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NYC WATERWAYS
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2. What NYC river was once called the North River ?
4. What was the name of the first street that was created from landfill off the East River ?
10. What did early explorers call the Hudson river before it was named after Henry Hudson ?
11. What was the water called that came to NYC's rescue in 1842 ?
13. New Netherland was the land between the Connecticut River and what other river ?
17. Aaron Burr used NYC's fresh water supply to start what well known modern bank in 1799 ?
21. Just north of what NYC street did Minetta Water enter the Hudson River ?
23. What was the brook called that flowed to the East River from the Fresh Water Pond ?
24. A carpenter named Sybout Claesen constructed a sea wall that was built from sheet piling with a wooden siding. What was the name of this early wall that guarded Pearl Street and the first City Hall against the East Rivers high tide ?
25. In 1794 Aaron Burr moved up to the 1760 Richmond Hill mansion on a high hill between Varick, Charlton, King and MacDougal streets. What did Burr add to widen the part of the Manetta stream that ran down Charlton street into a waterway known as Burr's pond ?
27. What Church was granted NYC water lots for West Street and Washington Street in 1751 ?
28. The brook that flowed out of the Fresh Water Pond flowed next to the old Roosevelt street (which was once just south of James street). What did the old citizens of NYC call the bridge where this brook flowed under ?
29. What current street off the Bowery were the Sweetmilk and Buttermilk ponds located near ?
31. Whose Tea Water came from a spring off Greenwich street between Thames and Cedar streets ?
32. What family got the first water lot grant east of Pearl Street in 1719 ?
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1. In 1677 Governor Andros granted a 60 acre farm to a man whose flour grist mill became very successful after the Bolting Act of 1678. What was this farmers and the mill's name ?
3. What did Black Portuguese explorer Estaban Gomez call the Hudson River in 1525 after he decided that the river did not lead to China ?
5. What once often flooded street was the former bank of the Hudson River ?
6. What did the Dutch called the Hudson River ?
7. What kind of power were the Dutch mills on the East River in NYC run by ?
8. What was the East River called before it was called East ?
9. What was another name for the Fresh Water Pond ?
12. The street Manetta lane was named for its path over the old Minetta water stream. What is the English translation for the Carnarsee word Manetta ?
14. In 1774 Christopher Colles created NYC's first log pipeline, reservoir and pumping station just east of Broadway on what street ?
15. What one feature made the island of NYC a very important city to be reckond with ?
16. What kind of tree did Aaron Burr hollow and use for the first 25 miles of the Manhattan Company pipeline ?
18. What lane had a brook with smooth rocks where Dutch maiden's once washed their clothes in ?
19. What bay did NYC farmers water their animals at the Fresh Water Pond, that turned into the very lowest and worst place in New York ?
20. What Governor started the NYC landfill craze in 1686 by raising revenue for NYC from water lots sales ?
22. Minetta water was the name given to a NYC stream by what kind of Americans ?
26. The Fresh Water Pond was the site in 1793 of a test of the first experimental steamboat in the world. In 1796 this forgotten by history inventor created the first boat propelled by steam with paddle wheels and screw propellers. Robert Fulton and Chancellor Robert Livingston watched this 18 foot boat being tested and could have been his passengers. What was this East Windsor, Connecticut man's last name ?
30. Aaron Burr's 1799 Manhattan Company's reservoir was located on the north side of Chambers between Centre and what street ?
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