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ADVOCACY EDUCATION PRESERVATION STEWARDSHIP

High Bridge Water Tower Video and Handouts

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
03/06/2022 - 9:06am

We had over 200 attendees at our Zoom presentation on March 3rd!

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Knights at the Aqueduct!

Author: 
TTarnowsky
Post date: 
01/25/2022 - 12:39pm

In 1922, The Metropolitan Museum produced a film to promote its arms and armor collection, using various parts of the northern part of Central Par

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The Old Croton Aqueduct in the 1920s

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
01/14/2022 - 1:14pm

Friend of the Old Croton Aqueduct and active walker Mark Garrahan received this book as a present for Christmas last year and brought it to our attention.

Published in 1923 by the American Geographic Society (not to be confused with the National Geographic Society which published the famed yellow-bordered magazine), it contains beautiful sketches and fascinating maps.

We were able to scan pages of interest to the Friends.

Thanks, Mark. Enjoy!

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A Tale of Two Arches

Author: 
Mavis Cain
Post date: 
01/05/2022 - 8:55am

One of our docents, Maura Roche, took the lovely image above of Ossining's Double Arch Bridge, which is popular with bridge fans (yes there's a whole world of bridge fans out there.)

Our Friend Fred Charles sent us the image below of Devil's Bridge in Ceredigion, Wales that looks pretty similar. In the Welsh case, these three were built over a period of hundreds of years. The oldest is from 1100, the one above that from 1753 and the top one from 1901.

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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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