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Where is the Croton Maid?
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Mon, 19 Jun 2000 19:13:36 EDT
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At the opening of the Croton Aqueduct in 1842, engineer John B. Jervis and
others rode a 16 foot skiff through the new aqueduct chamber to the Harlem
River.  Some accounts indicate they gave the skiff to the Fire Department,
but I cannot find further reference to it.

Has any other list subscriber come across the actual Croton Maid - or
specific references to its survival after 1842?

Christopher Gray
Office for Metropolitan History
246 West 80th Street, #8, NYC  10024
212-799-0520  fax -0542
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