Croton Aqueduct at Harlem River
This 1843 print shows the Harlem Aqueduct (or High Bridge) spanning the Harlem River. From 1850 through today, it has operated as part of a system built to deliver water to Manhattan from the Croton River in Westchester. When this image was published, the bridge was actually still under construction and the system relied on a pipe that passed under the Harlem River slightly upstream (see 54.90.1603 for the jet that could be created from that pressurized flow). A civil engineer who supervised the project made the drawing reproduced here.
Artwork Details
- Title: Croton Aqueduct at Harlem River
- Series/Portfolio: Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct
- Artist: After Fayette Bartholomew Tower (American, 1817–1857)
- Engraver: Joseph Napoleon Gimbrede (American, West Point, New York 1820–1877 New York)
- Publisher: Wiley & Putnam (New York)
- Date: 1843
- Medium: Etching and engraving
- Dimensions: Image: 4 3/16 × 9 1/2 in. (10.7 × 24.2 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 12 7/8 in. (24.7 × 32.7 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
- Object Number: 54.90.1602
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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