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The Old Croton Trail extends for 26.2 miles (42.2 km) in Westchester County, providing public access along all but four segments — in the Getty Square neighborhood of downtown Yonkers, Tarrytown, Scarborough and Ossining — along the route of the aqueduct.
The Old Croton Aqueduct Trailway (1.1 miles (1.8 km), easy/moderate), [217] was created in 1968 when the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation had bought a 26.2-mile (42.2 km) stretch of the Old Croton Aqueduct, for use as a walking trail.
The Old Croton Aqueduct was the first of its kind ever constructed in the United States. The innovative system used a classic gravity feed, dropping 13 inches (330 mm) per mile, or about 1/4" per 100' (~0.02%) [ 5 ] and running 41 miles (66 km) into New York City through an enclosed masonry structure crossing ridges, valleys, and rivers.
Aqueduct Walk is a community park in The Bronx, New York City, located between Kingsbridge Road and West Tremont Avenue. It spans over two zip codes ( 10453 and 10468) and two Bronx community boards ( 5 and 7 ).
Part of the Old Croton Aqueduct runs through Tibbetts Brook Park. The aqueduct was built between 1837 and 1842 in order to supply fresh clean water for New York City which was suffering water-borne disease outbreaks. In 1890, the Old Croton Aqueduct was decommissioned to make way for the new, improved and higher capacity New Croton Aqueduct.
Still others are on New York State's Path Through History or Westchester County's African American Heritage Trail. ... Old Croton Aqueduct, Croton; John W. Draper ...
The weather is getting warmer, which means more time outdoors, days at the beach and, you guessed it, road construction. The New York State Thruway has a slate of projects scheduled this summer ...
Highbridge Park derives its name from New York City’s oldest standing bridge, the High Bridge (1848), which was built to carry the Old Croton Aqueduct over the Harlem River. From the 17th to the 19th centuries, the area was sparsely populated with scattered farms and private estates.