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Map showing the route of the new aqueduct from Central Park to Croton Dam: together with proposed reservoirs, & c.

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Title

Map showing the route of the new aqueduct from Central Park to Croton Dam: together with proposed reservoirs, & c.

Collection

Maps of New York City and State
Parts
Croton Water System

Names

New York (N.Y.). Aqueduct Commission (Publisher)
Newton, Isaac, 1837-1884 (Creator)
Church, B. S. (Benjamin Silliman), 1836- (Creator)
Welcke, Robert A. (Lithographer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1884
Place: New York?
Publisher: Aqueduct Commission
Place: 178 William St., N.Y.
Publisher: Photo-lith by Robert A. Welcke

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 14-1403

Subjects

Croton Aqueduct (N.Y.)
Croton Aqueduct (N.Y.) -- Charts, diagrams, etc

Genres

Maps

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: compiled from surveys made under direction of Isaac Newton, chief engineer, Dept. of Public Works ; the Aqueduct Commission, Benj. S. Church, chief engineer.
Content: Relief shown by hachures.
Content: Oriented with north to the upper right.
Version Identification: Differs from similar map. Includes "Sheet no. 1" in upper left, and profile of aqueduct along bottom margin.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : hand colored ; 30 x 130 cm

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 880451774
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20208184
Other local Identifier: US155.2.05
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): eff7aa80-34d2-0134-d49c-00505686a51c

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1884

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map showing the route of the new aqueduct from Central Park to Croton Dam: together with proposed reservoirs, & c." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1884. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eff7aa80-34d2-0134-d49c-00505686a51c

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1884). Map showing the route of the new aqueduct from Central Park to Croton Dam: together with proposed reservoirs, & c. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eff7aa80-34d2-0134-d49c-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map showing the route of the new aqueduct from Central Park to Croton Dam: together with proposed reservoirs, & c." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eff7aa80-34d2-0134-d49c-00505686a51c

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