New River

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The New River is an artificial waterway in London originally constructed in the early 17th century to supply the city with fresh drinking water from Hertfordshire.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
New River canonical 10
New River (artificial waterway) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aqueduct ⓘ
artificial waterway ⓘ
architect Hugh Myddelton ⓘ
basinCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
commissionedBy City of London Corporation ⓘ
constructionMethod partly open channel ⓘ
partly underground conduit ⓘ
constructionStart early 17th century ⓘ
country England ⓘ
developer Hugh Myddelton ⓘ
endPoint London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
hasCurrentFunction component of London water supply network ⓘ
hasHistoricalOwner New River Company ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance early modern urban water supply ⓘ
hasPart New River Head ⓘ
hasRecreationalFeature waymarked footpath along its course ⓘ
hasRoute New River Path ⓘ
hasUse recreational walking route ⓘ
heritageStatus historic water supply system ⓘ
inception 1613 ⓘ
influenced development of London’s water infrastructure ⓘ
length approximately 40 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Hertfordshire ⓘ
Islington ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Greater London ⓘ
Hertfordshire County ⓘ
linked to: Hertfordshire
locatedInTimeZone Europe/London ⓘ
maintainedBy Thames Water ⓘ
mapFeature canal-like channel ⓘ
opened 1613 ⓘ
originallySupplied City of London ⓘ
owner Thames Water ⓘ
passesThrough Broxbourne ⓘ
Enfield ⓘ
Hornsey ⓘ
Islington ⓘ
Stoke Newington ⓘ
Ware ⓘ
purpose drinking water supply ⓘ
startPoint Hertfordshire ⓘ
terminus New River Head ⓘ
transportOf potable water ⓘ
use public water supply ⓘ
waterSource Hertfordshire springs ⓘ
River Lea ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Enfield Town → hasRiver → New River ⓘ
Great Amwell → associatedWith → New River ⓘ
Great Amwell → hasWaterFeature → New River (artificial waterway) ⓘ
linked to: New River
Hornsey → hasRiver → New River ⓘ
Cheshunt → hasFeature → New River ⓘ
Manor House → hasNearbyWaterBody → New River ⓘ
Forty Hall Estate → near → New River ⓘ