Croton Aqueduct Letterbox
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Started on 2002-06-02
Croton Aqueduct Letterbox
From: Jerchower Susan (jerchower@earthlink.net) |
Date: 2002-06-02 22:50:58 UTC-04:00
Names: Eli and Susan
Jerchower
Name of Letterbox: Croton Aqueduct
Letterbox
Date Placed: June 1, 2002
State, County: New York, Westchester
County
Nearest Town: Cortlandt
Clues:
Find the site of the Croton Dam
A wonder to behold
Not far from this very spot
An aqueduct of old
At the end of the parking lot
A building cinder brick
Follow signs to the "Aqueduct Trail"
To the gravel path, quick!
A boulder and a bar of metal
Mark this fair trail's start
For years water was carried
To the city's heart
Follow down the dirt path
A tower looms above
Upon this vented column
Young lovers pledged their love
Through the "mini canyon"
Stones rise up on the sides
Cross the street before you
The second tower will arise
Stand beside the column
Turn to your southpaw side
The stone wall is above you
Inside it, creatures hide
Take 19 even paces
At one-thirty degrees
Find the thick tree by the wall
Whose bark peels off with ease
Walk 18 paces south
Along the wall of rocks
At the base of the v-shaped tree
You'll find the letter box