New York City Reservoirs

I recently learned that the first water system in New York City began construction in 1837, and was completed in 1842. What became known as the Croton System was a tunneling system connected to the Croton River in the Northern Westchester County, meaning that it took only 5 years from start to finish. Throughout the borough of Manhattan the reservoir systems were located at 5th and 42nd street, today the location of the main branch of the New York Public Library (1911), and the other two at 79th street and 85th street, these are the Central Park Great Lawn, and the Jacqueline Kennedy Onnassis Reservoir (Central Park Reservoir) which was deactivated in 1991.