The Croton Aqueduct - Harlem River Bridge, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

The Croton Aqueduct - Harlem River Bridge, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

2-888-425 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Croton Aqueduct - Harlem River Bridge, [New York], 1850. Aqueduct supplying the city of New York. 'At one period...pure soft water was carried from house to house in casks, and retailed to the inhabitants at their doors like milk...the aqueduct runs southerly, through the valley of the Hudson, to the edge of the Harlem River valley, consisting, through the whole distance of thirty-two miles, of one continuous underground canal...the water is conveyed by large iron pipes through the central parts of the city, and distributed to the streets, and thence to the houses...there is an unintermitting flow of water, yielding a superabundant supply to all the apartments of every floor; allowing without stint for the washing of the streets, and even of the fronts of the houses, during the heat of summer, and providing instantaneously for extinguishing fires'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.


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  1. Unknown, attributed to: :

Picture Type
  1. Landscape

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World North and Central America United States New York

  1. 43 00 00 N , 075 00 00 W

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Science & Nature Technology & Innovation

Artistic Representations Landscapes

Locations & Buildings Bridges


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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4960x2160
File Size : 31,388kb


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  1. ILN_1850_Page_161_a.jpg
  1. 1850
  1. 0580077780
  1. 2-888-425
  1. 2888425

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