On July 4, 1842 the Croton, or Murray Hill, Distributing Reservoir opened to a crowd of 20,000 people. The reservoir, which extended from 40th to 42nd Street between 5th and 6th Avenues ...

Once in the city, water first visited a receiving reservoir—located at what is now the Central Park Great Lawn—before arriving at the Croton Distributing Reservoir, also known as the Murray ...

Listed below are the locations of these remnants. 1. The Croton Distributing Reservoir’s Original Foundation The old stone work of the Croton Distributing Reservoir can be seen embedded in the ...

The Croton Reservoir was a massive above-ground ... you should ride out Fifth Avenue, as far as the distributing reservoir, near Forty-third Street, I believe. The prospect from the walk around ...

NEW YORK — A new study is pointing to a potential crisis with the water supply in the Hudson Valley and New York City, according to state officials. The New York City Department of Environmental ...

The Distributing Reservoir at 42nd Street (now the site of the NY Public ... It wasn’t long until the need for more water surpassed even what that aqueduct could provide. The New Croton Aqueduct was ...

The suburban reservoirs that supply 10% of New York City’s vaunted drinking water are getting saltier due to decades of road salt being spread near the system — and they will eventually have ...