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Description of the New-York Croton aqueduct : in English
Presently, old croton aqueduct state historic park is a linear park which runs from van cortlandt park at the bronx county/city of yonkers border to the croton dam in cortlandt. In 1987 a section was reopened to supply the town of ossining and in 1992 the old croton aqueduct was awarded national historic landmark status.
A large portion of the original aqueduct, beginning at the new croton dam, and running south to the westchester county/bronx county boundary, is owned and managed by new york state as the old croton trailway, a recreational trail.
The friends of the old croton aqueduct strive to educate the public about the extraordinary history of water in new york city.
Direct water supply was a stinking seventy acre pond around what is now foley square near canal street.
Description contacts, dogs and fees completed in 1842, the old croton aqueduct was built to meet the water needs of new york city's growing population. While capable of carrying 100 million gallons per day, the aqueduct was replaced by a new structure in the 1890s, though it continued to serve city residents until 1955.
The croton aqueduct was a large, complicated water system that was engineered between 1837 and 1842 to provide new york city with a steady supply of clean.
In yonkers have been designated as part of the hudson river valley greenway trail.
It originally had fifteen stone masonry arches spanning the harlem river valley and resembled an ancient roman aqueduct.
The aqueduct was originally placed into service in 1890 and is a 33-mile-long, 13-foot-diameter, brick-lined tunnel that was engineered to convey by gravity up to 290 million gallons of drinking water each day from the new croton reservoir in westchester county to jerome park reservoir in the bronx.
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Description of the new-york croton aqueduct in english, german and french / item preview.
This description was created and transcribed on 8 october 2000 by me, dean gallea, of tarrytown. I intended it as a guide for bicyclists, but hikers could certainly use it as well.
The croton aqueduct or old croton aqueduct was a large and complex water distribution system constructed for new york city between 1837 and 1842. The great aqueducts, which were among the first in the united states, carried water by gravity 41 miles (66 km) from the croton river in westchester county to reservoirs in manhattan.
The new croton aqueduct is an aqueduct in the new york city water supply system in westchester county, new york carrying the water of the croton.
Apr 23, 2020 on august 22, 1838, the vermont telegraph published a good description of the work: “the aqueduct which is to bring croton river water into.
This is a flat, family friendly trail, highlighted with the croton dam, the double arch (a unique bridge-within-a-.
Until 1955 the old croton aqueduct brought water to new york city. (the northernmost portion reopened in 1987 and continues to supply water to the town of ossining. ) though the aqueduct was built to meet the city's needs for 100 years, the supply was soon insufficient due to the spiraling population growth to which it contributed.
Description of the croton valley, river, lake, dam, aqueducts and reservoirs. The daily supply and consumption sketch of the various schemes for supplying new-york with water previous to the year.
Old croton aqueduct trail description at first glance, there's no evidence that an aqueduct ever existed along the old croton aqueduct trail.
Constructed between 1837 and 1842, the croton aqueduct originally consisted.
Excerpt from description of the croton aqueduct the croton aqueduct was designed to supply the city of new-york with an abundance of pure and wholesome.
2-mile corridor that follows the route of the old croton aqueduct (active from 1842 to 1955) and extends to the nyc boundary where the trail continues under nyc management. It includes a public, multi-use trail and natural and historic resources.
The croton aqueduct was new york city's major source of clean drinking water from 1842 to 1859, and is now considered one of the great engineering achievements of the 19th century. Jervis, who also oversaw the building of the erie canal, the aqueduct was designed using principles dating from roman times.
The old croton aqueduct, which was completed in 1842, was a remarkable feat in engineering; its layout and construction served as the blue print for later.
Water) to supply new yorkers with water from the croton river, in what is now westchester county.
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