https://www.inventionandtech.com/ en https://www.inventionandtech.com/content/croton-water-supply-system <span>Croton Water Supply System</span> <div class="field field--name-field-image-site-img field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/landmark_node_/public/landmarks/images/Croton_Water_Supply_System.jpg?itok=4UcnICX0" width="250" height="188" alt="Croton Water Supply System" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> <span><span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype=""> (not verified)</span></span> <span>Wed, 07/25/2012 - 03:39</span> <div class="field field--name-field-society field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Society</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/society/asce" hreflang="en">ASCE</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-main-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Main Category</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/main-category/civil" hreflang="en">Civil</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sub-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Sub Category</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/subcategory/water-supply-control" hreflang="en">Water Supply &amp; Control</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-era field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Era</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/period/1840-1849" hreflang="en">1840-1849</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-date-created field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Date Created</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/date-created/1842" hreflang="en">1842</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-location-country field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Location Country</div> <div class="field__item">us</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-coordinates field--type-geolocation field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Coordinates</div> <div class="field__item"><span typeof="Place"> <span property="geo" typeof="GeoCoordinates"> <meta property="latitude" content="41.233333"> <meta property="longitude" content="-73.800556"> </span> <span class="geolocation-latlng">41.233333, -73.800556</span> </span> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-address1 field--type-string-long field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Address1</div> <div class="field__item">Croton River</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-address2 field--type-string-long field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Address2</div> <div class="field__item">NY 129</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-city field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">City</div> <div class="field__item">New York</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-state field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">State</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/state/ny" hreflang="en">NY</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-country field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Country</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/country/usa" hreflang="en">USA</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-website field--type-link field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Website</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://www.asce.org/project/croton-water-supply-systems/">http://www.asce.org/project/croton-water-supply-systems/</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-creator field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Creator</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/inventor/jervis-john" hreflang="en">Jervis, John </a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Inferior water and the lack of a sufficient water supply prompted public pressure to find a significant water source for the 360,000 of people living in New York City at the time. Studies determined that the Croton River, 40 miles north of the city, was the best available source. The original system served as a prototype for large-scale water supply projects across America. </p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-landmark-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Tags</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/keyword/croton" hreflang="en">Croton</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/keyword/water" hreflang="en"> Water</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/keyword/supply" hreflang="en"> Supply</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/keyword/control" hreflang="en"> Control</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/keyword/jervis" hreflang="en"> Jervis</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/keyword/aqueduct" hreflang="en"> Aqueduct</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/keyword/masonry" hreflang="en"> Masonry</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/keyword/new-york-0" hreflang="en"> New York</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/keyword/new-york-0" hreflang="en"> New York</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-comment field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">&quot;New York became the first large city to liberate real estate and industry on a metropolitan-wide scale from the limitations of a feeble water supply ... while Boston, Philadelphia and Cincinnati had aqueduct systems, they could not compare with Croton.&quot; <br /> - Eugene Moehring, historian, 1985</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-credit field--type-string-long field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Image Credit</div> <div class="field__item">Courtesy Flickr/Otterman56 (CC BY 2.0)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Image Caption</div> <div class="field__item">Croton Water Supply System</div> </div> Wed, 25 Jul 2012 07:39:05 +0000 Anonymous 80158 at https://www.inventionandtech.com