An Historical Adventure
This walking app enables you to have an historical adventure while staying in New York City. Just come on up and explore this veritably untouched, yet feature rich historic zone near the popular High Bridge.
Coogan’s Bluff, the eastern escarpment of Washington Heights, is where there is a trove of stone artifacts left over from the construction of the Croton Aqueduct one hundred and sixty six years ago. This app explains and shows you how to explore a remote section of Manhattan on your own.
The map guides you along the aqueduct path, there is written information about each site, photos of several of the items and original drawings that place the aqueduct in situ with -in this stone precipice.
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