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The FOCA Newsletter, a benefit of membership, is published several times a year and contains scholarly articles on the history, engineering, and sociological importance of the Aqueduct, as well as lively stories about the people who built it.

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Back issue articles from 1997-2012 will be added and archived here as time permits.

Broccoli on the OCA!

by Anne Megaro
from No. 42, Fall 2012

Electronic Music Composer Inspired by Sounds of the Aqueduct Tunnel

by Katharine Gates
from No. 41

Poe Walking on the High Bridge

by Dale Ramsey
from No. 33, Summer 2009

A Memoir of the Archville Bridge

by John Middlebrooks
from No. 31, Winter 2008-2009

The Early Days of the Aqueduct: A Perilous Dependency

by Charlotte Fahn
from No. 30, Summer 2008

An Elephant’s Tale

by Charlotte Fahn
from No. 30, Summer 2008

Two 19th Century Engineering Lives

by Charlotte Fahn
from No. 30 Summer 2008

The High Bridge’s Harlem River Fountain

by Charlotte Fahn
from No. 29, Spring 2008
Croton Dam spillway, 1907. The structure along the top permitted several additio

The Long Shadow of the Croton – Part 2

by Christopher R. Tompkins
from No. 26, Spring 2007
New Croton Aqueduct gatehouse, circa 1956

The Long Shadow of the Croton

by Christopher R. Tompkins
from No. 25 Winter 2006-2007
Southward view shows Murray Hill Reservoir

Was the Murray Hill Reservoir in Bryant Park?

by Charlotte Fahn
from No. 24, Summer 2006
Wooden water pipes from the early 1800s, unearthed last year in lower Manhattan

Historic Wooden Water Pipes Unearthed

by Gerard Koeppel
from No. 21, Summer 2005

Croton Taverns, Then and Now

by Charlotte Fahn
from No. 17, Spring 2004

New Spillway Bridge at Croton Dam To Evoke Historic Design

by Charlotte Fahn
from No. 17 Spring 2004

Location of Manhattan Ventilator Discovered

by Charlotte Fahn
from No. 16, Winter 2003
Section of the Croton Aqueduct showing manner of inspecting. (From "Croton Water

Operating the Aqueduct

by Robert Kornfeld, Jr.
from No. 10, December 2001

Inspecting the Tunnel, ca. 1877

by Charlotte Fahn
from No. 05, February 2000
A section of the Aqueduct tunneled through rock

What's it's Really Like in the Tunnel

by Brian Goodman
from No. 03, May 1999
Dam at Croton Lake

Picnic at Croton Lake, 1873

by Cecelia Cleveland (reprint from 1873 account)
from No. 03, May 1999

Head North Hikers! A Favorite Aqueduct Hike

by George O’Lear
from No. #43, Winter 2013