AQUEDUCT BRIDGE
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NYS Historic
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Transportation
- 199-97, Broadway, Ossining, NY 10562, USA
- 41.16322, -73.863076
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Friends Of The Old Croton Aqueduct Inc.
AQUEDUCT BRIDGE
Inscription
AQUEDUCT BRIDGECOMPLETED 1842, OLD CROTON
AQUEDUCT CROSSES OVER
SING SING KILL & BROADWAY ARCH
BRIDGE. WEIR BUILT 1881-1886
TO EMPTY TUNNEL FOR REPAIRS.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2022
A stone aqueduct bridge was completed in 1842 to carry the Old Croton Aqueduct over both the Sing Sing Kill and the Broadway Arch Bridge. Designed by civil engineer John B. Jervis, the aqueduct carried fresh water from Croton Reservoir to New York City. The original Ossining weir was located a quarter mile north of the bridge but a program initiated in 1881 modified the function of the weirs to provide valves that could divert the entire flow of the aqueduct at any one weir. This was a feat not possible in the original 1842 design. All other weirs were modified but the original Ossining weir, located on a stream, could not accommodate the entire flow of the aqueduct. Therefore, a new weir was constructed in 1881-1886 at the Aqueduct Bridge where the water could be diverted.
