Gilboa Dam

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Gilboa Dam is a large earthen embankment dam in Schoharie County, New York, that impounds the Schoharie Creek to form part of New York City's upstate water supply system.

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Label Occurrences
Gilboa Dam canonical 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf earthen embankment dam
gravity dam
basinCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
completed 1927
constructionBegan 1919
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createsReservoir Schoharie Reservoir
crosses Schoharie Creek
designedFor flow regulation
water storage
hasFunction impounds water for New York City
regulates Schoharie Creek flows
hasSpillway concrete spillway
hasType earthen dam
embankment dam
height about 182 feet
impounds Schoharie Creek
length about 1,326 feet
locatedIn Catskill Mountains
surface form: Catskill Mountains region

New York State
Northeastern United States
Schoharie County, New York NERFINISHED
Town of Gilboa
locatedInWatershed Hudson River watershed
Schoharie Creek
surface form: Schoharie Creek watershed
locatedOnWatercourse Schoharie Creek
material earthfill
rockfill
namedAfter Gilboa, New York
nearCity Gilboa, New York
Prattsville
surface form: Prattsville, New York
opened 1927
operator New York City Department of Environmental Protection
ownedBy New York City
surface form: City of New York
owner New York City Department of Environmental Protection
partOf New York City Department of Environmental Protection water supply infrastructure
New York City water supply system
surface form: New York City upstate water supply system

New York City water supply system
partOfSystem Catskill–Delaware water supply system
surface form: New York City Catskill water system

New York City water tunnels
surface form: New York City water tunnel and reservoir network
purpose flood control
municipal water supply
region Upstate New York (broad sense)
surface form: Upstate New York
reservoirCapacity about 17.6 billion US gallons
reservoirName Schoharie Reservoir
waterConveyedBy Shandaken Tunnel
waterConveyedTo Ashokan Reservoir

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Input
Subject: Gilboa Dam
Description of subject: Gilboa Dam is a large earthen embankment dam in Schoharie County, New York, that impounds the Schoharie Creek to form part of New York City's upstate water supply system.

Referenced by (4)

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

Schoharie Reservoir hasDam Gilboa Dam
Schoharie Creek hasDam Gilboa Dam
Schoharie Creek impoundedBy Gilboa Dam