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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.
This is a listing of sites of archaeological interest in the state of New York, in the United States
Centreport Aqueduct is a historic aqueduct located in the town of Brutus near Weedsport in Cayuga County, New York. The aqueduct was constructed in 1854-1857 as a part of the Weedsport section of the "Improved Erie Canal." The wood and stone aqueduct carried the Erie Canal over Cold Spring Brook near its juncture with North Brook. The aqueduct ...
Nassau: North Hempstead: 51 30.5 Nassau: Oyster Bay: 63 Nassau: Total: 155 31.1 New York: Below 14th: 189 31.2 New York: 14th-59th: 164 31.3 New York: 59th-110th: 116 31.4 New York: Above 110th: 106 31.5 New York: Islands: 15 31.6 New York: Duplicates (1) [6] New York: Total: 589 32.1 Niagara: Niagara Falls: 38 32.2 Niagara: Other: 61 32.3 ...
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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 ...
5.2.7 New York. 5.2 .8 Puerto Rico. 5.2.9 ... This is a list of aqueducts ... a combined road and water bridge crosses a power canal of the Tongariro Power Scheme in ...
The Croton Distributing Reservoir, also known as the Murray Hill Reservoir, was an above-ground reservoir at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Covering 4 acres (16,000 m 2 ) and holding 20 million US gallons (76,000 m 3 ), [ 1 ] it supplied the city with drinking water during the 19th century.