New York City Water Tunnel No. 1

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New York City Water Tunnel No. 1 is a major underground aqueduct that transports drinking water from upstate reservoirs to New York City.

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Label Occurrences
New York City Water Tunnel No. 1 canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aqueduct ⓘ
underground infrastructure ⓘ
water tunnel ⓘ
connects New York City water mains ⓘ
upstate reservoirs ⓘ
constructionMethod tunnel boring and drilling-and-blasting ⓘ
constructionStart 1917 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
designedFor gravity-fed water flow ⓘ
endPoint New York City distribution system ⓘ
engineeringDiscipline civil engineering ⓘ
followedBy New York City Water Tunnel No. 2 ⓘ
New York City Water Tunnel No. 3 ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalImpact urban water resources ⓘ
hasPart distribution chambers ⓘ
shafts ⓘ
inception 1917 ⓘ
jurisdiction New York City government ⓘ
locatedIn New York City ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
linked to: New York
locatedInMetropolitanArea New York metropolitan area ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedUnder East River ⓘ
Harlem River ⓘ
borough of Brooklyn ⓘ
borough of Manhattan ⓘ
borough of The Bronx ⓘ
materialUsed concrete lining ⓘ
steel reinforcement ⓘ
openingDate 1917 ⓘ
operator New York City Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ
owner City of New York ⓘ
linked to: New York City
partOf New York City Water Tunnel system ⓘ
New York City water supply system ⓘ
precededBy Old Croton Aqueduct ⓘ
publicUtility true ⓘ
purpose ensure reliable municipal water supply ⓘ
risk aging infrastructure concerns ⓘ
significantFor New York City drinking water supply ⓘ
startPoint Catskill-Delaware water supply system ⓘ
subterranean true ⓘ
supplies Manhattan ⓘ
The Bronx ⓘ
parts of Brooklyn ⓘ
transportedMaterial potable water ⓘ
use drinking water conveyance ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

New York City water supply system → hasPart → New York City Water Tunnel No. 1 ⓘ
New York City Water Tunnel No. 2 → precededBy → New York City Water Tunnel No. 1 ⓘ
New York City Water Tunnel No. 3 → designedToAllowShutdownOf → New York City Water Tunnel No. 1 ⓘ
New York City water tunnels → hasPart → New York City Water Tunnel No. 1 ⓘ