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  2. Croton Distributing Reservoir - Wikipedia

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    The Croton Distributing Reservoir, also known as the Murray Hill Reservoir, was an above-ground reservoir at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Covering 4 acres (16,000 m 2 ) and holding 20 million US gallons (76,000 m 3 ), [ 1 ] it supplied the city with drinking water during the 19th century.

  3. New York City water supply system - Wikipedia

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    The New York City Water Board was established in 1905. It sets water and sewer rates for New York City sufficient to pay the costs of operating and financing the system, and collects user payments from customers for services provided by the water and wastewater utility systems of the City of New York.

  4. List of dams and reservoirs in New York - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 5 September 2023, at 20:25 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  5. Croton Aqueduct - Wikipedia

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    The Croton Aqueduct or Old Croton Aqueduct was a large and complex water distribution system constructed for New York City between 1837 and 1842. The great aqueducts , which were among the first in the United States , carried water by gravity 41 miles (66 km) from the Croton River in Westchester County to reservoirs in Manhattan .

  6. Jerome Park Reservoir - Wikipedia

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    1896 NY Times map of proposed reservoir. The reservoir was built in 1906 to serve the New Croton aqueduct [2] as part of the New York City water supply system.It is named for Jerome Park Racetrack, a part of the former Old Bathgate Estate (owned by Winston Churchill's maternal grandfather Leonard Walter Jerome 1817–1891, for whom the racetrack was originally named) which opened in 1866 and ...

  7. New Croton Aqueduct - Wikipedia

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    Distinctive New York City Watershed building in Yonkers for shaft of New Croton Aqueduct The New Croton Aqueduct opened on July 15, 1890, [ 3 ] replacing the Old Croton Aqueduct. The newer aqueduct is a brick-lined tunnel, 13 feet (4.0 m) in diameter and 33 miles (53 km) long, running from the New Croton Reservoir in Westchester County to the ...

  8. New Croton Dam - Wikipedia

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    The New Croton Dam (also known as Cornell Dam) [1] is a dam forming the New Croton Reservoir, both parts of the New York City water supply system. It stretches across the Croton River near Croton-on-Hudson, New York, about 22 miles (35 km) north of New York City. Construction began in 1892 and was completed in 1906. [2]

  9. New Croton Reservoir - Wikipedia

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    The New Croton Reservoir is a reservoir in Westchester County, New York, part of the New York City water supply system lying approximately 22 miles (35 km) north of New York City. It is the collecting point for water from all reservoirs in the Croton Watershed .

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