(CROTON AQUEDUCT) Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. By F. B. TOWER. New York, 1843. 21 plates of plans and views. 4to, publisher'scloth, lacking the backstrip, worn at edges; scattered minor browning E200/300 Completed in 1842, a year before the

(CROTON AQUEDUCT) Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct. By F. B. TOWER. New York, 1843. 21 plates of plans and views. 4to, publisher'scloth, lacking the backstrip, worn at edges; scattered minor browning E200/300 Completed in 1842, a year before the publication of this book, the Croton Aqueduct brought drinkable water from upstate over the Harlem River and into the reservoir in what was later to be Central Park.