GEORGIUS WASHINGTON PRAES. PRIM. RER. CONF. AMER. MDCCLXXXIX|LOVETT PHILA.: bust, r.
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TO COMMEMORATE THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE| INTERNATIONAL/EXHIBITION/ HELD AT/FAIRMOUNT PARK/ PHILADELPHIA/MAY 10 TO NOV. 10/1876: inscription
VIRTUE AND VALOR W. L. I.|R.L. PHILA.: angel with horn and cloud ("WASHINGTON" within cloud)
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W.L.I./CAPT SIMONTON/144 MEN./4TH JULY/1860|1807|LOWNDES.CROSS.CRAFTS.SIMONS.MILLER.GILCHRIST.RAVENEL.LEE.JERVEY.PORTER.WALKER.HATCH.|22D. FEB.: tree at top, inscription below, names corresponding to 22nd. Feb. 1807 within ribbon
BUILT BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK. COMMENCED, A.D. 1837.|WATER INTRODUCED 4TH JULY, 1842.|DISCHARGE/IN 24 HOURS/60 000 000 GALLS./[chemical formulas]/DESCENT/13 1/4 INCHES PR. MILE|CROTON AQUEDUCT/LENGTH 41 M.: cross section of Croton Aqueduct
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114 FEET./ABOVE TIDE|36 FT. DEEP.|DISTRIBUTING RESERVOIR./CAP:DIS RES: 21 000 000 GALLS./CAP:REC:RES: 150 000 000 GALLS./CROTON LAKE RESERVOIR/AVAILABLE CAPACITY/500 000 000 GALLS.: view of 42nd street reservoir