Downsville Dam

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Downsville Dam is a large earthen embankment dam on the East Branch of the Delaware River in New York, built as part of New York City's water supply system.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Downsville Dam canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf earthen dam ⓘ
embankment dam ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
builtBy City of New York Board of Water Supply ⓘ
catchmentArea East Branch Delaware River watershed ⓘ
constructionBegan 1947 ⓘ
constructionMaterial earth and rock fill ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsReservoir Pepacton Reservoir ⓘ
crosses East Branch Delaware River ⓘ
damType earth-fill embankment ⓘ
hasAccessRoad yes ⓘ
hasFunction regulates East Branch Delaware River flows ⓘ
hasOutletWorks yes ⓘ
hasReservoir Pepacton Reservoir ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height about 201 feet ⓘ
impounds Pepacton Reservoir ⓘ
length about 2,400 feet ⓘ
locatedIn Delaware County, New York ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
Town of Colchester ⓘ
linked to: Colchester

Upstate New York ⓘ
locatedInCounty Delaware County ⓘ
locatedInRegion Catskill Mountains ⓘ
locatedInWatershed Delaware River watershed ⓘ
locatedNear Downsville, New York ⓘ
locatedOnRiver East Branch Delaware River ⓘ
namedAfter Downsville, New York ⓘ
nearbySettlement Hamlet of Downsville ⓘ
nearbyWaterbody Pepacton Reservoir ⓘ
openingDate 1954 ⓘ
operator New York City Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ
owner City of New York ⓘ
linked to: New York City
partOf Delaware System of NYC water supply ⓘ
New York City water supply system ⓘ
partOfInfrastructure New York City water supply reservoirs and dams ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
flow regulation ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
regionServed downstate New York ⓘ
reservoirCapacity about 140 billion US gallons ⓘ
servesPopulation New York City metropolitan area ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
usedFor drinking water storage ⓘ
river flow augmentation ⓘ
waterSupplyFor New York City ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Pepacton Reservoir → createdBy → Downsville Dam ⓘ
Downsville, New York → near → Downsville Dam ⓘ