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Amy Bentley wrote:workextra wrote:With regards to the Pump station in Baldwin. Does anyone know if the old sand stone with the name carved out was salvaged before during or after the demolition. It would only bee an atrocity to have loose the carved sand stone besides the whole building, which was fire damaged and badly vandalized .
The stone read If I remember correctly, "Brooklyn Water Works".
As far as the pipeline in Valley Stream, Just north of the elevated railroad tracks on the far west end of the elevated structure by the station There appears to be a pipe or what seems like a pipe exposed on the walking path to the village green.
What's the odds that this is the pipe of the pipeline?
What baffles me is that this pipe is high and is not visible crossing the stream. Does it duck under it?
Immediately North/West of the bridge over the stream on Valley Stream blvd that is scheduled to be replaced there is a small brick building that I was told houses a pump. Was this part of a dam that was used for the Brooklyn Water Works?
I know it's not railroad but it's runs parallel to the LIRR Montauk branch so it's related, The Pipe paralleling the railroads Right Of Way.
Is this the pipe you are referring to?
https://valleystream.govoffice.com/vertical/Sites/%7BBC0696FB-5DB8-4F85-B451-5A8D9DC581E3%7D/uploads/Pipeline_2.jpg
krispy wrote:I'm not sure if the pipe's diameter can be calculated by the small portion sticking up from the ground, but 72" is definitely possible. Only thing I can think of is trying the reference desk at VS library or maybe the historical society to see if anyone knows where to find that material.
dstoffa wrote:krispy wrote:I'm not sure if the pipe's diameter can be calculated by the small portion sticking up from the ground, but 72" is definitely possible. Only thing I can think of is trying the reference desk at VS library or maybe the historical society to see if anyone knows where to find that material.
I do not have it handy now, but I have a PDF map of the old Water Works. It depicts at least two transits for (drinking) water under the Village Green. There is the LARGE brick lined conduit, and there is at least one smaller diameter cast iron conduit.
The pipe that is exposed is the smaller cast iron conduit. It is NOT 72". I was down in the brick conduit back in the early 80's...
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