• Old Croton Aqueduct lies on top of a 90 foot embankment that carries it over the Pocantico River crossing . This is in Rockefeller State Park, Sleepy Hollow. Photo credit: Sara Kelsey #oldcrotonaqueducttrail #crotonaqueduct #oldcrotonaqueduct #sleepyhollow #sleepyhollowcountry #rockefellerstatepark #friendsofrockefellerstateparkpreserve #pocanticoriver #tarrytown #tarrytownny #nystateparks #westchestercountyparksandrecreation #westchester #westchestercounty
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    Old Croton Aqueduct lies on top of a 90 foot embankment that carries it over the Pocantico River crossing . This is in Rockefeller State Park, Sleepy Hollow. Photo credit: Sara Kelsey #oldcrotonaqueducttrail #crotonaqueduct #oldcrotonaqueduct #sleepyhollow #sleepyhollowcountry #rockefellerstatepark #friendsofrockefellerstateparkpreserve #pocanticoriver #tarrytown #tarrytownny #nystateparks #westchestercountyparksandrecreation #westchester #westchestercounty
  • The Old Croton Aqueduct trail has been an oasis of peace for many during this difficult year. Please consider giving the gift of membership as a holiday gift this year. Help us in our efforts to maintain and improve your trail experience. Include a tee shirt, hat and map with your gift. The map makes a great stocking stuffer! All are available through our website. #oldcrotonaqueduct #crotonaqueduct #oldcrotonaqueducttrail #nynjtc #westchester #westchestercounty #westchesterparks #nysparks
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    The Old Croton Aqueduct trail has been an oasis of peace for many during this difficult year. Please consider giving the gift of membership as a holiday gift this year. Help us in our efforts to maintain and improve your trail experience. Include a tee shirt, hat and map with your gift. The map makes a great stocking stuffer! All are available through our website. #oldcrotonaqueduct #crotonaqueduct #oldcrotonaqueducttrail #nynjtc #westchester #westchestercounty #westchesterparks #nysparks
  • Join us on our next guided walk: Meandering among the Mansions of the Historic Millionaires Wednesday, November 18, 2020 - 11:00am Free, small group, open-air, 4-mile/3.5 hour (total) loop hike. Meet at NE corner of Mercy College’s Dobbs Ferry campus at 555 Broadway (Route 9) (free parking). We will walk north, and view (but not enter) Nevis, the home of a son of Alexander Hamilton, the Octagon House, the 60-foot high Aqueduct embankment over Station Road, the Tiffany Room, and the mansions of Madam C.J. Walker and Jay Gould (Lyndhurst). Learn the history of the Old Croton Aqueduct and the millionaires who lived along the trail from the mid-1800’s to early 1900’s. Required: pre-registration (limited number); masks, and social distancing. Walk will be rescheduled if weather does not cooperate. See website for details.#oldcrotonaqueduct #crotonaqueduct #oldcrotonaqueducttrail #friendsoftheoldcrotonaqueduct #oldcrotonaqueduct #dobbsferry #dobbsferryny #mercycollege #octagonhouse #armourstiner #madamecjwalker #lyndhurstmansion #lyndhurst #nevis #thetiffanyroom #irvingtonny #tarrytown #tarrytownny #ardsleyonhudson #jaygould
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    Join us on our next guided walk: Meandering among the Mansions of the Historic Millionaires Wednesday, November 18, 2020 - 11:00am Free, small group, open-air, 4-mile/3.5 hour (total) loop hike. Meet at NE corner of Mercy College’s Dobbs Ferry campus at 555 Broadway (Route 9) (free parking). We will walk north, and view (but not enter) Nevis, the home of a son of Alexander Hamilton, the Octagon House, the 60-foot high Aqueduct embankment over Station Road, the Tiffany Room, and the mansions of Madam C.J. Walker and Jay Gould (Lyndhurst). Learn the history of the Old Croton Aqueduct and the millionaires who lived along the trail from the mid-1800’s to early 1900’s. Required: pre-registration (limited number); masks, and social distancing. Walk will be rescheduled if weather does not cooperate. See website for details.#oldcrotonaqueduct #crotonaqueduct #oldcrotonaqueducttrail #friendsoftheoldcrotonaqueduct #oldcrotonaqueduct #dobbsferry #dobbsferryny #mercycollege #octagonhouse #armourstiner #madamecjwalker #lyndhurstmansion #lyndhurst #nevis #thetiffanyroom #irvingtonny #tarrytown #tarrytownny #ardsleyonhudson #jaygould
  • Croton Dam and Reservoir Hike Tuesday, November 10, 2020 - Free, small group, open-air, 2-mile/2 hour (total) loop hike north along the Aqueduct and atop the beautiful Croton Dam. Meet near the restrooms at the back of the parking lot at Croton Gorge Park. The leader of the hike will discuss the history and construction of the Old Croton Aqueduct and the features of the Croton Dam, the trailhead of the Aqueduct Trail. The Aqueduct was completed in 1842 to supply fresh water to a thirsty New York City. Required: pre-registration (limited number); masks, and social distancing. Walk will be rescheduled if weather does not cooperate. See website for details. #oldcrotonaqueduct #crotonaqueduct #oldcrotonaqueducttrail #crotondam #croton reservoir #crotononhudson #crotongorgepark #crotongorge #newcrotondam #westchester #westchestercountyparksandrecreation #westchestercounty
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    Croton Dam and Reservoir Hike Tuesday, November 10, 2020 - Free, small group, open-air, 2-mile/2 hour (total) loop hike north along the Aqueduct and atop the beautiful Croton Dam. Meet near the restrooms at the back of the parking lot at Croton Gorge Park. The leader of the hike will discuss the history and construction of the Old Croton Aqueduct and the features of the Croton Dam, the trailhead of the Aqueduct Trail. The Aqueduct was completed in 1842 to supply fresh water to a thirsty New York City. Required: pre-registration (limited number); masks, and social distancing. Walk will be rescheduled if weather does not cooperate. See website for details. #oldcrotonaqueduct #crotonaqueduct #oldcrotonaqueducttrail #crotondam #croton reservoir #crotononhudson #crotongorgepark #crotongorge #newcrotondam #westchester #westchestercountyparksandrecreation #westchestercounty
  • The sun warms a Stone Cottage in Hasting. Oculus windows mark these structures which were originally Dutch farm houses and later a stagecoach stop for Albany Post Road travelers. Now private residences. Learn about this and other interesting points on and off the trail by purchasing a map. See website.Photo credit: Charlotte Fahn. #oldcrotonaqueducttrail #crotonaqueduct #oldcrotonaqueduct #hastingshistoricalsociety #hastingsonhudson #nynjtrailconference #westchestercounty #westchester #
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    The sun warms a Stone Cottage in Hasting. Oculus windows mark these structures which were originally Dutch farm houses and later a stagecoach stop for Albany Post Road travelers. Now private residences. Learn about this and other interesting points on and off the trail by purchasing a map. See website.Photo credit: Charlotte Fahn. #oldcrotonaqueducttrail #crotonaqueduct #oldcrotonaqueduct #hastingshistoricalsociety #hastingsonhudson #nynjtrailconference #westchestercounty #westchester #
  • Croton Arch of Triumph, at the Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens, is a scale cross section of the Old Croton Aqueduct. Artist and architect Dionisio Cortes Ortega says this one-to-one-scale cross section of the Old Croton Aqueduct unearths the hidden infrastructure of New York City as an homage to foresight, planning, and public service. The aqueduct, which opened in 1842 in an effort to mitigate wide-spread fires and industrial pollution of local water sources, is a feat of ingenuity, engineering, and cooperation among government, community and private enterprise. Cortes Ortega’s monument suggests that learning from history may be a means of confronting the crises we face today. #dionisioiv #reform.arch #oldcrotonaqueducttrail #crotonaqueduct #oldcrotonaqueduct #socratessculpturepark
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    Croton Arch of Triumph, at the Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens, is a scale cross section of the Old Croton Aqueduct. Artist and architect Dionisio Cortes Ortega says this one-to-one-scale cross section of the Old Croton Aqueduct unearths the hidden infrastructure of New York City as an homage to foresight, planning, and public service. The aqueduct, which opened in 1842 in an effort to mitigate wide-spread fires and industrial pollution of local water sources, is a feat of ingenuity, engineering, and cooperation among government, community and private enterprise. Cortes Ortega’s monument suggests that learning from history may be a means of confronting the crises we face today. #dionisioiv #reform.arch #oldcrotonaqueducttrail #crotonaqueduct #oldcrotonaqueduct #socratessculpturepark
  • Tibbetts Brook Park, Yonkers. Oct 23. Fall at its peak #crotonaqueduct #oldcrotonaqueduct #oldcrotonaqueducttrail #tibbettsbrookpark #yonkers #yonkersny #westchestercounty #westchester #westchesterny #yonkersparksandrecreation #nynjtc
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    Tibbetts Brook Park, Yonkers. Oct 23. Fall at its peak #crotonaqueduct #oldcrotonaqueduct #oldcrotonaqueducttrail #tibbettsbrookpark #yonkers #yonkersny #westchestercounty #westchester #westchesterny #yonkersparksandrecreation #nynjtc
  • Join us: November 5, Thursday at 10 am - Rockwood Hall at Rockefeller Preserve to Archville Bridge -- Approximately 4 mile loop walk, easy-to-moderate, 3 hours. Meet at the parking lot behind Phelps Memorial Hospital . We will begin near the ruins of Rockwood Hall, built in 1849 and purchased by Wm. Rockefeller, John D. Senior’s younger brother, in 1886, before John D. began acquiring and building what later became Kykuit. We will walk through the Preserve, with its specimen trees in a landscape designed by Olmsted, and on the Aqueduct to the Archville bridge, which replaced the earlier bridge that carried the Aqueduct over Rt. 9 and served as a carriage trail connecting the two estates. We will then return by a different route to our starting place. Required: pre-registration (limited number); masks, and social distancing. Walk will be rescheduled if weather does not cooperate. See website for details. #oldcrotonaqueducttrail #oldcrotonaqueduct #crotonaqueduct #rockwoodhallstatepark #rockwoodhall #rockefellerstateparkpreserve #rockefellerstatepark #friendsofrockefellerstateparkpreserve #sleepyhollow #rarrytown
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    Join us: November 5, Thursday at 10 am - Rockwood Hall at Rockefeller Preserve to Archville Bridge -- Approximately 4 mile loop walk, easy-to-moderate, 3 hours. Meet at the parking lot behind Phelps Memorial Hospital . We will begin near the ruins of Rockwood Hall, built in 1849 and purchased by Wm. Rockefeller, John D. Senior’s younger brother, in 1886, before John D. began acquiring and building what later became Kykuit. We will walk through the Preserve, with its specimen trees in a landscape designed by Olmsted, and on the Aqueduct to the Archville bridge, which replaced the earlier bridge that carried the Aqueduct over Rt. 9 and served as a carriage trail connecting the two estates. We will then return by a different route to our starting place. Required: pre-registration (limited number); masks, and social distancing. Walk will be rescheduled if weather does not cooperate. See website for details. #oldcrotonaqueducttrail #oldcrotonaqueduct #crotonaqueduct #rockwoodhallstatepark #rockwoodhall #rockefellerstateparkpreserve #rockefellerstatepark #friendsofrockefellerstateparkpreserve #sleepyhollow #rarrytown
  • The New York City Department of Environmental Protection closed the public walkway atop New Croton Dam for five days earlier this month, creating a safe work zone for an inspection of the dam. The closure allowed a team of rope-access technicians to rappell down the face of the dam and inspect the stones that were used to build the structure 115 years ago. It was the largest dam in the world when it was completed in 1905. Photo credit: Tom Tarnowsky #crotonaqueduct #oldcrotonaqueduct #oldcrotonaqueducttrail #nycdepartmentofenvironmentalprotection #nycwater #crotondam #newcrotondam #crotongorgepark #westchestercounty #crotononhudson #westchestercountyparks #nynjtrailconference
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    The New York City Department of Environmental Protection closed the public walkway atop New Croton Dam for five days earlier this month, creating a safe work zone for an inspection of the dam. The closure allowed a team of rope-access technicians to rappell down the face of the dam and inspect the stones that were used to build the structure 115 years ago. It was the largest dam in the world when it was completed in 1905. Photo credit: Tom Tarnowsky #crotonaqueduct #oldcrotonaqueduct #oldcrotonaqueducttrail #nycdepartmentofenvironmentalprotection #nycwater #crotondam #newcrotondam #crotongorgepark #westchestercounty #crotononhudson #westchestercountyparks #nynjtrailconference