The Commissioners of the Croton Aqueduct Department deem that the work cannot be done by contract except at great cost, and with a risk amounting almost to a certainly of casualties, which will ...

The aqueduct, completed nearly a century ago ... New York City needed more water than could be provided by the Croton Reservoir, built in 1842. In 1906, the state Water Supply Commission approved ...

Capacity has been increased for the complementary Catskill Aqueduct and more drinking water will come from the dozen ...