Catskill Aqueduct

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The Catskill Aqueduct is a major component of New York City's water supply system, transporting drinking water from the Catskill Mountains to the city and its reservoirs.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aqueduct ⓘ
water supply infrastructure ⓘ
connectsReservoirSystem Catskill water supply system ⓘ
New York City distribution system ⓘ
constructionMethod cut-and-cover ⓘ
tunnel ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1907 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
crossesUnder Hudson River ⓘ
designedFor gravity-fed water conveyance ⓘ
elevationDrop about 1,200 feet ⓘ
endPoint Hillview Reservoir ⓘ
hasComponent Ashokan Reservoir ⓘ
Hillview Reservoir ⓘ
Kensico Reservoir ⓘ
grade tunnel sections ⓘ
pressure tunnel sections ⓘ
siphon sections ⓘ
heritageDesignation American Society of Civil Engineers Historic Civil Engineering Landmark ⓘ
inception 1915 ⓘ
length about 163 miles ⓘ
about 262 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Catskill Mountains ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
State of New York ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity New York State ⓘ
linked to: New York
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
maximumCapacity about 850 million gallons per day ⓘ
opened 1917 ⓘ
operator New York City Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ
owner City of New York ⓘ
linked to: New York City
partOf New York City water supply system ⓘ
passesThrough Orange County ⓘ
Putnam County ⓘ
Ulster County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Westchester County ⓘ
significantEvent major rehabilitation program in the 21st century ⓘ
startPoint Ashokan Reservoir ⓘ
suppliesWaterTo Bronx ⓘ
linked to: The Bronx

Brooklyn ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Queens ⓘ
Staten Island ⓘ
transportedMedium drinking water ⓘ
usesWaterSource Catskill Mountains watersheds ⓘ
Esopus Creek watershed ⓘ
linked to: Esopus Creek

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Referenced by (19)

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

Kensico Reservoir → receivesWaterVia → Catskill Aqueduct ⓘ
Kensico Reservoir → partOf → Catskill–Delaware water supply system ⓘ
linked to: Catskill Aqueduct
New York City water supply system → hasPart → Catskill Aqueduct ⓘ
Ashokan Reservoir → connectedTo → Catskill Aqueduct ⓘ
Hillview Reservoir → waterSource → Catskill Aqueduct ⓘ
Catskill-Delaware Watershed → connectedTo → Catskill Aqueduct ⓘ
Kensico Dam → connectsTo → Catskill Aqueduct ⓘ
Catskill system reservoirs → connectedBy → Catskill Aqueduct ⓘ
New York City Water Tunnel No. 3 → feedsFrom → Catskill Aqueduct ⓘ
West Basin of Ashokan Reservoir → connectedTo → Catskill Aqueduct ⓘ
East Basin of Ashokan Reservoir → regulatesFlowTo → Catskill Aqueduct intake structures ⓘ
linked to: Catskill Aqueduct
City Tunnel No. 1 → waterSource → Catskill Aqueduct ⓘ
New York City water tunnels → source → Catskill Aqueduct ⓘ
Rondout Dam → partOf → Catskill Aqueduct system ⓘ
linked to: Catskill Aqueduct
Old Croton Aqueduct → replacedBy → Catskill Aqueduct ⓘ
Roundout Reservoir → connectsTo → Catskill Aqueduct ⓘ