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Old Croton Aqueduct, Entrance Entablature, New Croton Reservoir, Yorktown Heights, Westchester County, NY

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Old Croton Aqueduct, Entrance Entablature, New Croton Reservoir, Yorktown Heights, Westchester County, NY

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Summary

Significance: The Old Croton Aqueduct is an outstanding example of 19th century civil engineering and was New York City's first municipal water project. The entrance entablature commemorated the opening of the aqueduct and is the only remaining part of the Old Croton Dam above water.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17; FN-28
Survey number: HAER NY-107
Building/structure dates: ca. 1842 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001324

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Jervis, John B
Boucher, Jack
Clement, Daniel
place

Location

Yorktown Heights (N.Y.)41.27093, -73.77763
Google Map of 41.2709274, -73.7776336
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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