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View of the distributing reservoir: on Murrays Hill,--City of New York – Historic Photo Reproduction

View of the distributing reservoir: on Murrays Hill,--City of New York, New York : Published by N. Currier, c1842. — antique lithograph
View of the distributing reservoir: on Murrays Hill,--City of New York, New York : Published by N. Currier, c1842.. Antique lithograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with View of the distributing reservoir: on Murrays Hill,--City of New York, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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View of the distributing reservoir: on Murrays Hill,--City of New York

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Murray Hill's distributing reservoir was one of the largest public works built to bring Croton River water into Manhattan. Completed in 1842 and fed by the Croton Aqueduct, it occupied a full city block between Fifth and Sixth Avenues on a rise that gave the water enough pressure to reach upper floors. Nathaniel Currier issued this hand-colored lithograph the same year, when the city was proud of its new supply. The print treats the reservoir less as plumbing than as a landmark of a rapidly growing city.

Created / publishedNew York : Published by N. Currier, c1842.
Medium1 print : lithograph, hand-colored.
GenreLithographs Hand-colored 1840-1850.
NotesCurrier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6925
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,106 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-109891

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