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Bird’s Eye Views of the Croton Aqueduct, 1879-1887
Here are two priceless “bird’s eye” views of the Croton Aqueduct, made eight years apart during the period when New York City was rapidly outgrowing the capacity of what we now call the Old Croton...
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The Ultimate Bird’s Eye View of Manhattan
Colton’s 1836 map of the sparsely populated area around Central Park. The satellite image in the middle shows the location of what was the Croton Aqueduct Receiving Reservoir (the six yellow...
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View of Haverstraw Bay, circa 1868
View of Haverstraw Bay, from off Scarborough. Published by the United States Coast Survey, Washington, D.C., 1868. Click the image to enlarge it. At first glance you might think this beautiful print is...
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’Twas the Night Before Christmas in Sing Sing
Clement C. Moore, author of the beloved poem ’ Twas the Night Before Christmas, had a family connection to Sing Sing. According to the biography by Samuel White Patterson, Moore “had once contemplated...
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Croton Landing, 1872
Croton Landing from plate 44 of the County Atlas Of Westchester New York, published by J.B. Beers & Co., 1872. Click the image to enlarge it. Here is a detailed map of what Croton looked like 142...
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Map of the Hudson River Line Steamers, 1883
Map of Hudson River Line Steamers, Albany and C. Vibbard. Courtesy of Wellcome Library, London. Click the image to enlarge it. Here’s a nice route map of the Hudson River Line steamers Albany and...
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A Van Cortlandt Manor Treasure—on eBay!
The first page of Cartwright’s notebook. For the second time in a month we are pleased to have helped the Westchester County Historical Society acquire an important piece of Croton-related history....
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Croton’s First Train Station
Croton’s first train station, circa 1849. Croton filmmaker, journalist and history-buff Ken Sargeant has shared with us a disk of images he acquired many years ago when he was doing some work with the...
View ArticleHistory on the Beach
During a walk along the beach on the north side of Croton Point we spotted some old bricks, encased in a piece of concrete. "IX" could be seen stamped on one of them and "XL" on the other. As we wrote...
View ArticleView of the Hudson from Horton’s Road Near Croton
If you have an extra $8,000 to $12,000 to spend* you should bid on a magnificent painting of the Croton area by Robert Havell, Jr. being auctioned at Sotheby’s tomorrow. The painting has been owned by...
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