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Additional authors

1. Church, B. S. (Benjamin Silliman), 1836-
2. Cook, Frederick S.
3. Welcke, Robert A.
4. Aguirre, A. A.
5. Ghetti, L. G.

Description

1. 1 map : hand colored; 32 x 92 cm, on sheet 36 x 96 cm

Alternative title

1. Aqueduct Commission map of the route of the new Croton Aqueduct, present aqueduct and Bronx River pipe line also the watersheds of the Croton, Bronx and Byram rivers
2. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US155.2.03

Subject

1. Watersheds -- New York (State) -- Maps
2. Water-supply -- New York (State) -- New York -- Maps
3. Reservoirs -- New York (State) -- Maps
4. Dams -- New York (State) -- Westchester County -- Maps
5. Aqueducts -- New York (State) -- Westchester County -- Maps
6. Aqueducts
7. Reservoirs
8. Water-supply
9. Watersheds
10. Croton Aqueduct (N.Y.) -- Maps
11. Croton River Watershed (N.Y.) -- Maps
12. New York (N.Y.) -- Maps
13. Westchester County (N.Y.) -- Maps
14. Putnam County (N.Y.) -- Maps
15. Dutchess County (N.Y.) -- Maps
16. New York (State)
17. New York (State) -- Croton Aqueduct
18. New York (State) -- Croton River Watershed
19. New York (State) -- New York

Genre/Form

1. Maps.

Call number

1. Map Div. 16-5907

Note

1. Relief shown by hachures.
2. Oriented with north toward the upper right.
3. At head of title: The Aqueduct Commission.
4. Covers an area east of the Hudson River, between lower Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) and southern Dutchess County, New York. Shows lakes and streams, aqueducts and reservoirs. Also shows drainage, roads, railroads, etc.
5. Inset: profile of new aqueduct -- [Profile of] Quaker Bridge Reservoir.
6. "B.S. Church, chief engineer December 31st, 1886; Draughting Bureau F.S. Cook asst. engineer in charge; A.A. Aguirre and L.G. Ghetti, Del."

Indexed in (note)

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Author

1. New York (N.Y.). Aqueduct Commission, issuing body, publisher.

Title

1. Map of the route of the new Croton Aqueduct, present aqueduct and Bronx River pipe line also the watersheds of the Croton, Bronx and Byram rivers, 1887.

Publisher

1. [New York, N.Y.] : Aqueduct Commission, 1887.

Manufacturer

1. 178 William St., N.Y. : Robert A. Welcke, photo-lith., 1887.

Cartographic data

1. Scale approximately 1:125,000 (W 74°01ʹ--W 73°40ʹ/N 41°43ʹ--N 40°42ʹ)

Type of content

1. cartographic image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Indexed in:

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 3, page 396, column 1, row 5.

Source

1. US155.2.03

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. United States New York (State) New York.

Added author

1. Church, B. S. (Benjamin Silliman), 1836-
2. Cook, Frederick S., draftsman, cartographer.
3. Welcke, Robert A., lithographer.
4. Aguirre, A. A., delineator.
5. Ghetti, L. G., delineator.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 16-5907 [Filed as Croton Aqueduct, NY 1887]