https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_Aqueduct The Croton Aqueduct was a groundbreaking 19th-century engineering project that brought fresh water to New York City from the Croton River in Westchester County. It was one of the first major municipal water systems in the United States and a cruci ...
In 1626, 11 captives fromCongo, Angola, and the island of Sao Tome were brought to New Amsterdam. Over the next 150 years, the New York slave trade grew to be one of the most essential cogs in the triangle trade. Seventy-four Wall Street, on the lot bounded by Water and Pearl Streets, is the ...
Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia is named after David Rittenhouse (1732–1796), an American astronomer, inventor, clockmaker, surveyor, and one of the foremost scientists of his time. He was also the first director of the U.S. Mint. The square was originally one of the five public squares planne ...
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