Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park

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historic trail linear park state park

Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park is a linear park and historic trail that follows the route of the 19th-century aqueduct that once carried New York City’s drinking water from the Croton River.

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Label	Occurrences
Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park canonical	8
Old Croton Aqueduct	5
Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park (trail)	1
Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park trails	1
Old Croton Aqueduct Trail segment	1
Old Croton Aqueduct Trailway	1
Old Croton Aqueduct system	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T254583 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park
Context triple: [Westchester County, New York, contains, Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park]

A. Staatsburgh State Historic Site
Staatsburgh State Historic Site is a Gilded Age mansion and former country estate of the Mills family, preserved as a museum overlooking the Hudson River in New York.
B. Olana State Historic Site
Olana State Historic Site is the former home and Persian-inspired hilltop estate of Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church, now preserved as a museum and landscape overlooking the Hudson River.
C. Walkway Over the Hudson
Walkway Over the Hudson is a former railroad bridge transformed into one of the world’s longest elevated pedestrian parks, offering expansive views over the Hudson River in New York.
D. New Croton Reservoir
The New Croton Reservoir is a major water supply reservoir in Westchester County, New York, that forms a key part of New York City's Croton water system.
E. Titicus Reservoir
Titicus Reservoir is a man-made lake in Westchester County, New York, that serves as one of the key water supply reservoirs for New York City.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park
Target entity description: Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park is a linear park and historic trail that follows the route of the 19th-century aqueduct that once carried New York City’s drinking water from the Croton River.

A. Staatsburgh State Historic Site
Staatsburgh State Historic Site is a Gilded Age mansion and former country estate of the Mills family, preserved as a museum overlooking the Hudson River in New York.
B. Olana State Historic Site
Olana State Historic Site is the former home and Persian-inspired hilltop estate of Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church, now preserved as a museum and landscape overlooking the Hudson River.
C. Walkway Over the Hudson
Walkway Over the Hudson is a former railroad bridge transformed into one of the world’s longest elevated pedestrian parks, offering expansive views over the Hudson River in New York.
D. New Croton Reservoir
The New Croton Reservoir is a major water supply reservoir in Westchester County, New York, that forms a key part of New York City's Croton water system.
E. Titicus Reservoir
Titicus Reservoir is a man-made lake in Westchester County, New York, that serves as one of the key water supply reservoirs for New York City.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic trail ⓘ linear park ⓘ state park ⓘ
connects	Croton Gorge Park ⓘ Yonkers ⓘ linked to: Yonkers, New York northern Manhattan ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
follows	Croton River to New York City water supply route ⓘ Hudson River corridor ⓘ linked to: Hudson River waterfront Old Croton Aqueduct ⓘ linked to: Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park route of a 19th-century aqueduct ⓘ
hasCategory	Historic trails in the United States ⓘ Parks in Westchester County, New York ⓘ State parks of New York ⓘ
hasLength	approximately 26 miles ⓘ
hasPart	Croton Dam ⓘ Gatehouses ⓘ Old Croton Aqueduct Trailway ⓘ linked to: Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park Ventilators ⓘ Weir chambers ⓘ
hasSurface	mixed dirt and paved trail sections ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter	Keeper’s House Visitor Center ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ
inception	20th century ⓘ
locatedIn	Hudson River Valley ⓘ linked to: Hudson Valley New York City ⓘ Westchester County, New York ⓘ
mainTheme	19th-century civil engineering ⓘ history of New York City water supply ⓘ
namedAfter	Old Croton Aqueduct ⓘ linked to: Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park
near	Hudson River ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
operator	New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation ⓘ
partOf	New York State Parks system ⓘ linked to: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
state	New York ⓘ
subjectOf	educational programs ⓘ guided tours ⓘ interpretive exhibits ⓘ
traverses	residential neighborhoods ⓘ urban areas ⓘ woodlands ⓘ
usedFor	bicycling ⓘ hiking ⓘ historic interpretation ⓘ jogging ⓘ nature observation ⓘ walking ⓘ

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