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Title: The Great north side, or, Borough of the Bronx, New York
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC North Side Board of Trade (Bronx, New York, N.Y.)
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Publisher: New York : Knickerbocker Press
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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TER-SHED. This small district of some 530 acres extends from Clare-mont Park to the Harlem River. 7. MILL BROOK WATER-SHED. This comprises some 2524 acres, making it second in sizeonly to that of the Bronx River. It is the most importantone, as within its limits is found the greatest portion of thepopulation of the North Side. It includes most of the built-up portions of the districts formerly known as Melrose,Morrisania, Tremont, and Fordham. It is about 6 miles inlength. South of Fordham Station its average width is some3000 feet, while to the north it widens out considerably. 8. BUNGAY CREEK WATER-SHED. This comprises about 408 acres, and includes within itslimits most of the property subdivisions known as Eltona,Woodstock, and East Morrisania. 9. PORT MORELS WATER-SHED. This consists of 260 acres, situated south of the PortMorris Branch of the Harlem Railroad and east of CypressAvenue. Its drainage flows directly easterly and southerlyfrom the high ground to the Long Island Sound.
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182 The Great North Side. 183 10. leggetts creek water-shed. It contains about 865 acres, and extends from EastTremont to Long Island Sound, lying just east of the old(eastern) town line of Morrisania. It is about 2.6 miles inlength by one-half a mile in average width. 11. .THE BRONX RIVER WATER-SHED. This water shed, the largest on the North Side, containssome 2700 acres. It contains West Farms, Fairmount, Bel-mont, and Williamsbridge, and Woodlavvn Cemetery. It liesaltogether alono; the western bank of the Bronx River fromLong Island Sound nearly to Mount Vernon, a distance ofabout seven miles; its width varies from about a mile to lessthan 700 feet. The sewerage plans for all avenues and streets, 371.5 milesin all, are completed. Six of these water-sheds have already been provided withtrunk sewers and two are under construction. SUMMARY OF WORK DONE FROM JANUARY 1, 1891, TOSEPTEMBER 30, 1897. 104817.8 lin. ft. of brick sewer. 256147.2 lin. ft. of pipe sewer. 225. lin. ft. of 6 in.

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