Jerome Park Reservoir
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The Jerome Park Reservoir is a reservoir of the New York City water supply system located in Jerome Park in the borough of the Bronx in New York City.
History
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The reservoir was completed in 1906, built to receive the waters of the New York City water supply system's New Croton aqueduct.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The land had belonged to the Jerome Park Racetrack, which was condemned, bought by New York City, and closed in 1889.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=nrhpdoc>Template:Cite report (Template:NationalArchivesNote)</ref> The track had been part of the former Old Bathgate Estate owned by Winston Churchill's maternal grandfather Leonard Walter Jerome (1817–1891), for whom the racetrack was originally named; it opened in 1866 and was the site of the inaugural Belmont Stakes the following year.
The reservoir is located in the North Bronx, New York City. It is surrounded by DeWitt Clinton High School, the Bronx High School of Science, Lehman College, and Walton High School. In 1996, residents organized under the leadership of Jerome Park Conservancy to stop the city from converting the site to a water treatment plant; the effort was successful.
The reservoir was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.<ref name="nris"/> The related High Pumping Station had been listed in 1983.<ref name="nris"/>
The Croton Water Filtration Plant was built in another part of the North Bronx underneath Van Cortlandt Park.<ref name=":9">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":10">Template:Cite news</ref> In connection with this work, the Croton system was taken offline and the reservoir emptied in December 2008. It was refilled and returned to service in early 2014.<ref>Bronx Photo Gallery 2014 Kermit Project</ref> In November 2015, the DEP experimentally opened the perimeter to the public for tours.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
References
External links
- Jerome Park, at New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
- Jerome Park Reservoir, Bronx, Kadinsky, Sergey Hidden Waters Blog January 5, 2017
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- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the Bronx
- Reservoirs in New York (state)
- Water infrastructure of New York City
- Water supply infrastructure on the National Register of Historic Places
- Art Deco architecture in the Bronx
- Protected areas of the Bronx
- Infrastructure completed in 1906
- Jerome Park, Bronx
- Lakes of the Bronx
- 1906 establishments in New York City