Harlem River Ship Canal

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man-made waterway ship canal

The Harlem River Ship Canal is a man-made waterway in New York City that connects the Hudson and Harlem Rivers, effectively separating Marble Hill from the rest of Manhattan.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Harlem River Ship Canal canonical	11

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	man-made waterway ⓘ ship canal ⓘ
adjacentTo	Inwood Hill Park ⓘ Marble Hill ⓘ surface form: Marble Hill neighborhood
administrativeEffect	physically separated Marble Hill from Manhattan Island ⓘ
connectsWaterBody	Harlem River ⓘ Hudson River ⓘ
constructionStart	late 19th century ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
crossedBy	Broadway Bridge ⓘ Henry Hudson Bridge ⓘ surface form: Henry Hudson Bridge (near its western end via approaches) railroad bridges ⓘ
engineeredBy	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ surface form: United States Army Corps of Engineers
geographicFeatureOf	Bronx County ⓘ New York County ⓘ
hasBridgeType	movable bridges (historically) ⓘ
hasCurrentUse	commercial navigation ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ
hasTidalInfluence	yes ⓘ
length	approximately 0.9 miles ⓘ approximately 1.4 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	Inwood neighborhood ⓘ New York City ⓘ Spuyten Duyvil neighborhood ⓘ borough of Manhattan ⓘ borough of the Bronx ⓘ
locatedInState	New York ⓘ
maintainedBy	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ surface form: United States Army Corps of Engineers
mapFeatureClass	canal ⓘ
mouthLocation	Hudson River at Spuyten Duyvil ⓘ
navigationImprovementFor	shipping around northern tip of Manhattan ⓘ
navigationPurpose	improve navigation between Hudson River and Harlem River ⓘ
opened	1895 ⓘ
partOf	Harlem River ⓘ
reducedNavigationHazard	treacherous currents at original Spuyten Duyvil Creek ⓘ
region	Upper Manhattan ⓘ southwest Bronx ⓘ surface form: western Bronx
replacedWaterBody	original Spuyten Duyvil Creek ⓘ
separates	Marble Hill ⓘ
separatesFrom	rest of Manhattan Island ⓘ
sourceLocation	Harlem River ⓘ surface form: Harlem River near Inwood
stillLegallyPartOf	borough of Manhattan (for Marble Hill) ⓘ
waterwayFunction	local boat traffic route ⓘ shipping channel ⓘ
waterwaySystem	New York City waterway network ⓘ
waterwayType	tidal strait ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Marble Hill → locatedAlong → Harlem River Ship Canal ⓘ

Inwood Hill Park → adjacentTo → Harlem River Ship Canal ⓘ

Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx → locatedNear → Harlem River Ship Canal ⓘ

Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx → borderedBy → Harlem River Ship Canal ⓘ

Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx → adjacentWaterBody → Harlem River Ship Canal ⓘ

Marble Hill–225th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) → adjacentToWaterBody → Harlem River Ship Canal ⓘ

Marble Hill–225th Street → crossesOver → Harlem River Ship Canal ⓘ

Marble Hill–225th Street → nearbyWaterBody → Harlem River Ship Canal ⓘ

Dyckman Street → passesNear → Harlem River Ship Canal ⓘ

Northwest Bronx → borders → Harlem River Ship Canal ⓘ

Broadway in the Bronx → crosses → Harlem River Ship Canal ⓘ