1897 Building the Croton Dam ~ Article, Photos

This is an original illustrated magazine article about the building of the new Croton Dam that has been carefully extracted from an 1897 issue of Metropolitan Magazine.

Photos include:

ï The Croton River as it is at present
ï A partial view of the pit from the hilltop
ï Down in the pit with the masons
ï Excavating for the earth dam
ï The dam as it will appear when finished

Title: The Water Sources of the Metropolis by Frederick Mitchell

Length (includes front & back): 3 pages

Approximate Page Size (in inches): 6 x 9

Condition: VG (the atticpaper watermark does not appear on the actual article)