Crystal Springs Dam

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civil engineering structure concrete gravity dam dam

Crystal Springs Dam is a historic concrete gravity dam in San Mateo County, California, that impounds water to create the Crystal Springs Reservoir as part of the San Francisco Peninsula’s water supply system.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Crystal Springs Dam canonical 1
Lower Crystal Springs Dam 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil engineering structure ⓘ
concrete gravity dam ⓘ
dam ⓘ
associatedWith San Francisco Peninsula reservoir system ⓘ
surface form: San Francisco water supply system
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
completionDate 1890 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1888 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creates Crystal Springs Reservoir ⓘ
surface form: Lower Crystal Springs Reservoir
crosses San Mateo Creek ⓘ
designType gravity dam ⓘ
engineeringSignificance early large concrete gravity dam in the United States ⓘ
function regulation of stream flow ⓘ
storage of drinking water ⓘ
hasReservoir Crystal Springs Reservoir ⓘ
surface form: Lower Crystal Springs Reservoir

Crystal Springs Reservoir ⓘ
surface form: Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir
height approximately 140 feet ⓘ
historicDesignation historic dam ⓘ
impounds Crystal Springs Reservoir ⓘ
length approximately 600 feet ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

San Mateo County, California ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedNear Interstate 280 ⓘ
San Mateo ⓘ
surface form: San Mateo–Burlingame area
locatedOn San Francisco Peninsula ⓘ
locatedWithin Crystal Springs Reservoir watershed ⓘ
material concrete ⓘ
nearCity Burlingame, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: Burlingame, California

San Mateo, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: San Mateo, California
nearProtectedArea Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve ⓘ
Sawyer Camp Trail ⓘ
openingDate 1890 ⓘ
operator San Francisco Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
ownedBy San Francisco Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
partOf Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System ⓘ
San Francisco Peninsula reservoir system ⓘ
surface form: San Francisco Peninsula water supply system
purpose flood control ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
regionServed San Francisco County ⓘ
surface form: City and County of San Francisco

San Francisco Peninsula ⓘ
reservoirName Crystal Springs Reservoir ⓘ
survivedEvent 1906 San Francisco earthquake ⓘ
usedFor public water supply ⓘ
regional water storage ⓘ
watercourse San Mateo Creek ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Crystal Springs Reservoir → formedBy → Crystal Springs Dam ⓘ
Pulgas Water Temple → nearbyFacility → Crystal Springs Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Crystal Springs Dam