…No part of the fund created by this act, or any other fund raised for the pur- pose of constructing or completing- the Croton Aqueduct, and the works connected there- with, and distributing the water throughout the city, shall be…

…Ever since the completion of the masonry of the aqueduct, it has been frequently and carefully examined, with a view to detect defects, if any existed, or failure, if any should take place ; and it has been found, with slight…

…The proportion of lime of aqueduct masonry on foundation walls over valleys, to that in excavation, is about as one to eight. The masonry of the aqueduct is covered with earth to a sufficient depth to protect it from frost…

date, including salaries of engineers and Commissioners Cost and rent of land for line of aqueduct Actual money cost of the aqueduct to the distributing reservoir at Murray's Hill Add, for procuring and laying water pipes ... Interest on water…

…This aqueduct was finished in 1738. The great earthquake, which in 1755, destroy- ed thousands of lives, in Lisbon, numerous houses, palaces, and churches, and shook all the peninsula, had no effect upon this noble structure, which continued to pour…

their fellow citizens have expressed a solicitude that the water might be carried on an aqueduct bridge with architectural display, the Commissioners are disposed to be guided by the opinion, legally expressed, of your honorable body on the subject. That…

…The reservoirs, during the time the water was shut off from the aqueduct, proved amply sufficient for the supply of the city, and indeed much beyond a supply, as a large quantity of water had to be wasted from the…

…The whole length of aqueduct now under contract, extending from the Croton to the Harlem River, is THIRTY-THREE MILES. Owing to a turn-out for wages early in the season, the work on the line between the dam and…

…Natural fountains were an ancient symbol of life and salvation, and this imagery opened "The Croton Ode." Public ornamental foun- tains were a luxury made possible by the Aqueduct in addition to the essential services it provided. A source of…

This article showcases a commemorative medal created to celebrate the opening of the Old Croton Aqueduct to the public on October 14, 1842. The piece was designed by Robert Lovett, Sr., a prominent American engraver. Lovett was born on March…

…There has been a flare-up amongst the Irish laborers on the Croton Aqueduct occasioned by the contractors reducing their wages from $1 to 75 cents/day. Large numbers turned out and marched from Westchester to Harlem, prevented others from…

A 1906 engineering plan depicting the downstream elevation of the New Croton Dam, prepared by the New York City Aqueduct Commission, from the Historic American Engineering Record at the Library of Congress.

…The huge stone structure was a major contributor to the enormous jump in the final cost of the Aqueduct to $9.5 million. When Douglass took over as chief engineer of the Croton project in June 1835, his first task…

…I mean, you don’t see work like that anymore.” And a third thing that the kids loved on the aqueduct, especially loved, were the ventilators. The ventilators were put in each mile along the pathway of the aqueduct to…

…One of the key times of the year, we took the kids on the aqueduct in the spring and in the fall, and we walked over a period of five school days, not successive but throughout the year. We would…

…A lifelong resident of the village with a background in history, he “loves to speak about the aqueduct.” For him, the Croton 93 94 were down there before we closed the weir chamber. Unfortunately when I walked to the south…

…In 1857, two-thirds of all reported deaths were the children of foreign-born parents, and throughout that decade more than half the children died before their fifth birthday.^^ The Croton Aqueduct itself became something of a tourist attrac- tion…

A detailed engraving from the October 17, 1896 Scientific American depicting the New Croton Dam construction. According to Christopher Tompkins, author of The Croton Dams and Aqueduct, this image is "especially noteworthy for its accuracy in depicting the excavation."

Driving to the Dam, 1912 This historical post features a 1912 photograph showing "an automobile driving along the road which once ran across what is now the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail." The image captures an early motorcar on a path…

…Poetry celebrating the Croton Aqueduct. Even newspapers in rural Maine covered the Croton water celebration, a month after the event. Coverage appeared as far away as Honolulu, in the Polynesian newspaper, showing the global reach of the story.

…Moreover, the original calculations of the total probable cost of the aqueduct from the Croton had by this time been found to be ridiculously small, and it began to be realized that the ultimate aggregate would approximate or exceed $10…

…Just below the southern end of the dam is the pretty stone gate-house, through which the water is admitted to the aqueduct, and started on its mission of useful-ness to the city. A short distance below is the…

the national character and dangerous to public morals ; but I cannot doubt that each and CROTON AQUEDUCT. 303 every of the defaulting communities which shall steadily and manfully persevere to the final completion of its works, will find in the…

…The Croton Aqueduct traverses the entire length of the town, crossing the Kill-brook, at Sing Sing, by means of a i magnificent granite arch, of eighty-eight feet span, I and at an elevation above the brook of over…

…is a view taken above the dam showing the position of the entrance to the tunnel which leads from the Reservoir to the gate chamber at the head of the Aqueduct. The entablature which is seen on the left against…

…Where the aqueduct was carried above ground, it was buiH on a footing of masonry 6 feet thick, even where the elevation above the surface did not exceed 6 or 7 feet ; but when it was greater, arches were formed…

…In following the line of aqueduct as above described, its grade will, in several places, be above the present surface of the ground, and from 102d to 95th street inclusive, in order to accommodate the carriageway and sidewalks, archways must…

…The total capacity of delivery of the aqueduct is about 50 millions of gallons for 24 hours, but in case the lake is being reduced seven feet, by a discharge through the aqueduct, not more than 35 millions can be…

…The length of this aqueduct was fifteen miles, 427 paces, of which seven miles were carried above ground. Indeed, this stream and the Tepula may be considered as belonging to the Marcian aqueduct, they with the Marcian forming a triple…

…CROTON AQUEDUCT. 177 This report closes with a general recapitulation of the work done, of the difficulties overcome, and of the nature, form, and materials of the aqueduct, all which we propose to present in a connected form, after the…