bids were opened " for furnish-ing the materials and completing the construction of twenty-three sections of the Croton Aqueduct, including the dam in the Croton, the aqueduct bridge over Sing Sing…

…The aqueduct is built on a foundation of stone, and the water runs in earthen pipes, about 10 inches in diameter, which are cased with two stones so as to fit them ; these are covered over with other, but rough…

…The Corporation of the city of New York shall, at the expense of the said Corpo- ration, erect and sustain convenient passes across or under the aqueduct to be erected by virtue of the act hereby amended, whenever said aqueduct…

…The foreigner who visits this country will find the Croton Aqueduct an interesting specimen of our public works, and will be pleased with a pedestrian tour along the line of work to the Fountain Reservoir among the hills of the…

…There are 33 ventilators constructed to give free circulation of air through the aqueduct. Eleven of them are constructed with doors that admit an easy entrance into the aqueduct. They rise 14 feet above the surface of the ground over…

…No bricks were used in the construction of the channel- way of the Aqueduct. Ventilators were constructed along the course of the Aqueduct 2 feet square, and rising above the ground 2 or 3 feet. The Aqueduct when it was…

…Jervis, in a letter to the author of 22d April, " has been deposited on the bottom and sides of the aqueduct, but as yet its depth or thickness is too small to be measured with much accuracy. As near as…

…As the two mountains forming the valley of Gardon are not of equal height at the points in the line of aqueduct, that on the left side of the river being lower than the level of the aqueduct, while the…

…In the report of the undersigned, made to your Board on the 12th December, 1837, a plan for abridge of sufficient height and stability to support the regular inclination of the aqueduct grade was presented. This plan provided for an…

…This exposure and the painting's subsequent issuance as an etching probably made High Bridge from Harlem Lane the best known Aqueduct painting of this later period. Artists, writers, and the general public also associated the Croton water system with…

…The Dam, as well, symbolized the technological power of the Aqueduct. In confining the forces of nature, it likely invoked fear- some feelings of the sublime so desired in landscape paintings of the period. Yet popular imagery did not really…