Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
High Pumping Station is a historic pumping station located in Jerome Park, Bronx, the Bronx, New York City. It was built between 1901 and 1906, and is a rectangular red brick building with a steeply pitched slate covered gable roof. It was built as part of the Jerome Park Reservoir complex. [2]
The park occupies a long and narrow strip of land between Jerome Park Reservoir and Goulden avenue. Neighboring the park are two "Education Mile" [1] institutions: The Bronx High School of Science, and DeWitt Clinton High School. Harris Park, another New York City Department of Parks and Recreation property, is another
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 Jerome Park Reservoir in the Bronx. Water flows then proceed toward the Croton Water Filtration Plant for treatment. [4]
DeRuyter Reservoir; Diverting Reservoir; East Branch Reservoir; Eaton Reservoir; Glenmere Lake; Grassy Sprain Reservoir; Great Sacandaga Lake; Hillview Reservoir; Highland Park Reservoir; Hinckley Reservoir; Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir; Jamesville Reservoir; Jerome Park Reservoir; Kenozia Lake; Kensico Reservoir; Lake Maratanza; Lake ...
A map of the actual Croton Watershed is found here. The Croton River (/ ˈ k r oʊ t ən / KROH-tən) is a river in southern New York with three principal tributaries: the West Branch, Middle Branch, and East Branch. Their waters, all part of the New York City water supply system, [3] join downstream from the Croton Falls Reservoir.
Emergency responders were alerted that a body was found in the Highland Park reservoir around 8 a.m. and the Rochester Police Department's scuba team is working to recover what appears to be a ...
It was located in a part of Westchester County, New York that was annexed into the city of New York in 1874. Jerome Park Racetrack was the home of the Belmont Stakes from 1867 until 1889. Today, Jerome Park is the name of a neighborhood adjoining the Jerome Park Reservoir, Bedford Park and Norwood in the northern Bronx.