Cannonsville Dam

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Cannonsville Dam is a large earth-fill dam in Delaware County, New York, that impounds the West Branch of the Delaware River as part of New York City's upstate water supply system.

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Cannonsville Dam canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf earth-fill dam ⓘ
embankment dam ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
causedInundationOf Cannonsville, New York ⓘ
completedIn 1964 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1955 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsReservoir Cannonsville Reservoir ⓘ
hasSpillway overflow spillway ⓘ
height about 175 feet ⓘ
impounds West Branch Delaware River ⓘ
latitudeApprox 42.05°N ⓘ
length about 2,800 feet ⓘ
locatedIn Delaware County, New York ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
locatedInCounty Delaware County ⓘ
locatedInWatershed Delaware River watershed ⓘ
locatedNear Deposit, New York ⓘ
locatedOnRiver West Branch Delaware River ⓘ
longitudeApprox 75.33°W ⓘ
managesFlowTo Delaware River ⓘ
material earth and rock fill ⓘ
namedAfter former community of Cannonsville ⓘ
oneOf New York City Delaware System reservoirs ⓘ
New York City upstate reservoirs ⓘ
openingYear 1964 ⓘ
operatedBy New York City Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ
ownedBy City of New York ⓘ
linked to: New York City
partOf New York City Delaware System ⓘ
New York City water supply system ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
regionServed New York City metropolitan area ⓘ
reservoirCapacity about 95 billion US gallons ⓘ
reservoirName Cannonsville Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea about 4,700 acres ⓘ
riverSystem Delaware River ⓘ
state New York ⓘ
waterSupplyFor New York City ⓘ

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

Cannonsville Reservoir → createdBy → Cannonsville Dam ⓘ
West Branch Delaware River → hasDam → Cannonsville Dam ⓘ