Looking southwest from Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street (?) across Croton Reservoir.

Croton reservoir : 42nd Street reservoir, looking west at street level, cart, right.

Crystal Palace, ca. 1853, from an engraving.

Central building, paintings, N.Y. in 1855 from Latting Tower by B.F. Smith : New York from the Latting Observatory, showing reservoir and Crystal Palace.

Central building, paintings, N.Y. in 1855 from Latting Tower by B.F. Smith : New York from the Latting Observatory, showing reservoir and Crystal Palace.

Central building, paintings, N.Y. in 1855 from Latting Tower by B.F. Smith : New York from the Latting Observatory, showing reservoir and Crystal Palace.

Central building, paintings, N.Y. in 1855 from Latting Tower by B.F. Smith : New York from the Latting Observatory, showing reservoir and Crystal Palace.

Croton reservoir in 1900, in process of demolition.

Croton reservoir : Fifth Avenue in 1879, looking south.

Croton reservoir : Fifth Avenue looking south, 1880, Rutgers Female College, left, reservoir, right.

Croton reservoir : Fifth Avenue in 1879, looking south.

Looking southwest from Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street (?) across Croton Reservoir.

Source: Fromt the New York Public Library