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  2. Croton Aqueduct - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  3. New York City water supply system - Wikipedia

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    The Delaware Aqueduct, completed in 1945, taps tributaries of the Delaware River in the western Catskill Mountains and provides approximately half of New York City's water supply. [16] The latter two aqueducts provide 90% of New York City's drinking water, and the watershed for these aqueducts extends a combined 1 million acres (400,000 ha).

  4. Catskill Aqueduct - Wikipedia

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    The Catskill Aqueduct has an operational capacity of about 550 million US gallons (2,100,000 m 3) per day north of the Kensico Reservoir in Valhalla, New York. Capacity in the section of the aqueduct south of Kensico Reservoir to the Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers, New York is 880 million US gallons (3,300,000 m 3) per day. [7]

  5. New Croton Aqueduct - Wikipedia

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    Distinctive New York City Watershed building in Yonkers for shaft of New Croton Aqueduct. The New Croton Aqueduct opened on July 15, 1890, [3] replacing the Old Croton Aqueduct. The newer aqueduct is a brick-lined tunnel, 13 feet (4.0 m) in diameter and 33 miles (53 km) long, running from the New Croton Reservoir in Westchester County to the ...

  6. List of aqueducts - Wikipedia

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    The unique Tokaanu Tailrace Bridge, a combined road and water bridge crosses a power canal of the Tongariro Power Scheme in the North Island of New Zealand. State Highway 41 travels along the top of this bridge, with the Tokaanu Stream, an important trout spawning stream, running under the road surface.

  7. Bridge 8, Erie Canal - Wikipedia

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    Near the bridge is the historic remains of the 1842 Erie Canal Aqueduct. The 1842 aqueduct replaced the original 1824 aqueduct at this site when the Erie Canal was enlarged during the years of 1835–1862. The aqueduct was demolished in 1918 upgrades to form the New York State Barge Canal. [2] Three of the 14 arches can still be seen today, one ...

  8. Delaware Aqueduct - Wikipedia

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    Rondout Reservoir. The Delaware Aqueduct is an aqueduct in the New York City water supply system.It takes water from the Rondout, Cannonsville, Neversink, and Pepacton reservoirs on the west bank of the Hudson River through the Chelsea Pump Station, then into the West Branch, Kensico, and Hillview reservoirs on the east bank, ending at Hillview in Yonkers, New York.

  9. Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct - Wikipedia

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    Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct, also known as the Roebling Bridge, is the oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States. [1] It runs 535 feet (163 meters) over the Delaware River, from Minisink Ford, New York, to Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania.