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Kensico reservoir. View of up-stream face of dam. Derricks handle all masonry; cableways move derricks and other articles of plant. Contract 9. May 28, 1914.

Kensico reservoir. View of dam showing expansion-joint in foreground and down-stream face stepped to receive granite facing. Contract 9. October 29, 1914.

Kensico reservoir. View showing excavation for foundation of Kensico dam in progress. Note wooden flume for controlling water of Bronx river. Contract 9. July 30, 1912.

Kensico reservoir. Placing granite facing on the down-stream face of the dam. Bands of rusticated stone at the expansion-joints in dam. Contract 9. August 12, 1915.

Hudson pressure tunnel. Fourteen-foot cast-steel dome for Drainage shaft showing method of stressing anchor-bolts. Contract 90. February 19, 1914.

Kensico reservoir. Valves and piping and concrete forms for blow-off in the Lower gate-chamber beneath the Terrace of Kensico dam. Contract 9. March 30, 1914.

Kensico reservoir. View showing excavated V-shaped gorge at east end of dam foundation. Contract 9. March 28, 1913.

Ashokan Reservoir. View showing excavation for pressure aqueducts to convey the water to the Lower gate -chamber. Contract 3. July 19, 1910.

Ashokan Reservoir. View of Olive Bridge dam showing up-stream face. Earth embankment being placed and compacted with steam roller. Contract 3. August 9, 1910.

Kensico reservoir. Travelling stiff-leg derricks for handling masonry for the dam. Tracks supported by blocks forming facing of expansion joints. Contract 9. July 23, 1914.

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1918
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New York (N.Y.). Water Supply Board, Compiler
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The temple at Deir el 'Ashâir. It stands on a platform of massive masonry, one hundred and twenty-six feet long by sixty-nine feet wide, and about twenty feet high on the eastern side, which faces Mount Hermon. The village is inhabited by a few families of Druses and Christians.

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Hill Boarding Blocks. Maine, Stereoscope Card, NYPL.

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Wallkill pressure tunnel. Side-wall and arch forms in place ready for concrete, with inclined track to platform on level with top of side-wall. Contract 47. April 11, 1911.

Remains of ancient masonry, called the Ruins of the Tower Antonia.

Ashokan Reservoir. Placing paving on up-stream side of East dike. Contract 3. October 3, 1912.

Rondout pressure tunnel. Compressors at power-house. Contract 12. November 22, 1909.

Camps. Catskill aqueduct. ... Contract 25. July 26, 1909.

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Camps. Catskill aqueduct. .. Contract 11. June 21, 1910.

Wallkill pressure tunnel. View showing "trailing" method of placing concrete in side -walls and arch in one operation. Note high roof excavation. Contract 47. April 12, 1911.

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water supply new york state new york science industry and business library general collection photographs of the catskill water supply system in process of construction kensico reservoir stiff leg derricks expansion joints high resolution new york n y board of water supply compiler kensico reservoir stiff leg derricks masonry dam tracks blocks expansion joints contract catskill construction freemasons freemasonry new york public library