Sujet

The Croton Aqueduct - Harlem River Bridge, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Croton Aqueduct - Harlem River Bridge, [New York], 1850. Aqueduct supplying the city of New York. 'At one period...pure soft water was carried from house to house in casks, and retailed to the inhabitants at their doors like milk...the aqueduct runs southerly, through the valley of the Hudson, to the edge of the Harlem River valley, consisting, through the whole distance of thirty-two miles, of one continuous underground canal...the water is conveyed by large iron pipes through the central parts of the city, and distributed to the streets, and thence to the houses...there is an unintermitting flow of water, yielding a superabundant supply to all the apartments of every floor; allowing without stint for the washing of the streets, and even of the fronts of the houses, during the heat of summer, and providing instantaneously for extinguishing fires'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22A34_151

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

30,7Mo (2,7Mo) / 42,0cm x 18,3cm / 4960 x 2160 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation river water technology boat boats New York engineering bridge bridges British geography Central America structure Victorian century steam boat Britain newspapers press civil engineering aqueduct B&W new york state engraved engraving water supply United States of America 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News steamer boat TGN ILN Harlem River newspaper landscape united states Unknown 19th-century Croton Aqueduct