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1861 cross section of the High Bridge by Croes, signed JJRC.

Trail & Tunnel Notes: John James Robertson Croes

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
01/21/2020 - 9:20am

As history would have it, some designers are broadly associated with their works, like Frederick Law Olmsted with Central Park or John B. Jervis with the Old Croton Aqueduct. John James Robertson Croes was not one of those, yet many of us live in a more beautiful environment because of his talents.

Croes was born in 1834 in Richmond, Virginia, son of a clergyman and grandson of a Revolutionary War veteran. He attended the College of St James in Hagerstown, Maryland, and studied civil engineering, graduating in 1853.

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Thank Nature Day in Irvington

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
01/11/2020 - 3:17pm

The new Invasives Removal Squad of the Irvington Green Policy Task Force (GPTF) held an event called Thank Nature Day on December 1, 2019. In collaboration with the Hastings Vine Removal Squad, the Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct (Friends), and the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, two dozen volunteers came out on a chilly day to help remove and prune invasive plants and clean up litter along the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail (OCA), between Main Street and Matthiessen Road.

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Trail & Tunnel Notes: Jogging the Entire Length of the Trail

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
12/12/2019 - 1:29pm

A Dedicated Friend, Peter Bakwin wrote this entry about jogging the entire length of the Old Croton Aqueduct (41 miles!)

I grew up in Colorado but spent summers visiting my grandparents at their sprawling Westchester home. There were woods to explore, a lake to swim in, and many cousins for companions. Years later, when I started running ultramarathons, I felt an urge to run from that house, now owned by my father, into New York City. The house is just a few miles from the Croton Reservoir, so the Old Croton Aqueduct was the obvious route.

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A Call to Action: Protecting Earth's Biodiversity Event Video

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
12/12/2019 - 9:23am

Our very own Diane Alden did a presentation at November 15's event at the New York Botanical Garden.

You can view the video here:

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Trail & Tunnel Notes: New Exhibit at Keeper's House

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
11/15/2019 - 8:20am

If you want to delve further into the history of the Old Croton Aqueduct, which lies just below the trail that winds through these river towns, head to a new exhibit that opened recently at the Keeper’s House Visitor Center on the trail in Dobbs Ferry.

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