The High Bridge -- Its Past

Man Jumps from High Bridge and Survives

The following posts are primarily concerned with the Historical Past of the High Bridge, Highbridge Park, and the surrounding area.  They are grouped into categories. Please click on any that are of interest to you and you will be taken to that post:

The Aqueduct High Bridge and Tower
     The High Bridge and Tower
     Happy 167th Birthday to the High Bridge!
     Sid Horenstein to Talk Again on the History of the High Bridge
     Inside the High Bridge Aqueduct
     High Bridge Talk Friday March 13, 21015 by Bryan Diffley
     Sidney Horenstein: "The Croton Aqueduct in Manhattan"
     The High Bridge Water Tower
     Landmarks Preservation High Bridge Aqueduct and Pedestrian Walk a Landmark

Highbridge Park
     High Bridge Park
     Swing from Highbridge Park from 1890

 Early Writing on the High Bridge
     Recollections of a Little Girl on the Early Days of the High Bridge
     Letters and other Ephemera Signed by John B Jervis

Washington Heights
     Face Out: Crossing Broadway by Robert W Snyder at Word Up Books February 19

 Highbridge, Bronx
     The Wilson Lighthouse Highbridge, Bronx    

The John T Brush Stairway from Coogan's Bluff to the Polo Grounds
       Stairway to Heaven: John T. Brush Stairway

NYC Water System
      Water, Water, Everywhere NYC Completes Water Tunnel #3

Photos & Art
     A Scrapbook on the High Bridge, Highbridge Park & the Neighborhood
     The High Bridge in Art
     Edgar Allan Poe Walking The High Bridge

Morris-Jumel Mansion 
     The Morris-Jumel Mansion Museum
     Jumel Terrace Historic District
     Aaron Burr's 259th Birthday Party at Morris-Jumel Mansion February 7, 2015

On the Lighter Side
     Glider Attempt off the High Bridge Proves Unsuccessful
     Man Jumps from High Bridge and Survives
     
Background Material of Interest
     The Bridges of Manhattan
     On Aqueduct Bridges
     Other Bridges that are called "High Bridge"
     The Great Parks of Manhattan
     On Bridges
     Namesake High Bridge in Lincoln, England, UK
     Rebuilding New York's Open Air Stairways
     On Pedestrian Bridges



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