New Croton Dam

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dam infrastructure masonry gravity dam

New Croton Dam is a large masonry gravity dam in New York that forms the New Croton Reservoir, a key component of New York City’s water supply system.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
New Croton Dam canonical 18
Croton Dam 1
Croton Gorge Dam 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dam ⓘ
infrastructure ⓘ
masonry gravity dam ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
catchmentArea Croton River ⓘ
surface form: Croton River watershed
completionDate 1906 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1892 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crosses Croton River ⓘ
designedBy Alfred P. Boller ⓘ
forms New Croton Reservoir ⓘ
hasEngineeringSignificance one of the largest masonry dams of its time ⓘ
hasFeature large stepped spillway ⓘ
stone masonry face ⓘ
hasFunction impoundment of drinking water ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
hasTourism popular sightseeing destination ⓘ
height about 297 feet ⓘ
heritageStatus listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
isPartOf Croton water supply system ⓘ
isUpstreamOf Hudson River confluence of Croton River ⓘ
length about 2,188 feet ⓘ
locatedIn New York ⓘ
Town of Cortlandt ⓘ
surface form: Town of Cortlandt, New York

Westchester County, New York ⓘ
locatedNear Croton-on-Hudson, New York ⓘ
Hudson River ⓘ
material masonry ⓘ
namedAfter Croton River ⓘ
NRHPCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
NRHPListing New Croton Dam self-link ⓘ
NRHPState New York ⓘ
opened 1906 ⓘ
operatedBy New York City Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ
ownedBy New York City ⓘ
surface form: City of New York
partOf Croton Watershed ⓘ
New York City water supply system ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
regionServed New York City ⓘ
replaced Old Croton Dam ⓘ
reservoirName New Croton Reservoir ⓘ
spillwayType overflow spillway ⓘ
typeOfDam gravity dam ⓘ
watercourse Croton River ⓘ
waterSystem New York City water supply system ⓘ
surface form: New York City Croton System

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Croton River → hasStructureOnWatercourse → New Croton Dam ⓘ
Croton River → hasStructureOnWatercourse → New Croton Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Croton Gorge Dam
Westchester County, New York → contains → New Croton Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Croton Dam
New Croton Dam → NRHPListing → New Croton Dam self-link ⓘ
New Croton Reservoir → createdBy → New Croton Dam ⓘ
New Croton Reservoir → impoundedBy → New Croton Dam ⓘ
New Croton Reservoir → hasStructure → New Croton Dam ⓘ
Croton Gorge Park → locatedNear → New Croton Dam ⓘ
Croton Gorge Park → hasViewOf → New Croton Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Croton Dam spillway
Croton Gorge Park → adjacentTo → New Croton Dam ⓘ
Croton-on-Hudson, New York → hasHistoricSite → New Croton Dam ⓘ
Old Croton Dam → replacedBy → New Croton Dam ⓘ
Old Croton Dam → status → New Croton Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: superseded by New Croton Dam
scenic overlook of New Croton Dam → overlooks → New Croton Dam ⓘ
Croton River below New Croton Dam → downstreamFrom → New Croton Dam ⓘ
Croton River below New Croton Dam → upstreamStructure → New Croton Dam ⓘ
New Croton Dam Road → crosses → New Croton Dam ⓘ
New Croton Dam Road → providesAccessTo → New Croton Dam ⓘ
New Croton Dam Road → associatedWithStructure → New Croton Dam ⓘ
Croton Reservoir → formedBy → New Croton Dam ⓘ
Croton Reservoir → impoundedBy → New Croton Dam ⓘ
Croton Aqueduct system → hasPart → New Croton Dam ⓘ