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Old Croton Aqueduct, Jewels Brook Culvert, Spanning Station Road, Irvington, Westchester County, NY

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Old Croton Aqueduct, Jewels Brook Culvert, Spanning Station Road, Irvington, 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. In Irvington, the aqueduct not only had to cross Jewels Brook but also had to maintain grade through the valley and span a county road that could not be moved.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23; FN-28
Survey number: HAER NY-114
Building/structure dates: 1838-1839 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
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Location

Irvington (N.Y.)41.03601, -73.86903
Google Map of 41.0360069, -73.86902979999999
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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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