…These workers inhabited small communities near the construction site and boarding houses in Croton Landing. A settlement called the Bowery, or Little Italy, emerged approximately one mile from the dam along the Croton River's banks. It contained worker housing…

…southern Italy at Crotone (Crotona in Latin). Whether the name is Munsee, Greek, or Latin, it was given to the village at the river’s mouth christened Croton-on-Hudson. Admiration for the engineering feat represented by the Croton system…