Pulgas Water Temple

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Pulgas Water Temple is a classical-style monument in San Mateo County, California, built in 1938 to commemorate the completion of the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct and the arrival of Sierra Nevada water to the San Francisco Peninsula.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pulgas Water Temple canonical 1
Sunol Water Temple 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf classical-style structure ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
monument ⓘ
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts ⓘ
Classical Revival ⓘ
associatedWith Michael O’Shaughnessy ⓘ
builtFor San Francisco water system ⓘ
category Buildings and structures in San Mateo County, California ⓘ
Monuments and memorials in California ⓘ
commemorates arrival of Sierra Nevada water to the San Francisco Peninsula ⓘ
constructionCompleted 1938 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dedicatedTo completion of the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct ⓘ
designedBy William G. Merchant ⓘ
hasArchitecturalElement circular colonnade ⓘ
dome ⓘ
fluted Corinthian columns ⓘ
inscribed entablature ⓘ
reflecting pool ⓘ
hasFunction ceremonial water intake ⓘ
commemorative monument ⓘ
event venue ⓘ
hasInscription "I give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people" ⓘ
hasShape circular plan ⓘ
heritageStatus local landmark ⓘ
inscriptionSource Book of Isaiah ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
San Francisco Peninsula ⓘ
San Mateo County, California ⓘ
locatedNear Interstate 280 ⓘ
Redwood City, California ⓘ
locatedOn Canada Road ⓘ
maintainedBy San Francisco Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
material concrete ⓘ
stone ⓘ
namedAfter Arroyo de las Pulgas ⓘ
nearbyFacility Crystal Springs Reservoir ⓘ
Lower Crystal Springs Dam ⓘ
linked to: Crystal Springs Dam

Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
ownedBy San Francisco Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
partOf Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System ⓘ
publicAccess daytime hours ⓘ
region Bay Area ⓘ
usedFor photography ⓘ
wedding ceremonies ⓘ
waterSource Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct ⓘ
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir ⓘ
yearCompleted 1938 ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Crystal Springs Reservoir → nearbyFeature → Pulgas Water Temple ⓘ
Sunol, California → hasLandmark → Sunol Water Temple ⓘ
linked to: Pulgas Water Temple