HISTORY & MYSTERIES
A Map of Property of Phillip C. Van Wyck Esq., surveyed by Thomas C. Cornell in August 1850. Below is a detail showing the Quaker meeting house and cemetery that was along what is now Grand Street, between South Mt. Airy Road and Church Street. The land was purchased in 1797 by Robert Underhill and … Continue reading Van Wyck Property Map, 1850
"Sing-Sing or Mount Pleasant" by Jaques Milbert A print from Milbert's 1828 book, Itinéraire pittoresque du fleuve Hudson et des parties latérales de l'Amérique du Nord, looking north from Sing-Sing. Croton Point can be seen jutting into the river from the right in the middle of the image. The French artist toured the Hudson River … Continue reading View from Sing-Sing by Jaques Milbert
A photo of the Cortlandt Furnace on Furnace Brook—though by the time this photo was taken it had long since ceased to be used as an iron furnace. Here is an account of the furnace from Robert Bolton's History of Westchester, published in 1848: “In the vicinity of Boscobel house is situated the small hamlet … Continue reading Cortlandt Furnace
Annotated detail from the survey "The Easterly shore line of the Croton River, from Deer Island to Crawbucky Point, Ward Carpenter & Sons, 1871". Click the images to enlarge them.
Card #33 in the Engineering Wonders series of cigarette cards, publishing in the United Kingdom by Will's Cigarettes.
The wooden work bridge, built across the Croton River near today's Route 129. The bridge was used to move men and supplies from the docks at Croton Landing up to the New Croton Dam worksite. The buildings along the water were the small workers community known as The Bowery. Below is another view of the … Continue reading Bowery Bridge below New Croton Dam
"View down Hudson from Hessian Hills Farm, summer home F.A.P. Gardiner at Croton on Hudson."
This manuscript map (meaning a hand-drawn map, rather than one which is printed) was made when the French army was camped in northern Westchester in 1782. It records in exquisite detail the roads, bridges, settlements and more between Croton in the southwest, Peekskill in the north and Yorktown in the northeast. The map is in … Continue reading Position des Armées Amériquaine et Françoise, 1782
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