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Shonnard, Frederic, and W.W. Spooner. History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900. New York: The New York History Company, 1900.
…the
night of the 7th of January, 1841, in consequence of a sudden and
great rise in the water of the Groton, the portion of the dam comprised in the earthen embankment gave way, and the whole country
below was…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
This dam sets the water of the river back five miles, and forms a reservoir of about
four hundred acres, and has rendered it necessary to construct several new roads and
bridges as a substitute for those covered by the…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…Valley, which is about 35 miles from the Croton dam. 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…
Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…The following report of the engineers is entitled :
" Estimate of expense to make the Croton river navigable for boats of two
tons."
The falls at Croton river with a lock, £350
The falls below the Old bridge, 250
Small rapid…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The portion of the dam over which the water flows, together with the
abutment and bulkhead adjacent, is of hydraulic stone masonry their united length is
;
105 feet. The width of the sheet of water flowing over the dam is…
Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
…in the town of Chester,
^ Van Dam Patent (1709) and Mompesson Patent (1709-12). The late
Hon. George W. Tuthill wrote me in 1858 : "On the northwestern bank of
Murderers' Creek, about half a mile below Washingtonville, stands the dwelling…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…height, demanded the most permanent and durable structure
The greatest height of the weir of the dam is 40 feet above the low-water level, and
55 feet above the bed of the river. The width of masonry, at low…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…From these reasons, then, it is
obvious, that by building a dam five feet high across the Bronx, and below where the first
mentioned spring empties itself into, and by digging a canal four hundred yards in length,
through the…
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…Current Designation(s) Sign MUSCOOT DAM 1905 Plate 15-, New Croton Aqueduct Current Designation(s) MILL RIVER WASTE WEIR 1837-1841 Plate 22-6, Old Croton Aqueduct Spanning a depression 72 feet below grade, the Mill River Culvert’s 172…
Lossing, Benson John. The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea. New York: Virtue & Yorston, 1866. Internet Archive identifier: hudsonfromwilder00lossi. Illustrated travel-history of the Hudson River valley by the writer and artist Benson J. Lossing, whose chapter on Teller's / Croton Point is a primary source for Senasqua place-name etymology, Sarah Teller's 1682 purchase, and the Underhill vineyard.
…When we
visited the spot, a large-class boat lay wrecked in the rapids below,
having gone over the dam the day before.
•The country in this vicinity is beautiful : the valley is narrow, and the
hills, on the eastern…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…this loose and disintegrated rock has been removed to the depth of 75 feet below the base of the core wall , for it is only at this great depth that a suitable foundation for extending the dam has been found .
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…Ogee Shape of the Weir Overflow figure 25. below left: Lt. Theophilus Schramke. Croton Dam Design — Cross Section of Ogee Curve, engraving In Description of the Sen' York Croton Aqueduct in English, German and French, 1846 Courtesy William Lee Frost…
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…Type Significance(s) Interpretation Sign Current Designation(s) Interpretation Current Designation(s) AMAWALK GATEHOUSE 1889-1896 Plate 9-, New Croton Aqueduct Located south of the main dam, the gatehouse receives water from the tower and sends it to the fountain…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
Commencing at the south side of the
gate chamber at the Croton dam,
The 1st plane of Aqueduct extends 26099.72 ft. or 4,943 miles, and the descent 2.94 ft. The 2d plane of do. extends 148121.25ft…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…the depth of 75 feet below the base of the core wall , for it is only at this great depth that a suitable foundation for extending the dam has been found . The removal of this soft rock and the replacing…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…the depth of 75 feet below the base of the core wall , for it is only at this great depth that a suitable foundation for extending the dam has been found . The removal of this soft rock and the replacing…
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…The water is set back at this place by a dam for a mill a short distance below, giving the stream an appearance of more magnitude than it really possesses. This point is 25 miles from the dam. The wall…
Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
The following report of the engineers is entitled :
" Estimate of expense to make the Croton river navigable for boats of two
tons."
The falls at Croton river with a lock, £350
The falls below the Old bridge, 250
Small rapid…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The
sand and rock within the coffer dam will then be excavated to the proper level of foundation of the masonry ;
in the progress of which the bottom of the coffer, below the frame,
will require to be secured by…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…Although the contract drawings , upon which the contract was based , indicated " hard rock " at a depth of 75 feet below the bed of the river , yet it was found necessary to excavate the founda- tion pit to a depth of…
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…this loose and disintegrated rock has been removed to the depth of 75 feet below the base of the core wall , for it is only at this great depth that a suitable foundation for extending the dam has been found .
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…this loose and disintegrated rock has been removed to the depth of 75 feet below the base of the core wall , for it is only at this great depth that a suitable foundation for extending the dam has been found .
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…this loose and disintegrated rock has been removed to the depth of 75 feet below the base of the core wall , for it is only at this great depth that a suitable foundation for extending the dam has been found .
Hill, William R. Modifications of the Plan of the New Croton Dam. Paper read before the American Water Works Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1904. Pamphlet T 462, Cornell University Library.
…this loose and disintegrated rock has been removed to the depth of 75 feet below the base of the core wall , for it is only at this great depth that a suitable foundation for extending the dam has been found .
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…The line cuts a small section of marble of inferior quality, about two miles below the Croton dam. In running through the State farm
at Sing Sing, it passes a few hundred feet
(mostly by a tunnel) in a marble…
Shonnard, Frederic, and W.W. Spooner. History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900. New York: The New York History Company, 1900.
…The line was divided into four divisions, the first extending from the Croton ten and one-half miles
to below Sing Sing, the second ten miles farther to Hastings, the
third ten miles to Fordham Church, and the fourth ten…
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…This secondary dam is formed of round timber, brush wood, and gravel ; it may be seen in the picture directly under the bridge which extends across below the main structure. On the upstream side of the masonry of the dam…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1851.
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and joins the ahove Creck a tittle below merscuously by lreshes.
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King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…It is presumed that the mason work of the dam, will derive additional strength from
the extension of the time of its construction. The remaining part of the aqueduct proper, in Westchester, being the second, third,
and part of the…
Tower, Fayette B. Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843.
…The bottom of the water way, of the Aqueduct, where
it leaves the gate chamber is 11.40 feet below the surface
of the Fountain Reservoir, and 154.77 feet above the level of
mean tide at the city of…