Route of the Old Croton Aqueduct

Route of the Old Croton AqueductLocation: Aqueduct Walk, just east of Martin Luther King Blvd. and University Avenue, between Kingsbridge Road and Tremont Avenue (tax address is 1104 East 177th Street), Block: 2868 , Lot: 5; Block: 3210 , Lot: 1; Block: 3213 , Lot: 70; Block: 3213, Lot:27; Block: 3214 , Lot: 33; Block: 3215 , Lot: 31; Block:2868, Lot:5; Block:3211, Lot:1; Block:3212, Lot:1; Block:3214, Lot:33.

Status: Never landmarked or heard. Owned by the NYC Parks Department. Property covers overall 8.61 acres.

Description from the Bronx Survey

A grassy, bench-lined strip running on top of the Old Croton Aqueduct which extended from northern Westchester County to Highbridge and provided New York City with its first dependable source for drinking water. The aqueduct, completed in 1842, was replaced by the Second Croton Aqueduct at the turn of the twentieth century.

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