…Farther down, but west of Jones Ave-nue, is " Anderson Park," with its fine brick mansion CROTON AQUEDUCT BRIDGE ACROSS THE POCANTICO. and well-kept grounds. The house was built and, for a time, occupied by the late John Anderson…

…Thomas Scharf (1886)] To which Andre wb OLD LANDRINE HOUSE, taken alter his capture, and where he ■at on the ste| Michael Nolan, who farms, and boards some of the people connected with the construction of the New Croton aqueduct…

…The next place, called " The Homestead," extend-ing from the Croton Aqueduct on the west to Broad-way on the east, was the residence of the late Henry R. Worthington, and is still occupied by his family. The house was…

…The division line has not been offi-cially defined with accuracy, but is assumed to follow Yonkers Avenue from the Bronx to the Croton aque-duct; thence by the aqueduct to the arches crossing the Saw-Mill River, and down…

…In a note to page 31, of the New York edition of Black's Translation of the Essay on New Spain, this passage occurs : " The largest and finest construction of the Indians in this way, is the aqueduct of the…

…In April, 1837, work was com-menced in constructing the dam across the Croton River about five miles above its mouth, and in build-ing the aqueduct. John B. Jcrvis was chief in-gineer. On the 7th of January, 1841…

…This fountain is furnished with water by the Aqueduct called Aqua Paolo ; and it runs from the basin, in a very large stream into several canals, whence it is employed to work various corn, paper, and other mills, as well…

…He proposed to take the waters of the Croton at Pine's bridge, which he stated to be 183 feet above the level of the Hudson ; to conduct the water in an open Aqueduct, follow- ing the line of the…

…To make the capacity of the pipes for conveying water equal to that of the aqueduct, an extra fall of two feet has been given across the bridge, and the aqueduct on the southern side of the river is constructed…

…Respect for private property, in tracing the course of an aqueduct, seems to have been so scrupulous, that it is related t>y Livy, when, in the year B. C., 179, the Censors, M. Emilius Lepidus, arid M. Flaccus Nobilior…

the Aventine Hill, which might have belonged to it Forty years after the Aqua Appia was established, in the 481st year of the city, the Censor, Manlius Curius Dentatus, began the aqueduct, which afterwards was known as the Anio Vetus…

…The contractors for the new dam in the Croton, for instance, were bound to have it in such an advanced stage by 1st November of this year, as to throw two feet water from the lake into the aqueduct. The…

…Wells also, or air-holes are to be cut from the top of the water-channel to the surface, for the purpose of allowing the air .which might accumulate in the aqueduct to escape. These wells are directed to be…

persons from bathing in their aqueduct." Mr. Rhodes, however, has altogether misconceived the construction of the aqueduct proposed by our report, for in- stead of its admitting any of these substances or impurities, it was to be impervious on three…

under the whole length of the Aqueduct like one continuous stone. It attains a degree of hardness which gives it the appearance of the conglome- rate bearing the name of Pudding-stone, and is an article of the greatest importance…

…This Reservoir may be considered the termination of the Croton Aqueduct, and is distant from the Fountain Reser- voir on the Croton, forty and a half miles. The whole cost of the work, exclusive of the pipes in the city…

…The popular voice having thus pronounced, by an overwhelming majority, in favor of the Croton Aqueduct, the Corporation lost no time in passing an ordinance, dated 7th of May, instructing the Commissioners at once to proceed in the work, according…

…The Sing Sing kill,, where it crosses the line of aqueduct, runs in a deep and narrow gulf, the bottom of which is 63 feet below the grade line, or 76 feet below the top covering of the masonry. Over…

…They argued that they understood the public to be synonymous with the interests of the people of the whole state and not, as in the case of the Aqueduct, with the exclusive interests of the people of the county of…

…The aqueduct of Metz is another of the great works of the Romans, though of what precise date seems uncertain — possibly of the period when the legions of Caesar held possession of Gaul. The water which it conducted into the…

…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…

…The objections to this project were, that it would be going into another state, that an Aqueduct bridge over the Hudson River would obstruct its navigation, and iron pipes laid across the bed of the 71 river would be exposed…

…The beautiful bridge at Sing Sing exhi- bited not the least settlement or defect ; and, with the exception of some spots where, in order to maintain the grade line across low grounds, the aqueduct rests on dry foundation walls, in…

…CROTON AQUEDUCT. 219 were drawn up in writing, of which Cato has preserved to us a specimen in his book on agriculture." In reference to the Aqua Appia, the same writer makes this statement : " The pride of a princely patrician…

…it would be desirable to fill in the earth again to the natural form, also where the line of Aqueduct intersected villages, and using the open channel with slope walls for the residue of the distance. In regard to iron…

…Moses Ward had a stone house that was also a fort, about where the intersection of Main Street and the Croton aqueduct occurs. There were even in his day numerous Indians in the neighbour- hood, but they seem to have…

…At various points there are galleries and staircases, to descend to the subterranean aqueduct. I descended to examine the work with M. Girard, the engineer, by a flight of steps from the cellar of a house where one of the…

…Two thousand four hundred and fifty-five feet of the aqueduct is now complete. There have been erected also about 400 feet of inside wall of the aqueduct, ready for springing the arch. The amount of open cutting and excavation…

had in the town of Greensburg alone, valued the property of the aqueduct at $60,000 Believing such a measure, in regard to such a work, to be unprecedented, the Com- missioners recommend to the Corporation, to invoke legislative protection…

…For instance, the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation use their own logo on signs, while many signposts in Yonkers and the Bronx have only the letters OCA (Old Croton Aqueduct) on them. Our goal is to enable people to…