Rondout Dam

E337234

earthen dam gravity dam infrastructure

Rondout Dam is a major earthen dam in New York that impounds the Rondout Reservoir as part of the New York City water supply system.

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Label	Occurrences
Rondout Dam canonical	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	earthen dam ⓘ gravity dam ⓘ infrastructure ⓘ
basinCountry	United States of America ⓘ
catchmentArea	Rondout Creek ⓘ surface form: Rondout Creek watershed
connectedTo	Delaware Aqueduct ⓘ
constructionBegan	1937 ⓘ
constructionMaterial	earth ⓘ rock fill ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
designedFor	long‑distance water conveyance ⓘ
hasSpillway	yes ⓘ
hasType	earth-fill dam ⓘ embankment dam ⓘ
height	approximately 229 feet ⓘ
impounds	Rondout Reservoir ⓘ
length	approximately 2,100 feet ⓘ
locatedIn	Catskill Mountains ⓘ New York ⓘ Ulster County ⓘ surface form: Ulster County, New York
locatedInProtectedArea	New York City watershed lands ⓘ
locatedNear	Lackawack, New York ⓘ
opened	1949 ⓘ
operator	New York City Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ
owner	New York City Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ
partOf	Catskill Aqueduct ⓘ surface form: Catskill Aqueduct system Catskill–Delaware water supply system ⓘ surface form: New York City Catskill–Delaware water supply system New York City water supply system ⓘ
purpose	flood control ⓘ municipal water supply ⓘ
regionServed	New York metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: New York City metropolitan area
reservoirCapacity	approximately 49.6 billion US gallons ⓘ
reservoirName	Rondout Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirUse	drinking water storage ⓘ
spillwayType	concrete overflow ⓘ
suppliesWaterTo	New York City ⓘ
watercourse	Rondout Creek ⓘ

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

Rondout Reservoir → createdBy → Rondout Dam ⓘ

Rondout Reservoir → hasDam → Rondout Dam ⓘ