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Keys to the Croton Reservoir on display

Author: 
Charlotte Fahn
Post date: 
01/05/2022 - 8:25am

The New York Public Library's exhibition of treasures includes several items relating to The Old Croton Aqueduct, including a set of brass keys that once unlocked the Old Croton Reservoir (which once stood on the spot that is now The New York Public Library.)

A New York Times article described the exhibition.

 

 

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Photo by S Fahn

The High-Service Works of the Old Croton Aqueduct

Author: 
Charlotte Fahn
Post date: 
11/16/2021 - 8:07am

One effect of the happily welcomed reopening of High Bridge Tower in 2021 was to turn attention to the Old Croton Aqueduct’s High-Service Works, of which the Tower was a part. In fact, some accounts refer to this elegant, octagonal granite structure on the northeast Manhattan skyline as the High-Service Tower.

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John Jervis' Locomotive

Author: 
TTarnowsky
Post date: 
11/12/2021 - 8:59am

 

A lesser known fact of the career of Croton Aqueduct Chief Engineer John B. Jervis [shown above], is that he was the very first to run a steam locomotive on a length of railroad track in this country. He did so as a demonstration of the motive power of a self propelled locomotive in August of 1829 as an adjunct to the Delaware and Hudson Canal in Pennsylvania, which he also built as a private enterprise to deliver coal to Philadelphia and New York City along a 100 mile plus route, connecting with the Hudson River in Kingston, NY.

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The Croton Dam After a Major Rainfall

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
11/05/2021 - 9:14am

Guest post by Friends David and Susan Rosenzweig

On October 27, 2021, we drove to the Croton Gorge to view the dam. Considering the very heavy rain we had over the prior two days, we expected a voluminous amount of water going over the dam.

Our guess was correct!

About a quarter of a mile before we reached the dam, we could hear a thundrous noise. As we approached the bridge, the noise of rushing water was very loud and the spray was like rain.

Note the small tree on the dam's spillway.

 

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A Tour of High Bridge Tower: Notes of an Aqueduct Enthusiast

Article Author: 
Cornelia Cotton
Newsletter Issue: 
# 12, July 2002
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Tom Tarnowsky's lecture on video

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
10/27/2021 - 1:35pm

The Friends' own Tom Tarnowsky presented a lecture on Zoom for the Yonkers Public Library in association with The Yonkers Historical Society on the history of the Old Croton Aqueduct and its relation to Yonkers. Enjoy!

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New Historic Images of the OCA

Author: 
TTarnowsky
Post date: 
10/15/2021 - 8:44am

The Flickr site of the NYC Dept of Environmental Protection just posted these 2 images of the demolition of the aqueduct conduit in Central Park in 1931. These images show the original brick tunnel where it ended upon entering the Receiving Reservoir at approx West 85th St. The brick tunnel, showing a plastered inside surface here, continued to the southern division of the reservoir where it entered a gatehouse structure. When the water left the reservoir it continued downtown on 5th Ave.

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No Publicity is Bad Publicity!

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
10/04/2021 - 3:59pm

A delightful article about the Old Croton Aqueduct, its history and current status can be found on the website called Messy Nessy Chic.

READ THE ARTICLE HERE

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Seen on the Trail Dept: Chicken of the Woods

Author: 
TTarnowsky
Post date: 
09/24/2021 - 8:27am

Friends board member Tom Tarnowsky photographed these lovely edible fungi at the Northern end of the trail.

Chicken of the Woods grows on fallen, rotting tree trunks.

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Historic Hudson River Town Audio Tours

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
09/01/2021 - 8:09am

SIX NEW MOBILE AUDIO TOURS LEAD TO ADVENTURES IN HISTORIC HUDSON RIVER TOWNS

Free Driving, Walking and Biking Tours Cross Over the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge and the Bear Mountain Bridge

TARRYTOWN, NY (SPRING, 2021) After a year of the COVID-19 crisis keeping people homebound, many are looking for ways to safely explore and enjoy the world around them. Six new mobile audio tours are now ready to guide visitors through the Historic Hudson River Towns, a group of charming riverfront communities just north of New York City.

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