NYC H2O Offering Walking Tour of The High Bridge Friday, June 10 from 6:30 - 8:00pm

NYC H20 will be offering a walking tour of the High Bridge this Friday, June 10th, from 6:30-8:00pm.  The tour will be led by engineer, Bryan Diffley, who was the Project Manager of the span's renovation. 

Information about the tour and tickets ($40) may be purchased here.

Old Croton Aqueduct Bike Tour NYC H2O

Old Croton Aqueduct Bike Tour       Saturday April 18 at noon   NYPL 42nd Street    Aqueduct exposed at W. 105th Street, 1928  (DEP) In 1842, the Croton Aqueduct began delivering water to New York City from the Croton River 41 miles to the north. In the decades leading up to the aqueduct's completion the city had suffered epidemics of Asiatic Cholera and Yellow Fever because water came from increasingly polluted wells. Fire also devastated the city several times, including the Great Fire of 1835 in which 700 buildings burned down because there was no reliable water source to extinguish the fires. 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 native Matt Malina and urban educator Matheson Westlake on a bike ride that travels from the 42nd Street Library on the Old Croton Aqueduct route to the Highbridge. Click here for tickets

High Bridge Talk Friday March 13, 2015 by Bryan Diffley

High Bridge Talk

The High Bridge that spans the East River and connects Washington Heights in Manhattan to the Bronx, will open this summer as a pedestrian and cyclist walkway.

You can go hear Bryan Diffley, the Project Manager of the renovation, speak about New York’s oldest standing bridge this Friday, March 13 at 7 P.M. at Hunter College for free. The talk is sponsored by NYC H20.

The High Bridge will be converted to a pedestrian and cyclist bridge this summer!

An engineering treasure, the bridge was built in 1848 to bring water from the Bronx into Manhattan via the Croton Aqueduct.

The High Bridge remained in use for the Croton system until 1955. Its deck was used as a pedestrian bridge until the 1970′s when it was closed due to vandalism. The city began restoring the bridge in 2012.

The High Bridge was designed by John B. Jervis, Chief Engineer of the Croton Aqueduct. He modeled it after the great aqueducts of the Roman Empire; the Croton was the longest aqueduct built since the Roman era.

Tickets are free but reservations are required. Click here to RSVP.