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Central Park: Lower reservoir, Manhattan

23 historical photos taken here between 1890 and 1935, oldest first.

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  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir [pump house]., 1890

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir [pump house].

    1890

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir., 1927–1931

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir.

    1927; 1931

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir., 1927–1931

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir.

    1927; 1931

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir., 1927–1931

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir.

    1927; 1931

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir., 1931–1935

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir.

    1931; 1935

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir., 1931

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir.

    1931

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir., 1931

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir.

    1931

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir., 1931–1935

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir.

    1931; 1935

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir., 1931

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir.

    1931

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir., 1931

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir.

    1931

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir., 1931

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir.

    1931

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir., 1931

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir.

    1931

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir., 1931

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir.

    1931

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir., 1931

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir.

    1931

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir., 1931

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir.

    1931

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir., 1931

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir.

    1931

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir., 1931

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir.

    1931

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir., 1931

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir.

    1931

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir., 1931–1935

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir.

    1931; 1935

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir., 1931–1935

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir.

    1931; 1935

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir., 1931

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir.

    1931

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir., 1931

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir.

    1931

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir [pump house]., 1935

    Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir [pump house].

    1935

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Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir., 1931

Photo 22 of 23 at Central Park: Lower reservoir, Manhattan

Manhattan: Central Park - Reservoirs - Lower reservoir.

1931

(1) Central Park; Lower Reservoir, view north from the southern part, showing the work of filling in at an early stage. March 30, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, a slightly later stage. In both these views the Upper Reservoir can be glimpsed through the row of trees along the 86th Street cross-road (Transverse Road No. 2). June 28, 1931. P. L. Sperr.

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