…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…

…81 GENERAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE AQUEDUCT. Plate I. is a section of the Aqueduct showing the form of the masonry used in earth excavations. The foundation is formed with concrete ; the side walls of stone ; the bottom and sides of…

…THE AQUEDUCT. — The whole length of aqueduct, arched complete, is 77,587 feet, running measure, or about 14 miles and two-thirds. That completed on the first of January last, as per our semi-annual report of that date, was…

…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…

…In suggesting the design for the Sing Sing Aqueduct Bridge, Jervis revealed early in 1837 the approach he would take in plan- ning the building of the other major structures of the Croton sys- tem. He informed the Water Commissioners…

…The great length of this Reservoir is favourable for the purity of the water which enters the Aqueduct: spread over this large surface, it will have an opportunity to settle and part with some of the impurities which it receives…

…We now come to our own great work — THE CROTON AQUEDUCT. MEMOIR CROTON AQUEDUCT. MEMOIR CROTON AQUEDUCT. AT A very early day the want of a sufficient supply, and a convenient distribution of good water, was felt by the citizens…

…155 The Commissioners were in hopes, as they had abandoned the idea of crossing the Harlem river with an aqueduct bridge, that they would have been enabled to recommend the building of a similar structure for carrying the water over…

…A two-day festival organized by the Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct in celebration of the Old Croton Aqueduct. C conduit: A tunnel or channel for carrying water or other fluids. Aqueduct Commission: Created by the passage of “An…

…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…

…Theophilus Schramke, Map of Croton Watershed and Aqueduct Route. From Description of the New York Croton Aqueduct in English, German and French. 1846 Courtesy William Lee Frost. Photo: J. Kennedy Panetta In 1836 the State Legislature felt pressure to act…

…A more clearly defined difference between the visibility of the Old versus the New Aqueduct conduits is illustrated as the Aqueducts cross the Harlem River between the Bronx and Manhattan. The conduit associated with the Old Croton Aqueduct is carried…

…At five o'clock on the morning of the 22d of June, water to the depth of eighteen inches was admitted into the aqueduct from Croton Lake. A boat called the 4k Croton Maid," carrying four persons, was placed in…

…Kennedy Harnik once, -when required for the aqueduct, became of great and intrinsic value in the estimation of the owners and their neighbors ....^^ Eventually, the City paid $165,786 for 813 acres of rural West- chester land. Although modest In…

…Numerous articles about the Aqueduct, which appeared in magazines ranging from Harper's Weekly to Scientific American after 1850, are embellished with not only the types of scenes described above but also — beginning with the enlargement of High Bridge in…

…Old Croton Aqueduct, 95,000,000 gallons; Bronx River Conduit, 28,-000,000 gallons; New Croton Aqueduct, 300,000,000 gallons— total, 425^000,000 gallons. With the completion of the works now in their last stages, the supply obtainable…

…County Clerk Section of the Aqueduct with Iron Lining, c. 1837-39 Ink and watercolor on paper; 14^4 x 17 V2 inches Jervis Public Library. Rome, NY, drawing #205 Possibly by John B. Jervis. Croton Aqueduct — Detail of Iron…

…By 1881, after repairs, the Old Croton Reservoir supplied about 90 million US gallons a day via the Old Croton Aqueduct. Growing demand prompted the Aqueduct Commission to order construction of a new system in 1885. The planned reservoir would…

…http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_ your_park/highbridge/html/hb_coalition_programs.html an exposed section of the aqueduct tunnel. websites: http://vcpark.org/park/features/ old_croton_aqueduct_trail.html; see also http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park…

…Tower, Croton Aqueduct at Haarlem River (High Bridge), c.1842 Ink with watercolor wash on paper; 4 V2 x 9 V2 inches Mrs. Helen Tower Wilson William James Bennett (1789-1844), Fishermen at High Bridge, 1844 Watercolor on paper; 12V4X…

…Among the ruins of the city of Zacatecas, are found the remains of an Aqueduct ; and at Palenque is found an Aqueduct of stone, constructed with the greatest solidity. Among the hieroglyphical ornaments of the pyramid of Xochicalco are heads…

…In consequence the new aqueduct was destroyed. Iztacpalapa, a town of 10,000 houses, on one of the causeways leading to the city of Mexico, was, says de Solis, noted for " many fountains of sweet and wholesome waters, conveyed by…

…The Commissioners present this brief but clear sketch of the respective divisions of the aqueduct line, and of the great natural difficulties to be overcome ; 37 146 MEMOIR OF THE The country through which our line of aqueduct lias to…

…Descending the hills of Bethlehem to the south, we passed over a narrow valley and ascended the opposite hills, on the sides of which there is an aqueduct which conveys the water from the sealed fountain to Jerusalem. It here…

…The utmost breadth of the piers of the aque- duct of Chaponost, which carried a canal of three feet broad, by six feet high, is not more than six feet, while the breadth of the aqueduct which passed over the…

…It appears the width of the river, on the high water level, was found to be 620 feet ; and the distance across the valley of Harlem River, from the grade of aqueduct in the county of Westchester, to the grade…

…The foundation wall of the aqueduct, amounting to 12,050 cubic yards, and back filling to 10,200 cubic yards, has been executed. CROTON AQ.UEDUCT. 149 In addition, a large amount of materials has been prpcured for the work…

Those who suppose that the object of the aqueduct was to conduct water to the amphitheatre only, instead of being appropriated to the domestic uses of the inhabitants, have not regarded with attention the peculiarities of its construction. The simplicity…

…In this trench they formed the aqueduct or water channel of masonry, keeping the same dimensions in the parts excavated from the rock, as in those which were cut into the clay or ground soil. The bottom of this trench…

…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…