New Croton Aqueduct
E42501
The New Croton Aqueduct is a major underground water tunnel that conveys drinking water from the Croton Reservoir system in upstate New York to New York City.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Croton Aqueduct canonical | 12 |
| Croton Aqueduct | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T326485 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: New Croton Aqueduct Context triple: [Croton water supply system, component, New Croton Aqueduct]
-
A.
Delaware Aqueduct
The Delaware Aqueduct is a historic 19th-century suspension aqueduct that carried the Delaware and Hudson Canal over the Delaware River and is now preserved as the oldest surviving wire suspension bridge in the United States.
-
B.
Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park
Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park is a linear park and historic trail that follows the route of the 19th-century aqueduct that once carried New York City’s drinking water from the Croton River.
-
C.
New Croton Reservoir
The New Croton Reservoir is a major water supply reservoir in Westchester County, New York, that forms a key part of New York City's Croton water system.
-
D.
New Croton Dam
New Croton Dam is a large masonry gravity dam in New York that forms the New Croton Reservoir, a key component of New York City’s water supply system.
-
E.
Emperor’s Canal
Emperor’s Canal is one of Amsterdam’s main historic canals, renowned for its elegant 17th-century canal houses and central role in the city’s UNESCO-listed canal belt.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: New Croton Aqueduct Target entity description: The New Croton Aqueduct is a major underground water tunnel that conveys drinking water from the Croton Reservoir system in upstate New York to New York City.
-
A.
Delaware Aqueduct
The Delaware Aqueduct is a historic 19th-century suspension aqueduct that carried the Delaware and Hudson Canal over the Delaware River and is now preserved as the oldest surviving wire suspension bridge in the United States.
-
B.
Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park
Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park is a linear park and historic trail that follows the route of the 19th-century aqueduct that once carried New York City’s drinking water from the Croton River.
-
C.
New Croton Reservoir
The New Croton Reservoir is a major water supply reservoir in Westchester County, New York, that forms a key part of New York City's Croton water system.
-
D.
New Croton Dam
New Croton Dam is a large masonry gravity dam in New York that forms the New Croton Reservoir, a key component of New York City’s water supply system.
-
E.
Emperor’s Canal
Emperor’s Canal is one of Amsterdam’s main historic canals, renowned for its elegant 17th-century canal houses and central role in the city’s UNESCO-listed canal belt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aqueduct
ⓘ
civil engineering structure ⓘ water supply tunnel ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1885 ⓘ |
| conveys | drinking water ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crossesUnder | Hudson River ⓘ |
| designedFor | municipal water supply ⓘ |
| diameter |
about 13 feet
ⓘ
about 4 meters ⓘ |
| endPoint |
Jerome Park Reservoir
ⓘ
New York City water distribution system ⓘ |
| hasPart |
gatehouses
ⓘ
shafts ⓘ tunnel sections ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | key component of historic New York City water system ⓘ |
| inception | 1890 ⓘ |
| length |
about 32 miles
ⓘ
about 51 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York City
ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
|
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity |
The Bronx
ⓘ
surface form:
Bronx County, New York
Manhattan ⓘ New York County ⓘ
surface form:
New York County, New York
Westchester County, New York ⓘ |
| locatedUnderground | true ⓘ |
| material |
brick
ⓘ
masonry ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| maximumCapacity | approximately 300 million US gallons per day ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Croton River ⓘ |
| nearbyStructure |
Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Croton Aqueduct
|
| openingDate | 1890 ⓘ |
| operator | New York City Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ |
| owner |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
City of New York
|
| partOf |
Croton water supply system
ⓘ
New York City water supply system ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
The Bronx
ⓘ
surface form:
Bronx, New York
Manhattan ⓘ
surface form:
Manhattan, New York
Yonkers, New York ⓘ |
| replaces |
Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Croton Aqueduct
|
| serves |
New York City
ⓘ
borough of Manhattan ⓘ borough of the Bronx ⓘ |
| startPoint |
Croton Reservoir system
ⓘ
New Croton Reservoir ⓘ |
| uses | gravity flow ⓘ |
| waterSource |
Croton Watershed
ⓘ
surface form:
Croton River watershed
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: New Croton Aqueduct Description of subject: The New Croton Aqueduct is a major underground water tunnel that conveys drinking water from the Croton Reservoir system in upstate New York to New York City.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.