First Reservoir in Manhattan

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First Reservoir built when the population reached 22,000; water was pumped from Collect Pond through pipes made of hollow logs in the main streets.

Constructed, 1776

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Harper’s Weekly. Peter Andrews (fl. 1765-1782). A plan of the city of New-York & its environs. 1876.

Water Pipe Section. ca. 1799.

G. P. Hall & Son. Manhattan Company Reservoir. 1825.

Part of New – York in 1742. ca. 1813.

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