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This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. (help, get involved!) Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. This article has been tagged since April 2007. | Old Croton Dam, Site of | | (U.S. National Register of Historic Places) | | | | Nearest city: | Croton, NY | | Coordinates: | 41°13′34.1″N, 73°51′21″W | | Built/Founded: | 1842 | | Architect: | Jarvis,John Bloomfield; Multiple | | Added to NRHP: | June 19, 1973 | | NRHP Reference #: | 73001289 [1] | | Governing body: | Westchester County Parks | Croton Gorge Park is a park in Cortlandt, New York. It is owned by Westchester County, New York. It consists of 97 acres at the base of Croton Dam. The Old Croton Trail has an endpoint in the park. Activities include hiking, fishing, cross-country skiing, and sledding. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ...
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Westchester County is a primarily suburban county with about 940,000 residents located in the U.S. state of New York. ...
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Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ...
Cortlandt Manor is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States. ...
Westchester County is a primarily suburban county with about 940,000 residents located in the U.S. state of New York. ...
The Old Croton Trailway State Historic Park and Trail extends for 26. ...
The Croton Reservoir is a historic part of the New York City watershed. It is notable and important in the history of supplying water for the biggest city in the United States of America via the Croton Aqueduct. Part of New Croton Reservoir The New Croton Reservoir is a narrow reservoir in Westchester County, New York, lying approximately 22 miles (35. ...
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The Croton Aqueduct was a large and complex water distribution system constructed for New York City between 1837 and 1842. ...
The dam, built in 1842, was the first large masonry dam in the United States. It became the prototype for other municipal water supply dams in the eastern United States. The water demand in New York City eventually outstripped the supply that the dam could provide, so the New Croton Dam was built in 1893 on land purchased from A. B. Cornell. The reservoir has a capacity of 34 billion gallons.[2] The raccoon stretches across the Croton River in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. ...
The park offers trails, picnicking, fishing, sledding, a playground and a ball field. The beginning of the Croton River is here. A big fountain is in the Croton Gorge Park too.
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References - ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ History of Park Croton Gorge. Retrieved on 2007-04-20.
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