Thanks David.  My Great Grandfather would have been helping dig them in the
1880's.  Probably some of the 464 miles dug by the early 1990's.  I will see
what our local libraries have.  Being in Canada though our New York History
reference books would be limited.

Thanks again.  sincerely, Joy Irene in Saskatoon.

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> Joy,
>
> The Encylopedia of New York City, in its article on sewers, mentions the
> following dates (among others):
>
> 1849    Croton Aqueduct Department reorganization with the mandate to
> build a comprehensive sewer system (driven in part by a previous cholera
> epidemic.)
>
> 1850-1855       Seven miles of sewers constructed.
>
> 1890s   464 miles of sewers by early in the decade.