GENERAL
Structure/Property Name (Current and Original, if Different): Cross River Dam and Reservoir
STRUCTURE/PROPERTY
Historic Use: Dam and reservoir for the Croton System
Present Use: Same
Typology: Dam/Reservoir
Period(s) of Construction: 1906-1908
Date of Decommissioning: N/A
Date(s) of Demolition: N/A
Structural System/Materials: Cyclopean masonry; 986 feet long, 170 feet high; faced with precast concrete blocks; filled with “cyclopean” masonry: gigantic stones in matrix of concrete.
MISCELLANEOUS
“When needed, the water from the reservoir is released down the natural channel of the river into the New Croton Reservoir” (Water-works 98)
SOURCES
Kevin Bone, “The Extension of the Croton System,” Water-works: The Architecture and Engineering of the New York City Water Supply, Kevin Bone, ed. (New York: The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union and The Monacelli Press, 2006
FICHE PREPARED BY
Jørgen G. Cleemann
The Croton Waterworks 