Old Croton Dam

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gravity dam masonry dam water supply infrastructure

Old Croton Dam was the original 19th-century masonry dam that formed part of New York City’s first major public water supply system before being superseded by the New Croton Dam.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	gravity dam → masonry dam → water supply infrastructure →
architect	John B. Jervis →
associatedWith	Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park →
basinCountry	United States →
constructionEnd	1842 →
constructionStart	1837 →
country	United States →
designedBy	John B. Jervis →
engineeringDiscipline	civil engineering →
feeds	Old Croton Aqueduct →
forms	Croton Reservoir →
height	approximately 75 feet →
heritageStatus	historic civil engineering work →
historicalUse	primary water source for New York City in the mid-19th century →
historicPeriod	19th century →
length	approximately 250 feet →
locatedIn	Croton Gorge → Croton River → New York State → Westchester County, New York →
locatedInProtectedArea	Croton Gorge Park vicinity →
locatedNear	Croton-on-Hudson, New York →
locatedNorthOf	New York City NERFINISHED →
materialUsed	stone masonry →
nearbyCity	Croton-on-Hudson → Ossining, New York NERFINISHED →
openingDate	1842 →
operator	New York City Department of Environmental Protection →
ownedBy	City of New York →
partOf	Croton Aqueduct system → Croton Watershed → New York City water supply system →
purpose	drinking water storage → municipal water supply →
regionServed	Manhattan → parts of the Bronx →
replacedBy	New Croton Dam →
replacedFunction	local wells and cisterns in New York City →
significance	early large-scale masonry dam in the United States → first major public water supply dam for New York City →
status	superseded by New Croton Dam →
supplied	New York City →
watercourse	Croton River →
waterSourceFor	Old Croton Aqueduct →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Croton-on-Hudson, New York →	hasHistoricSite
New Croton Dam →	replaced