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Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct

Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct

by F. B. Tower

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Author
Tower, F. B. (Fayette Bartholomew), 1817-1857
Original Publication
United States: Wiley and Putnam,1843.
Credits
deaurider, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
TD: Technology: Environmental technology, Sanitary engineering
Subject
Croton Aqueduct (N.Y.)
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 66640
Release Date
November 1, 2021
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE CROTON AQUEDUCT ,
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. AQUEDUCTS, FOUNTAINS, ETC. — Aqueducts of Ancient Rome.
  6. 6.Some of the principal Aqueducts constructed by the ancient Romans in other parts of Europe. — Aqueduct of Nismes. — The Ancient Aqueducts of Lyons. — Aqueduct of Mount Pila. — Construction. — Ancient Aqueduct of Metz. — Aqueduct of Bourgas, near Constantinople. — Modern Rome.
  7. 7.The Principal Modern Aqueducts of Italy, France, Etc. — Aqueduct of Caserta. — Aqueduct Bridge of Castellana. — Aqueduct of Montpelier. — Aqueduct of Spoleto. — Aqueduct of the Prince of Biscari. — Aqueduct of Arcueil. — Aqueduct of Maintenon. — Aqueduct of Lisbon. — Aqueducts of Mexico and the adjacent States. — Aqueducts of South America.
  8. 8.Fountains. — Fountains of Rome.
  9. 9.HISTORY OF THE PROGRESSIVE MEASURES FOR SUPPLYING THE CITY OF NEW-YORK WITH WATER.
  10. 10.OF PLANS PROPOSED FOR FURNISHING THE CITY WITH WATER, AND OF THE PLAN ADOPTED. — Sources of the Croton River. — Flow of Water in the Croton River, Capacity of the Fountain Reservoir, &c. — General Design of the Channel-way and Reservoirs.
  11. 11.GENERAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE AQUEDUCT. — WASTE-WEIRS. — VENTILATORS. — CULVERTS. — Gate Chamber at the Head of the Aqueduct and Grade of the Water-way of the Aqueduct.
  12. 12.DESCRIPTION OF THE LINE OF AQUEDUCT.
  13. 13.APPENDIX. — WATER. — Natural History. In the inorganized kingdom. — Water as affected by the laws of Heat. — Tests of the usual impurities in Common Water.
  14. 14.FOOTNOTES
  15. 15.Transcriber’s Notes

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