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Illustration 1: Jerome Park Reservoir viewed from a neighboring apartment building. (Photo by Sandra Sider). Illustration 2: Pipe Vault Portal, an arched stone structure at the northwest corner of the Jerome Park Reservoir, leads to a passage through the reservoir embankment to Gate House No. 2. Illustration 3: Gate House No. 5, Jerome Park Reservoir, main entry portal. Illustration 5: Sholem Aleichem Houses, an historic apartment building overlooking the Jerome Park Reservoir. Illustration 6: Sedgwick Avenue,
designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, landscape architect, borders the western
edge of the Jerome Park Reservoir Illustration 8: The Old Aqueduct Trailway, at Fordham Road in the Bronx, runs atop a stone-faced berm that is landscaped as a linear park. Illustration 9: Historic illustration of the Saw Mill River Bridge, Old Croton Aqueduct, Yonkers (Tower, 1843). Illustration 10: Historic illustration of the High Bridge over the Harlem River, just prior to its completion. Manhattan Island is at left, "The Continent of America" at right (Schramke, 1846). Illustration 11: Stone ventilator shaft on the Old Croton Aqueduct in Ossining. Illustration 12: Weir building on the Old Croton Aqueduct in Pocantico. Illustration 13: Ferry landing by the High Bridge. The High Bridge Tower and pumping station can be seen on the opposite bank of the Harlem River. (Harper's Weekly, 1880). Illustration 14: 113th Street Gate House, Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan, built in the 1870's along the Old Croton Aqueduct. Illustration 15: Middle Branch Reservoir dam, Putnam County. Illustration 16: System plan showing the Old Croton Aqueduct, the New Croton Aqueduct and the Bronx and Byram system. Above is a hydrographic profile of the New Croton Aqueduct. Below is a cross section through the New Croton Reservoir, based on the proposed Quaker Bridge Dam (1887 Report to the Aqueduct Commissioners). Illustration 17: Cross sections of the New Croton Aqueduct. (1887 Report to the Aqueduct Commissioners). Illustration 18: Sectional perspective drawing showing the New Croton Aqueduct under construction beneath the Harlem River. High Bridge is in the background, High Bridge Park, Manhattan and Shaft No. 25 are at right. (Scientific American, 1880's). Illustration 19: Weir building on the New Croton Aqueduct at Pocantico. Illustration 20: Shaft No. 25, stair and retaining wall complex, New Croton Aqueduct, High Bridge Park, Manhattan. The horseshoe-arched portal is emblematic of the aqueduct beneath. Illustration 23: East Branch Dam, Putnam County. Illustration 24: Titicus Dam, Westchester County. Illustration 25: New Croton Dam (Cornell site), Westchester. Illustration 26: Croton Reservoir, Westchester. Illustration 28: Site plan of the Jerome Park Reservoir showing its relationship to the 'Olmsted streets,' Mosholu Parkway, and Van Cortlandt Park (1895 Report to the Aqueduct Commissioners). Illustration 29: Plan of the Jerome Park Reservoir showing new work and existing conditions. The design includes a peninsula and two islands (1895 Report to the Aqueduct Commissioners). Illustration 32: High Pumping Station, Jerome Park Reservoir, designed by G. W. Birdsall, Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity. Illustration 33: Historic view, Reservoir Keeper's House (demolished), Jerome Park Reservoir, designed by F. S. Cook, Aqueduct Commissioners. Illustration 35: Residences along Sedgwick Avenue seen from the Jerome Park Reservoir grounds. Illustration 36: Jerome Park Reservoir and Reservoir Avenue seen from an overlook in Old Fort Four Park (originally part of the reservoir grounds). Illustration 37: Historic view of the New Croton Branch Aqueduct for Jerome Park Reservoir under construction in 1899 (1907 Report to the Aqueduct Commissioners). Illustration 38: Historic view of the Old Croton Aqueduct being reconstructed in the Division Wall of the Jerome Park Reservoir in 1898 (1907 Report to the Aqueduct Commissioners). Illustration 39: Historic view of the original Division Wall of the Jerome Park Reservoir (now the East Basin Wall), being built in 1899. The reconstructed Old Croton Aqueduct is above and the conduits from Gate House No. 5 are below (1907 report to the Aqueduct Commissioners). Illustration 40: Lehman College seen over the wall of the Old Croton Aqueduct, where it was reconstructed within the original Division Wall of the Jerome Park Reservoir (now the East Basin Wall). Illustration 41: The wall of the Old Croton Aqueduct reconstructed within Gate House No. 5 of the Jerome Park Reservoir. Illustration 42: Original boundary wall of the Jerome Park Reservoir, now in Fort Independence Park. Illustration 44: Gate House No. 2, Jerome Park Reservoir. Illustration 45: Gate House No. 3, Jerome Park Reservoir. Illustration 47: Inlet with voussoir arch, Gate House No. 3, Jerome Park Reservoir. Illustration 48: Cast iron valves and floor plates, c. 1900, Gate House No. 5, Jerome Park Reservoir. Illustration 52: Inlet tunnel and sluice gates, Gate House No. 7, Jerome Park Reservoir. Illustration 53: Gate House No. 2, Jerome Park Reservoir. The stone substructure is by the Aqueduct Commissioners, c. 1900, the brick and stone superstructure, by the WPA, is from 1938. Illustration 54: Gate House No. 5, Jerome Park Reservoir. The stone substructure is by the Aqueduct Commissioners, c. 1900, the brick and stone superstructure, by the WPA, is from 1938. Illustration 56: Historic view, West Basin Wall and Waste Weir under construction, 1902 (1907 Report to the Aqueduct Commissioners). Illustration 57: Historic view, Jerome Park Reservoir from north end showing the bridge from Gate House No. 5 Shaft No. 21 (1907 Report to the Aqueduct Commissioners). Illustration 58: South Portal, Jerome Park Reservoir, the principal outlet supplying the reservoir. | ||
