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Events on Friday 14 October 1842 1
1842Croton Aqueduct opensNew York City gets a reliable water supplyWater from the Croton River reached the city's receiving reservoir through a new aqueduct about 66 kilometres long. The supply was celebrated with a large public festival in October. The aqueduct transformed public health and fire protection in New York.