Croton water supply system

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drinking water infrastructure historic infrastructure water supply system

The Croton water supply system is a historic network of reservoirs, aqueducts, and related infrastructure that delivers drinking water from New York’s Croton River watershed to New York City.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
Croton Aqueduct 1
Croton Watershed of New York City water supply 1
Croton system 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drinking water infrastructure ⓘ
historic infrastructure ⓘ
water supply system ⓘ
beganOperation 19th century ⓘ
component Amawalk Reservoir ⓘ
Bog Brook Reservoir ⓘ
Cross River Reservoir ⓘ
Croton Falls Reservoir ⓘ
Diverting Reservoir ⓘ
East Branch Reservoir ⓘ
Hillview Reservoir ⓘ
Jerome Park Reservoir ⓘ
Kensico Reservoir ⓘ
Middle Branch Reservoir ⓘ
Muscoot Reservoir ⓘ
New Croton Aqueduct ⓘ
New Croton Reservoir ⓘ
Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park ⓘ
surface form: Old Croton Aqueduct

Titicus Reservoir ⓘ
connectedTo New York City distribution tunnels ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasTreatmentFacility Croton Water Filtration Plant ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the earliest large-scale municipal water supply systems in the United States ⓘ
locatedIn New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State
managedBy New York City Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ
newAqueductCompletion 1890s ⓘ
oneOfThreeMajorSystems Catskill Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Catskill system

Croton water supply system self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Croton system

Delaware system ⓘ
operator New York City Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ
originalAqueductCompletion 1842 ⓘ
partOf New York City water supply system ⓘ
primaryFunction deliver drinking water to New York City ⓘ
region Hudson Valley ⓘ
surface form: Lower Hudson Valley
regulates water flow to New York City ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
serves New York City ⓘ
supplies borough of Manhattan ⓘ
The Bronx ⓘ
surface form: borough of the Bronx

parts of Queens ⓘ
treatmentPlantLocation Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx ⓘ
usesInfrastructureType aqueduct bridges ⓘ
aqueducts ⓘ
gatehouses ⓘ
reservoirs ⓘ
tunnels ⓘ
watershed Croton River ⓘ
surface form: Croton River watershed
waterSource Croton River ⓘ
waterType surface water ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

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

Amawalk Reservoir → isComponentOf → Croton water supply system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Croton water supply subsystem of NYC
Jerome Park Reservoir → isMajorComponentOf → Croton water supply system ⓘ
New Croton Dam → isPartOf → Croton water supply system ⓘ
New Croton Reservoir → isPartOfSystem → Croton water supply system ⓘ
Jerome Park Reservoir → locatedIn → Croton water supply system ⓘ
Cross River Reservoir → locatedInWatershedRegion → Croton water supply system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Croton Watershed of New York City water supply
Rosendale cement → notableUse → Croton water supply system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Croton Aqueduct
Croton water supply system → oneOfThreeMajorSystems → Croton water supply system self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Croton system
Amawalk Reservoir → partOf → Croton water supply system ⓘ
Bog Brook Reservoir → partOf → Croton water supply system ⓘ
Boyds Corner Reservoir → partOf → Croton water supply system ⓘ
Cross River Reservoir → partOf → Croton water supply system ⓘ
Croton Falls Reservoir → partOf → Croton water supply system ⓘ
Croton Falls Reservoir → partOf → Croton water supply system ⓘ
this entity surface form: New York City Croton water supply network
Croton River → partOf → Croton water supply system ⓘ
Croton Water Filtration Plant → partOf → Croton water supply system ⓘ
Diverting Reservoir → partOf → Croton water supply system ⓘ
East Branch Reservoir → partOf → Croton water supply system ⓘ
Echo Bridge → partOf → Croton water supply system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Metropolitan Waterworks System
Jerome Park Reservoir → partOf → Croton water supply system ⓘ
Middle Branch Reservoir → partOf → Croton water supply system ⓘ
Muscoot Reservoir → partOf → Croton water supply system ⓘ
New Croton Aqueduct → partOf → Croton water supply system ⓘ
New Croton Reservoir → partOf → Croton water supply system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Croton water system
West Branch Reservoir → partOf → Croton water supply system ⓘ
Croton Falls Reservoir → partOfSystem → Croton water supply system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Croton water supply system of New York City
Muscoot Reservoir → partOfSystem → Croton water supply system ⓘ
this entity surface form: New York City Croton water supply system
East Branch Reservoir → suppliesWaterTo → Croton water supply system ⓘ
New York City distribution tunnels → waterSource → Croton water supply system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Croton system reservoirs
Croton Falls Dam → waterSystem → Croton water supply system ⓘ