[permalink] [id link]
Construction of the Croton Dam and Aqueduct began in 1837 and was completed in 1842.
from
Wikipedia
Some Related Sentences
Construction and Croton
Construction on the bridge was started in 1837, and completed in 1848 as part of the Croton Aqueduct, which carried water from the Croton River to supply the then burgeoning city of New York some to the south.
Construction was started to convert it into the Jerome Park Reservoir, to store fresh water from the New Croton Aqueduct.
Construction and Dam
* 1994 – Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River.
* 1910 – Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at.
* 1920 – Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
Construction with Argentina of the Salto Grande Dam across the Río Uruguay north of Salto was a major boost to the development of the northern litoral in the 1970s.
* March 1 – Construction of Hoover Dam is completed.
** Construction of the Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.
Construction work on Shasta Dam in June 1942
Construction of Shasta Dam, the main dam on the Sacramento, started in 1938 and was completed in 1945.
International Water Power and Dam Construction 58 ( 10 ), pp. 32 – 36
Construction of The Dalles Dam and destruction of Celilo Falls are credited with a decrease in such floods.
Funding sources include the Three Gorges Dam Construction Fund, profits from the Gezhouba Dam, loans from the China Development Bank, loans from domestic and foreign commercial banks, corporate bonds, and revenue before and after the dam is fully operational.
Construction of the Sivand Dam, named for the nearby town of Sivand, began September 19, 2006.
Construction on the Markland Locks and Dam began in 1956 and was completed in 1964.
Construction of the nearby Harlan County Dam in the 1940s nearly doubled the population from 200 to 400.
Construction of Pensacola Dam and Grand Lake o ' the Cherokees put the original town in a flood plain, so the residents moved to high ground outside the proposed lake.
Construction in 1970 of the Webbers Falls Lock and Dam, created the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir, part of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, which boosted the local economy by attracting outdoor enthusiasts.
Construction of The Dalles Dam in 1957 submerged the Long Narrows and Celilo Falls.
Construction of the Wesley Seale Dam in the late 50s raised the level of the lake to where it became desirable for weekend homes.
Construction of the Shoshone Dam started in 1905, a year after the Shoshone Project was authorized.
The Construction of Guthega Dam brought skiers to the isolated Guthega district and a rope tow was installed there in 1957.
Construction of the High Dam became a key objective of the Egyptian Government following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, as the ability to control floods, provide water for irrigation, and generate hydroelectricity were seen as pivotal to Egypt's industrialisation.
Construction of the Hoover Dam began in late 1931 and finished in 1936, two years ahead of schedule.
Image: PalmercarpenterA. jpg | Construction worker at Douglas Dam, Tennessee ( TVA ), 1942
Construction and Aqueduct
* July 25 – Construction of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales begins.
Construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct between 1905 and 1913, which brought water from the distant Owens Valley to the San Fernando Valley, was important to the area.
Construction of the dam was made possible by California voter approval in 1960 of the California Aqueduct project, also referred to as the Feather River project ( the source of the water in the northern part of the state north of Auburn ).
Construction of the Central Arizona Project Aqueduct, which began in 1973, soon diverted water from the Colorado River to the lake, converting the lake from an agricultural project into a storage reservoir for the project.
Construction of the lake was the largest construction project by the MWD since building the Colorado River Aqueduct.
Construction on the South Bay Aqueduct began in 1960.
Construction and began
Construction began in November 1962.
Construction began in May 1844.
) Construction of residential buildings began north of the World Financial Center in the late 1990s and completion of the final lots scheduled to be completed by spring 2011.
Construction began on the first residential building in 1980, followed in 1981 with the start of construction on the World Financial Center.
Construction began during summer 1853, on a site some north-west of the original building, which was considered to have a better outlook.
Construction began in 1911 and was completed in 1913.
Construction of a second terminal began in 2007 and was officially opened on 19 November 2010.
Construction of a new Terminal 2 complex to replace the old terminal building and adjacent Queen's Building began in 2009 with the first phase expected to open in 2014.
Construction of Northwode Chapel by the monks of Jumiéges, Normandy, began in about 1140 and this became the present St Peter's Church and now the oldest surviving church on the Island.
Construction began in 1994 and the Gardens ' initial 5 acres ( 20, 000 m2 ) were officially dedicated on September 16, 1995.
Construction of major railways connecting the larger cities and towns began in the 1830s but only gained momentum at the very end of the first Industrial Revolution.
Construction of the monument began in 1917 and finished in 1924.
Construction of four Nassau class battleships began in 1907 with the greatest possible secrecy.
Construction began in 1910 of the first submarine powered by twin diesel engines.
Construction of the new field began in 2007, and was completed in December 2009, in time for the 2010 season.
Construction began on October 31, 1863.
Construction of the track, designed by the Eichler Architekturbüro from Ravensburg ( led by architect Gustav Eichler ), began in September 1925.
Construction began in the 6th century BC during the rule of the Athenian tyrants, who envisaged building the greatest temple in the ancient world, but it was not completed until the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century AD some 638 years after the project had begun.
Construction began on a major new CCTV studio in Beijing in 1985.
Construction began in 1998, and the Southside Works is now open for business with many store, restaurants, offices, and the world headquarters for American Eagle Outfitters.
Construction began with the interdict hanging over Normandy, but it was later repealed in April 1197 by Pope Celestine III, after Richard made gifts of land to Walter de Coutances and the diocese of Rouen, including two manors and the prosperous port of Dieppe.
Construction began on Enterprise on June 4, 1974.
Construction began on Columbia in 1975 at Rockwell International's ( formerly North American Aviation / North American Rockwell, now Boeing North America ) principal assembly facility in Palmdale, California, a suburb of Los Angeles.
Construction of the predecessor of the present Kamioka Observatory, the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo began in 1982 and was completed in April, 1983.
Construction of the Dubai Metro began in march 2006 ; it opened for the public on 9 September 2009.
1.529 seconds.