New Croton Aqueduct

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aqueduct civil engineering structure water supply tunnel

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.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Croton Aqueduct 2

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 Bronx County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
New York County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
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

Referenced by (8)

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

Croton water supply system → component → New Croton Aqueduct ⓘ
Cross River Reservoir → connectedTo → New Croton Aqueduct ⓘ
Diverting Reservoir → connectedTo → New Croton Aqueduct ⓘ
New Croton Reservoir → connectedTo → New Croton Aqueduct ⓘ
Croton Water Filtration Plant → connectsTo → New Croton Aqueduct ⓘ
this entity surface form: Croton Aqueduct
Croton-on-Hudson, New York → hasHistoricSite → New Croton Aqueduct ⓘ
this entity surface form: Croton Aqueduct
New York City water supply system → hasPart → New Croton Aqueduct ⓘ