Gilboa Dam

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Gilboa Dam is a large earthen embankment dam in Schoharie County, New York, that impounds the Schoharie Creek to form part of New York City's upstate water supply system.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Gilboa Dam canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf earthen embankment dam ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
completed 1927 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1919 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsReservoir Schoharie Reservoir ⓘ
crosses Schoharie Creek ⓘ
designedFor flow regulation ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
hasFunction impounds water for New York City ⓘ
regulates Schoharie Creek flows ⓘ
hasSpillway concrete spillway ⓘ
hasType earthen dam ⓘ
embankment dam ⓘ
height about 182 feet ⓘ
impounds Schoharie Creek ⓘ
length about 1,326 feet ⓘ
locatedIn Catskill Mountains region ⓘ
linked to: Catskill Mountains

New York State ⓘ
Northeastern United States ⓘ
Schoharie County, New York ⓘ
linked to: Schoharie County

Town of Gilboa ⓘ
locatedInWatershed Hudson River watershed ⓘ
Schoharie Creek watershed ⓘ
linked to: Schoharie Creek
locatedOnWatercourse Schoharie Creek ⓘ
material earthfill ⓘ
rockfill ⓘ
namedAfter Gilboa, New York ⓘ
nearCity Gilboa, New York ⓘ
Prattsville, New York ⓘ
linked to: Prattsville
opened 1927 ⓘ
operator New York City Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ
ownedBy City of New York ⓘ
linked to: New York City
owner New York City Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ
partOf New York City Department of Environmental Protection water supply infrastructure ⓘ
New York City upstate water supply system ⓘ
New York City water supply system ⓘ
partOfSystem New York City Catskill water system ⓘ
New York City water tunnel and reservoir network ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
region Upstate New York ⓘ
reservoirCapacity about 17.6 billion US gallons ⓘ
reservoirName Schoharie Reservoir ⓘ
waterConveyedBy Shandaken Tunnel ⓘ
waterConveyedTo Ashokan Reservoir ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Schoharie Reservoir → hasDam → Gilboa Dam ⓘ
Schoharie Creek → hasDam → Gilboa Dam ⓘ
Schoharie Creek → impoundedBy → Gilboa Dam ⓘ
Town of Gilboa → knownFor → Gilboa Dam ⓘ
Town of Gilboa → near → Gilboa Dam ⓘ
Town of Gilboa → hasInfrastructure → Gilboa Dam ⓘ