…He is also, under the direction of the Committee, to advertise for, and make contracts, examine and certify bills for work, and generally to perform such duty as may be re- quired of him by the Croton Aqueduct Committee. He…

…The Aqueduct enters a gate chamber at A. where there are regulating gates by which the water can be discharged into the northern division ; or into the southern division by a continuation of the Aqueduct within the Reservoir bank to…

The Ossining Historical Society Museum houses a remarkable photographic collection documenting the Old Croton Aqueduct. During a recent visit, curator Norm MacDonald shared newly acquired materials, including two rare photographs capturing blacksmiths at the New Croton Dam from September 1895…

…By direction of the Commissioners, who were anxious to place some of the work under contract for the opening of the working season, shafts were sunk at the site of the dam, and along the line of the Aqueduct as…

…The whole length of aqueduct, arched and complete, was, on the 25th of June last, 10,280 feet, or about two miles in length. 2d. SIDE WALL. The length of the side wall of the aqueduct, ready to receive the…

…The greatest depression is 50 feet, below top of aqueduct, and the valley is 1900 feet across. The line of aqueduct runs 100 feet westerly of, and parallel to, the 9th Avenue. In the plan of the city, streets are…

…Now, although this CROTON AQUEDUCT, 127 last proposition carries with it the semblance of feasibility, there is, nevertheless, noth- ing new in it : for he only offers to remove the dam from the place selected by our engi- neer, to…

…The whole distance in Westchester County, all of which is nearly completed, is 32 miles and two-thirds of aqueduct, the arch bridge of 88 feet span at Sing Sing, 12 tun- nels (or under ground excavations for the aqueduct…

…The length of aqueduct from the Croton dam to the distributing reservoir is 40.562 miles — to wit : Masonry conduit in Westchester county - 32.880' Do. do. on New York Island 4.187 Total length 37.067 Receiving reservoir from…

…Paid for work done by contractors up to 1st April, 1843, Incidental expenses up to same date, including salaries of engineers and Commissioners Cost and rent of land for line of aqueduct Actual money cost of the aqueduct to the…

…Later, in 1992, the National Register designation was amended to designate the Old Croton Aqueduct as a National Historic Landmark. This amendment introduced the submerged portions between the Old and New Croton Dams, as well as the Aqueduct beginning in…

…The whole supply furnished by the nine aqueducts is thus stated by Frontinus, the measurement being made at the head of each aqueduct, except of the Julia and Virgo, which are calculated from their registers of delivery : Anio Vetus, 4…

…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

…It was not until the pontificate of Nicolas V., that a restoration of an ancient aqueduct was attempted ; the Aqua Appia was then begun, and the work continued by Sextus IV., was completed by Pius IV., in 1568. At this…

…The Double Arch is a granite aqueduct structure spanning the Sing Sing Kill. In 1839, the Westchester Herald called it "the most astonishing specimen of the art and ability of man to be seen in this section." The article assembles…

…The total expenditures up to 31st December, 1841, for all objects connected with the aqueduct, were $7,107,463 03. . The early part of the working season of 1842 was rainy, and occasioned some soli- citude lest the contractors, especially…

…Shafts The Croton Waterworks shafts are associated with the construction and maintenance of the New Croton Aqueduct, which is still active. Although many of the shafts have been either filled in or are capped with masonry headhouses, and are relatively…

…Ventilators were placed roughly every mile for thirty-three miles along the Aqueduct, and every third one included a door allowing servicemen to access the conduit. The majority of these ventilators still exist in Westchester County, while very few seem…

…Ventilators Ventilators were originally placed at every mile along the length of the Old Croton Aqueduct. Although all have been demolished in New York City, many are extant along the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail in Westchester County. These ventilators may…

…A proposed architectural competition poster calling for a new fountain design for the 119th Street Gatehouse Proposed Interpretation by Typology Keepers’ Houses Although six keepers’ houses once existed along the length of the Old Croton Aqueduct, only the keeper’s…

…God save the Corporation! Long live the valiant Mayor! The poem captures the civic importance of the Croton Aqueduct — even in a humorous summer poem, Croton water is the answer to New York's suffering.

…The New York Times announces the completion of the South Gatehouse at the new Central Park Reservoir and invites the public to visit and marvel at this feature of the “Croton Aqueduct, which, with these latest connections, presents a specimen…

…PRELIMINARY PLANS FOR THE OLD CROTON AQUEDUCT AND THE Structure of its Engineering Department figure 10, above: Portrait of Major David Bates Douglass, contemporary print from glass plate negative Courtesy The Archives. Warren Hunting Smith Library, Hobart and William Smith…

…By the 19th century, farming, shipping, ship-building and flour and brick manufacturing had become the predominant industries, along with work on the railroad and construction of the Croton and New Croton Dams and the New Croton Aqueduct. Etching of…

…This disaster helped motivate the construction of the Croton Aqueduct to provide reliable water to New York City.

…case less than forty feet below the grade-line, or fifty-three feet below the top covering of the aqueduct. Besides those above five and a half inches. The bottom is an inverted arch; the side walls rise four feet…

Clean, Sweet, Abundant Water! This article features an excerpt from Maria Lydia Child's Letters from New-York, celebrating the opening of the Croton Aqueduct in October 1842. Child eloquently describes New Yorkers' joy at accessing clean water. Child expresses…

…The water is conducted to a gateway located on solid rock to the head of the aqueduct on the YORKTOWN. Kir, southern shore, by a tunnel cut a hundred and eighty feet through rock. The gate-chamber is provided

…CHAPTER XXIY GENERAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY CONTINUED FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE COMPLETION OF THE CROTON AQUEDUCT (1842) N a previous chapter we have briefly noticed the organiza-tion of the State government of New York on the 20th…

…The course of the Croton Aqueduct, completed in 1842, is also noted. At this date all buildings on the map of 1813 yet remained, except the old mill on the site of Mr. Cbp-cutt's present mahogany-mill, which…