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 e: [log in to unmask]