Item Information

Croton Reservoir: Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. As it appeared when the work of demolition began in 1900.

Dublin Core

Title

Croton Reservoir: Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. As it appeared when the work of demolition began in 1900.

New York Public Library: occupying the site of the Old Croton Reservoir, Fifth Avenue, 40th to 42nd Streets.

Subject

New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951

Reservoirs

Libraries

Croton Reservoir

New York Public Library

Description

Two images on one page.

Creator

Walton, Perry

Source

Fifth Avenue Bank of New York. Fifth Avenue; glances at the vicissitudes and romance of a world-renowned thoroughfare New York : Printed for the Fifth Avenue Bank of New York, 1915. p. [39]

Electronic reproduction. New York, N.Y. : Columbia University Libraries, 2006 http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/cul/texts/ldpd_5655330_000/pages/ldpd_5655330_000_00000047.html

Date

1900

1915

Language

eng

Identifier

ldpd_dnyc_5655330_000_00000047

Additional Item Metadata

Spatial Coverage

Fifth Avenue, from 40th to 42nd Streets

Manhattan

Provenance

J. Clarence Davies [top]

MODS

Key Date

0019 1915

Type of Date

exact

Repository Name

No repository

Language of Cataloging

eng

Digital Origin

Citation

Walton, Perry , “Croton Reservoir: Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. As it appeared when the work of demolition began in 1900.,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed December 20, 2025, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/items/show/4031.