1859 the Croton Aqueduct a complex water system brining water 41 miles that fed central park water system, replaced in 1910 with the New Croton Aqueduct and taken offline in 1955
1862 Central Park
1865
High Bridge was originally completed with 16 individual stone arches. In 1928, the five that spanned the Harlem River were replaced by a single 450-foot steel arch.
1862 Central Park Arsenal
The old system and The Croton Distributing Reservoir being dismantled in 1890
some of the old Croton system remains much of it converted, repurposed, integrated, removed and destroyed
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The gate house at West 135th Street and Convent Avenue in Harlem, used on the old and new Croton Aqueduct
The old dam feeding the aqueduct 41 miles away
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