Other ponds were abandoned, too, but were re-purposed as infiltration galleries - horizontally placed wells that collect groundwater from the top of the upper glacial aquifer. By then, Clear Stream Pond was shut down because of pollution and sea water invasion. Their water system was transferred to the City of New York. In 1898, Brooklyn became one of five boroughs. It carried the coal that fueled the steam-powered pumping engines. A railroad spur, located at the foot of modern-day Midwood Street, made its way into the watershed each day. The pumping station’s 152 wells were laid out in two rows, spaced eight feet apart. The cost of the building was about $9,000 to $10,000." The walls are painted a delicate salmon color, relieved by bands of dark red at the window arches, and a wainscoting of enameled brick, while the ceiling is a shade of turquoise between the trusses.The masonry and roof were built by day labor. The woodwork is oak, except for the roof. Identifying features: picturesque rooflines, round-topped arches, rusticated stone, decorative masonry banding, asymmetrical façades.įrom the Januissue of The American Architect and Building News: " The Clear Stream station is faced with Croton brown brick. According to Architect Kate Sherwood and Building Conservator Lori Aument, both who specialize in historic preservation, the pump house style was Richardsonian Romanesque, named for H. A professor, and later, the director of Columbia University’s Architecture Department, Hamlin consulted on many public buildings, designing only a few, Clear Stream Pumping Station one of them. He completed his education at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Born in Turkey (his missionary father was a first cousin to Hannibal Hamlin, Lincoln’s vice president), Alfred came to the States at 15 to study history at Amherst College and architecture at MIT. Cahill Memorial Park) and Clear Stream pumping stations opened in 18.Ĭlear Stream’s station, located north of Target on modern-day Sunrise Highway, was designed by Alfred D. Valley Stream’s Watts Pond (Mill Pond at Edward W. From 1881 through 1897, 18 pumping stations were added to the water supply. Suffolk would not permit the pumping of the Pine Barrens, so instead of going east, the water works went south - purchasing land in southern Queens (now Nassau County) to sink driven wells. After that, however, the ponds had a hard time meeting their daily quotas. Up until the 1880s, they had done a splendid job of keeping Brooklyn hydrated - such a good job, in fact, that the borough’s population grew exponentially from 266,000+ souls in 1860, to 566,000 in 1880. The six ponds that dotted Merrick Road from Jamaica to Rockville Centre had a strong start and a weak finish. The Mary McDowell Story - includes postscriptįROM GALWAY TO GREEN ACRES - The Mary McDowell Story
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