On the southwest corner of 113th and Amsterdam stand two of the older buildings in Morningside Heights: the Croton Aqueduct 113th Street gatehouse (1876) and the Engine Company No. 47 firehouse (1890). I am researching the role that the aqueduct and the fire department played in the early development of the neighborhood.
My first question: How did the masonry conduit of the old Croton Aqueduct cross Asylum Ridge before it was replaced by underground pipes in the 1870s? Did the conduit block streets here, as it did ten blocks south, in Clendining Valley?
Croton Aqueduct gatehouse and Fire Engine Company No. 47 Firehouse.
