NYC H2O presents an Old Croton Aqueduct bike tour

In 1842, the Croton Aqueduct began providing water to NYC from the Croton River from approximately 40 miles north. In the decades before the aqueduct’s completion the city had suffered through epidemics of Asiatic Cholera and Yellow Fever because water came from increasingly polluted wells. The aqueduct was an incredible work of engineering never before accomplished on such a large scale. It delivered 40 million gallons of clean reliable drinking water daily to a rapidly growing city.  Join NYC H2O, NYC native Matt Malina and Matheson Westlake as they lead a bike tour of the route of the Old Croton Aqueduct from the NYPL to the Highbridge.  Register here.