View of High Bridge from of restored Highbridge Water Tower at Highbridge Park. Highbridge Water Tower has been restored and will be open to the public with the assistance of park rangers in November of 2021. Tower is a 200-foot tall structure built as an octagonal tower and was used to pump water via High Bridge Aqueduct into a reservoir which is now the site of a public pool. Highbridge Park is named after the High Bridge, New York City's oldest standing bridge and a historic passageway between Manhattan and The Bronx. The High Bridge was part of the first reliable and plentiful water supply
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View of High Bridge from of restored Highbridge Water Tower at Highbridge Park. Highbridge Water Tower has been restored and will be open to the public with the assistance of park rangers in November of 2021. Tower is a 200-foot tall structure built as an octagonal tower and was used to pump water via High Bridge Aqueduct into a reservoir which is now the site of a public pool. Highbridge Park is named after the High Bridge, New York City’s oldest standing bridge and a historic passageway between Manhattan and The Bronx. The High Bridge was part of the first reliable and plentiful water supply system in New York City. In 2015, the restored bridge was reopened after being closed for more than four decades. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press)