The upper arch carried the Old Croton Aqueduct. It was the first NYC water supply project. It is now a trail. The lower arch carries Broadway over the Sing Sing Krill.
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| Postcard via BridgeHunter |
The Broadway arch allows us to get a closeup view of the aqueduct arch.
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| Street View, Sep 2017 |
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| Richard Guo, Jun 2022 |
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| Ira Gershenhorn, Jun 2022, cropped |
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| Ira Gershenhorn, Jun 2022, cropped |
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| Vadim Nobel, May 2022 |
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| 1 of 3 photos posted by Bridges & Tunnels Two distinctive arch bridges along Broadway and the former Croton Aqueduct cross Sing Sing Kill in Ossining, New York. The construction of the Croton Aqueduct was spurred by the pollution of local freshwater sources in Manhattan and increased disease which led to the construction of the Croton Aqueduct between 1837-42. It included a stone arch bridge over Sing Sing Kill in Ossining which was comprised of granite and gneiss blocks with an interior structure composed of brick. The Sing Sing Kill bridge was built larger than what was required to accommodate the stream as it was required to include a passageway through the bridge to provide a landowner access from his house to his field. A rudimentary wooden bridge along Mill Street (today’s Broadway) in the vicinity of Whitson’s Mill was constructed under the aqueduct which was replaced with a stone arch structure in 1861. ➤ Check out more photos at http://bridgestunnels.com/location/double-arch-bridges/ |
The stone arch for Broadway was added in 1861. [B&T]
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| HAER NY,60-OSS,2A--8, cropped 8. Photocopied December 1977, from F.B. Tower "Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct," New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843. AQUEDUCT BRIDGE AT SING SING - Old Croton Aqueduct, Sing Sing Kill Bridge, Spanning Aqueduct Street & Broadway, Ossining, Westchester County, NY |
There were a lot fewer trees back in 1843.
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| HAER NY,60-OSS,2A--7, cropped 7. Photocopied December 1977, from F.B. Tower, Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct, New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843. CROTON AQUEDUCT AT SING SING, PLATE XIII, PAGE 101. - Old Croton Aqueduct, Sing Sing Kill Bridge, Spanning Aqueduct Street & Broadway, Ossining, Westchester County, NY |
This arch bridge is in the left part of the above illustration.
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| Street View, Sep 2017 |
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