Croton Aqueduct system

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aqueduct civil engineering infrastructure historic structure water supply system

The Croton Aqueduct system is a historic 19th-century water supply network that delivered fresh water from the Croton River to New York City, enabling the city’s rapid growth and improved public health.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Croton Aqueduct system canonical	2
Croton Aqueduct	1
Croton Aqueduct water supply	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aqueduct ⓘ civil engineering infrastructure ⓘ historic structure ⓘ water supply system ⓘ
associatedWith	High Bridge ⓘ
builtBy	New York City ⓘ surface form: City of New York
chiefEngineer	John B. Jervis ⓘ
constructionMaterial	brick ⓘ mortar ⓘ stone ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1837 ⓘ
crosses	Harlem River ⓘ
crossesVia	High Bridge ⓘ
designedBy	John B. Jervis ⓘ
enabled	rapid growth of New York City ⓘ
followsRiverBasin	Croton River ⓘ surface form: Croton River basin
governedBy	New York City Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ
hasPart	Central Park Reservoir ⓘ Croton Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerome Park Reservoir ⓘ surface form: Croton Reservoir (Manhattan) New Croton Aqueduct ⓘ New Croton Dam ⓘ Old Croton Aqueduct ⓘ
heritageStatus	National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark ⓘ
historicalSignificance	first large-scale reliable water supply for New York City ⓘ
historicPeriod	19th century ⓘ
improved	sanitation in New York City ⓘ
inception	1830s ⓘ
influenced	urban infrastructure development in New York City ⓘ
length	about 41 miles ⓘ
locatedIn	New York State ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
notableEvent	inaugural water celebration in New York City in 1842 ⓘ
opened	1842 ⓘ
openedForUse	1842-10-14 ⓘ
partOf	New York City water supply system ⓘ
purpose	fire protection ⓘ municipal water supply ⓘ public health improvement ⓘ
regionServed	The Bronx ⓘ surface form: Bronx Manhattan ⓘ
replaced	reliance on cisterns in New York City ⓘ reliance on local wells in New York City ⓘ
serves	New York City ⓘ
sourceOfWater	Croton River ⓘ
technology	gravity-fed aqueduct ⓘ
terminus	Jerome Park Reservoir ⓘ surface form: Croton Reservoir (Manhattan) Manhattan ⓘ
waterConveyanceMethod	enclosed masonry conduit ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Old Croton Dam → partOf → Croton Aqueduct system ⓘ

City Tunnel No. 1 → waterSource → Croton Aqueduct system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Croton Aqueduct

New York City water tunnels → source → Croton Aqueduct system ⓘ

High Bridge → designedFor → Croton Aqueduct system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Croton Aqueduct water supply