LHVB Commemorates 100th Years of the Cornell (New Croton) Dam

The ASCE Lower Hudson Valley Branch unveiled a bronze plaque commemorating the 100th year of service of the Cornell (New Croton) Dam at Croton Gorge Park in Cortlandt, New York on October 9, 2006. This remarkable civil engineering achievement was part of an expansion of the Croton Water Supply System, built in two phases between 1893 and 1906. The last stone was laid on the dam in January 1906. It became the highest dam yet built at its time of construction. The dam remains the largest of cut stone masonry (vs. concrete) construction. It stands 291 feet above its rock foundation, which is 124 feet below the river bed. With its curved, stepped spillway spanned by a recently replaced simple steel arch bridge and situated at the edge of a 97-acre park, it is one of the most beautiful spots of the Lower Hudson Valley area.

 

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