. Traveller's steamboat and railroad guide to the Hudson River : describing the cities, towns, and places of interest along the route : with maps and en . ny form that might be desired to thewater issuing. The level of this branch pipe is about 120 feet below thebottom of the aqueduct on the north side of the valley, affording an opportu-nity for a beautiful jet (Teau, — such an one as cannot be obtained at thefountains in the city. From an orifice of 7 inches in diameter, the columnof water rises to a height of 115 feet, when there is but two feet of water inthe aqueduct. • Visitors to the Hi
. Traveller's steamboat and railroad guide to the Hudson River : describing the cities, towns, and places of interest along the route : with maps and en . ny form that might be desired to thewater issuing. The level of this branch pipe is about 120 feet below thebottom of the aqueduct on the north side of the valley, affording an opportu-nity for a beautiful jet (Teau, — such an one as cannot be obtained at thefountains in the city. From an orifice of 7 inches in diameter, the columnof water rises to a height of 115 feet, when there is but two feet of water inthe aqueduct. • Visitors to the High Bridge can pass and repass upon the top with themost perfect security. It is a splendid structure, richly worth the notice ofthe traveller. Persons wishing to visit it from the city of New York cantake the cars of the Hudson River Railroad to Carmansville, which is shortof one mile distant from the Bridge or by the way of Harlem. After crossing Harlem River, the aqueduct continues to the receivingreservoir at 86th street, covering 35 acres, and containing 150 millions ofgallons. From this point the line proceeds to the distributing reservoir. Jet at Harlem River. at 40th street, and from thence the water is distributed over the city bymeans of iron pipes. Haverstraw, on the west side of the river, thirty-six miles from New York, isa neat village, pleasantly situated upon a plateau overlooking the river. Ithas constant communication with the city by steamboats. Three miles aboveHaverstraw is Stony Point, the site of a fort during the Revolution. Di-rectly opposite, on the east side of the river, is Verplancks Point. Theriver between these two points is only half a mile across, and here was estab-lished what was called Kings Ferry, the great highway between the easternand the middle states. The ferry was commanded by the points of land onthe two shores. Both these forts were captured by the British in .May, 1779,and their occupation by the enemy was a great annoyance to th
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