ISBN: 9781459025929

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1884 Excerpt: ... NEW YORK WATER SUPPLY. CHAPTER IX. THE CROTON WATERWORKS THE BOWERY BROOKLYN PLYMOUTH CHURCH, AND THE REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER. IHAVE referred to the water-supply. The New Yorkers are justly proud of their Croton Waterworks--a magnificent undertaking which throws into the shade every work of the kind since old Roman times. The water is brought from a distance of forty miles, over valleys and rivers, through rocks and hills, and gives a plentiful supply to the whole population of the city. The great reservoir in West Chester County is calculated to contain five hundred millions of gallons of water. The home reservoir at New York, thirty-eight miles from that at West Chester, covers thirty-five acres, and holds about a hundred and fifty millions of gallons. A third, or distributing reservoir, covers four acres, holding twenty millions of gallons. The distributing pipes are of iron, laid so deep as to be beyond the reach of the severest frosts. The aqueduct is throughout a noble piece of engineering, constructed of stone, brick, and cement. The bridge crossing the Harlem river is finer than any of our London bridges, being 1,450 feet long, with fifteen arches of 850 feet span, and 115 feet above high-water mark. The source being higher than the loftiest buildings in the city, there is a constant supply of the purest water. This vast undertaking was commenced in the spring of 1837, and its completion was celebrated in October, 1842. The cost of the work was.PS2,386,158. It is time for wealthy London to undertake a work of corresponding magnitude for its teeming population, and so displace the private companies by which comparatively impure water is now pumped up and doled out under the management of directors and shareholders. I meant to have noted a few of ... James Macaulay, Books, History, Across the ferry; first impressions of America and its people: first impressions of America and its people Books>History This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Hodder and Stoughton in 1884 in 474 pages; Subjects: United States; History / General; History / United States / General; History / United States / 19th Century; Travel / Essays & Travelogues; Travel / United States / General;<

ISBN: 9781459025929

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1884 Excerpt: ... NEW YORK WATER SUPPLY. CHAPTER IX. THE CROTON WATERWORKS THE BOWERY BROOKLYN PLYMOUTH CHURCH, AND THE REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER. IHAVE referred to the water-supply. The New Yorkers are justly proud of their Croton Waterworks--a magnificent undertaking which throws into the shade every work of the kind since old Roman times. The water is brought from a distance of forty miles, over valleys and rivers, through rocks and hills, and gives a plentiful supply to the whole population of the city. The great reservoir in West Chester County is calculated to contain five hundred millions of gallons of water. The home reservoir at New York, thirty-eight miles from that at West Chester, covers thirty-five acres, and holds about a hundred and fifty millions of gallons. A third, or distributing reservoir, covers four acres, holding twenty millions of gallons. The distributing pipes are of iron, laid so deep as to be beyond the reach of the severest frosts. The aqueduct is throughout a noble piece of engineering, constructed of stone, brick, and cement. The bridge crossing the Harlem river is finer than any of our London bridges, being 1,450 feet long, with fifteen arches of 850 feet span, and 115 feet above high-water mark. The source being higher than the loftiest buildings in the city, there is a constant supply of the purest water. This vast undertaking was commenced in the spring of 1837, and its completion was celebrated in October, 1842. The cost of the work was.PS2,386,158. It is time for wealthy London to undertake a work of corresponding magnitude for its teeming population, and so displace the private companies by which comparatively impure water is now pumped up and doled out under the management of directors and shareholders. I meant to have noted a few of ... James Macaulay, Books, History, Across the ferry; first impressions of America and its people: first impressions of America and its people Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781459025929

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