…It is not probable that either plan can be executed as early as other parts of the aqueduct ; and it will be proper to lay down a temporary pipe, which may be sufficient for the introduction of the water ; as…

…These were considered as fair averages of what may be depended on — though at times the Croton rolls to the Hudson several hundred million gallons daily. But over and above the running supply, the Croton lake created by the dam…

…Between the Croton Dam and the influent gate-house at Harlem River, the line of aqueduct was finished last season, and during the present season this gate-house has been nearly completed. The embankment in the Harlem River, which serves…

…Macomb, it is to be diverted, carried through Mill Brook, thence through a deep cutting to the valley of the Morrisania Creek, and so, to Macomb's Dam. The water to be taken from the Bronx, at an elevation of…

…dam at the Croton to the distributing reser- voir, a distance of about 41 miles, and all the work was to be finished in 1841. The opposition, however, to the syphon bridge over the Harlem, instead of a lofty aqueduct…

…The works for the New York City water supply system’s Croton Reser10 Beyond Manhattan, Robert S. Grumet voir, Dam, and Aqueduct during the early nineteenth century may have more closely associated the word with the imposing Greek and Roman…

…On the other side is the Queen of Cities, calling attention to a picture, representing the Dam at the Croton River, the origin of the aqueduct. On the lower part of the border, surrounding the picture, are emblazoned the arms…

…From there, water was pumped through a larger water tunnel past the Aqueduct Racetrack (hence the name) to the Ridgewood Reservoir atop the terminal moraine on the Brooklyn-Queens border. Little used after Brooklyn gained access to the Croton System…