Kensico Dam

E191968
gravity dam masonry dam water supply infrastructure

Kensico Dam is a massive early-20th-century masonry dam in Valhalla, New York, that forms the Kensico Reservoir and serves as a key component of New York City's water supply system.

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Label Occurrences
Kensico Dam canonical 4

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
masonry dam ⓘ
water supply infrastructure ⓘ
adjacentTo Kensico Reservoir watershed lands ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
completionDate 1917 ⓘ
connectsTo Catskill Aqueduct ⓘ
Delaware Aqueduct ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1913 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creates Kensico Reservoir ⓘ
designedFor long-distance gravity-fed water conveyance ⓘ
feeds Hillview Reservoir ⓘ
forms Kensico Reservoir ⓘ
hasFeature large open plaza used for concerts and events ⓘ
memorials and monuments in Kensico Dam Plaza ⓘ
hasPart Kensico Dam Plaza ⓘ
hasUse pedestrian promenade on top ⓘ
public recreation area at base ⓘ
height approximately 307 feet ⓘ
heritageStatus listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
length approximately 1,843 feet ⓘ
locatedIn New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State

Valhalla, New York ⓘ
Westchester County, New York ⓘ
locatedNear Bronx River Parkway ⓘ
material concrete ⓘ
stone masonry ⓘ
namedAfter former hamlet of Kensico ⓘ
near Kensico Cemetery ⓘ
Valhalla Metro-North station ⓘ
NRHPListingDate 1988 ⓘ
NRHPType structure ⓘ
opened 1917 ⓘ
operator New York City Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ
ownedBy New York City Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ
partOf Catskill–Delaware water supply system ⓘ
New York City water supply system ⓘ
purpose flood control (secondary) ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
regionServed New York City ⓘ
Westchester County, New York ⓘ
surface form: Westchester County
reservoirName Kensico Reservoir ⓘ
significantFor New York City drinking water supply ⓘ
early 20th-century civil engineering ⓘ
watercourseDammed Bronx River ⓘ

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Kensico Reservoir → crossedBy → Kensico Dam ⓘ
Kensico Reservoir → formedBy → Kensico Dam ⓘ
Kensico Circle, Valhalla, New York → locatedNear → Kensico Dam ⓘ
Kensico Dam Plaza → hasBackdrop → Kensico Dam ⓘ