…The collection comprises "a large number of photographs and plans documenting the original Croton Dam, the New Croton Dam and the entire aqueduct system."

…correct these and other evils, and to establish the space that should be left vacant on each side of the subterranean course of an aqueduct, and about its sources, superstructure, &c. Around the latter, a space was to be left…

…I have not been much disappointed in finding the flow of water in the aqueduct, to exceed the calculation, as all my observations on the currents in canal feeders, have led me to believe the formulas laid down give rather…

…Even before the dam collapse, Westchester residents and Croton businessmen recognized the competitive economic threat the Aqueduct represented. The 1837 "Memorial To the New York State Legislature" charged New York City with attempting to monopolize the trade and commerce of…

…When the City and State Governments finally gave their formal support to the construction of an aqueduct that would draw water from the distant Croton River Watershed in Westchester and Putnam Counties, Major David Bates Douglass, a West Point professor…

…As soon as Jervis took charge of the Croton Aqueduct construc- tion, he moved to revitalize the Engineering Department based upon his experience in state service on the Erie Canal and his high regard for professionalism. He began by enumerating…

…The Old Croton Aqueduct has been decommissioned, and contains more visible physical markers, while the New Croton Aqueduct is still online and has adapted over time to meet modern needs. Historically, infrastructure was not entirely hidden, and in the case…

…The cost of building the new reservoir has been estimated at :S7,7!H1,.">$<>, and the aqueduct at $16,664,808. The new reservoir will receive the en-tire, drainage of the Croton water-shed, and thirty-two billion gallons…

…It is the old aqueduct 10 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY which crosses the Harlem River over High Bridge; the new is carried underneath the stream. Iii3|j* South of the Croton River the next Hudson tributary of interest is the…

…Cow bay, 229 Cripplebush road, 145 Cromwells creek, 105, 108 Cropsey avenue, 167 Cross road, 66 Croton, 92 Croton aqueduct, 117 Croton reservoir, 66, 71 Cushetonk hills, 204 Cypress avenue, 106, 222 INDIAN NOTES INDEX 249 Bankers, see Sluyter and…

…The new aqueduct is to start from the present dam, and is to be cylindrical in shape and fourteen feet in diam-eter. The territory drained by the Croton River amounts to three hundred and thirty-eight square miles.

…The Croton River and Aqueduct Navigating upriver proved challenging due to tidal currents. The Croton River, originally named Kitch-a-wan meaning "large and swift current," became crucial to New York City's water supply. Beginning in 1837, authorities constructed…

…The article highlights specific locations relevant to Croton history, including the Croton Aqueduct Receiving Reservoir at Central Park and the Distributing Reservoir at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street—now the site of the New York Public Library.

…108 " " City Wells, 108, 109, 110 Allen, Stephen, 100, 2, 15, 78 Allen, Horatio, 161, 199 Alley, Saul, 116, 178 Aqueduct, Croton,....106, 24, 37, 39,41, 56, 202, 4, 17 Artesian Wells 104, 11 Baldwin, Loami, 129 Birdsall, Benjamin…

…41)7 Chapter XXIV Genera] History of the County Concluded — From the Revolution to the Completion of the Croton Aqueduct ( 1842) 526 Chapter XXV General History of the County Concluded 573 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY CHAPTER I PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF…

…The celebration marked the arrival of clean water from the Croton River via the 41-mile Old Croton Aqueduct designed by chief engineer John B. Jervis. The event was described as "the greatest jubilee that New York has ever boasted…

…140.' aqueduct, ii. 395.,. • Lake, Indian name for, ii. 396. Crotonville, hamlet of, ii. 398. Cruger family, i. 108. Cashing, Capt., attack upon Refugee corps, ji. 333.

…This bridge was erected under the contract of Young and Scott of Philadelphia, and the work con- ducted by Andrew Young (of the firm), who was the first contractor to commence work on the aqueduct. It is due to Mr…

…in their beneficial effects, perhaps equalled any similar undertakings in any other part of the world. " He made an Aqueduct 12 feet in depth, and 120 leagues in length ; the source or head of it arose from certain 45 springs…

…With such examples be- fore us, we may consider that by the construction of the Croton Aqueduct for supplying the City of New- York with water has been secured an important measure for the pro- motion of its growth. Many…

…The whole length of this wonderful aqueduct was 46 miles and 406 paces, of which 36 miles and 210 paces were subterraneous ; the remaining 10 miles 176 paces were carried * Burgess, vol. ii., p. 332. PRELIMINARY ESSAY. 17 over arches…

…THK GIFT OF MICHAEL REES Of San Francisco, 1373. * l£^J -- CONSTRUCTION, COST, AND CAPACITY CEOTON AQUEDUCT, COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS: TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE CIVIC CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTEENTH OCTOBER, 1842, ON OCCASION OF THE COMPLETION OF…

against the practicability of obtaining that quantity which the Cardinal anticipated, on account of the small declivity of the channel of the aqueduct, and the variations in the levels of the lake itself. The Pope having directed new experiments and…

preferred for the supply of his aqueduct, still adhered to the cold, pure, and abundant springs from the mountains of Tivoli, so Mr. Douglass, disregarding diffi- culties, real and imaginary, and heeding not at all the efforts still to cause…

…To limit the power of the Water Commissioners over the aqueduct to its termination at Murray's Hill. 3d. To authorise the Commissioners, with the assent of the Common Council, to change the plan of crossing the Harlem on a…

…The utmost rise of the water above the dam was 25 inches ; although, according to estimate, a million gallons per minute passed over it, exclusive of that which escaped through the waste culvert of the dam, and through the aqueduct…

…Owing to some intrigue, however, of Appius, Plautius resigned his station before the expiration of two years, and Appius alone, therefore, enjoyed the honor of giving his name to the aqueduct, and to another noble work, which, by prolonging his…

…Two plans were proposed for conducting the water by aqueduct to the city, one through the interior of the county of Westchester, by the valley of the Sawmill river, and the other through the valleys of the Croton and Hudson…

…This aqueduct has a course of more than 13 leagues, or about 33 miles ; its distance in a right line, is about eight leagues, and its descent from the bridge of the little Varizelle to the Fourviere, is 360 feet…

…There will be an influent pipe chamber at the termination of the aqueduct on the north, or Westchester side of the river, in which the pipes are to be inserted. Commenc- ing on this side of the river, at the…