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Croton Aqueduct at Harlem River

Engraver Joseph Napoleon Gimbrede American
Publisher Wiley & Putnam American
1843
Not on view
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

Object Information
  • 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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