- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir
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lake_name = Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir
image_lake = Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir.jpg
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location =Central Park ,New York City
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cities = The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, more commonly known as the Central Park Reservoir, is a decommissionedreservoir inCentral Park in the borough ofManhattan inNew York City . The reservoir covers 106 acres (43 hectares) and holds over a billion gallons (4 million cubic meters) of water.cite web |url=http://www.centralpark.com/pages/attractions/reservoir.html |title=Central Park Reservoir - CentralPark.com |date= 2007-07-16 |accessdate=2007-12-02] Though no longer used to distribute New York City's water supply, it provides water for the Pool [The Pool is in a hollow at 103rd Street nearCentral Park West ; its outflow feeds the Meer.] and theHarlem Meer , and it is a popular place of interest; there is a 1.577 mile [ [http://www.cityrunningtours.com/nyc/nyc_routes.html Mileage given as 1.58] ] track around it for joggers, and it is also encircled by the bridle trail. It is often visited by tourists, especially when its double pink "Yoshino" cherries ("Prunus x yedoensis"), [Some of the oldest trees remain from the original gift from the government of Japan in 1912; the earliest plantings of "Prunus x yedoensis" in the US were made in 1902.] followed by "Prunus serrulata" "Kanzan" cherries, are blooming around the Reservoir. The rhododendrons along the "Rhododendron Mile" were a gift to the city from the recently widowed Mrs Russell Sage, in 1909. It is also one of the main ecological sanctuaries in the park, housing more than twenty species: aside from the familiarMallard duck s andCanada Geese , there may be seencoot s,loon s,cormorant s,wood duck s,grebe s,heron s andegret s, both in migration and overwintering, making it a favorite for birdwatchers.cite web |url=http://www.centralpark2000.com/database/reservoir.html |title=The Reservoir in Central Park |accessdate=2007-12-02]The reservoir was built between 1858 and 1862, to the design for Central Park of
Frederick Law Olmsted andCalvert Vaux , who designed its two pumphouses of Manhattan schist with granite facings. It was never a collecting reservoir; it was used to receive water from theCroton Aqueduct and distribute it to Manhattan.cite web |url=http://www.efcg.com/centralpk.html |title=Central Park Reservoir |accessdate=2007-12-02] After 131 years of service, it was decommissioned in 1993, after it was deemed obsolete because of a new main under 79th Street that connected with the Third Water Tunnel and because of growing concerns that it could become contaminated.cite news | first=Sam | last=Roberts | title=131-Year-Old Reservoir Is Deemed Obsolete | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7DB153DF935A35756C0A965958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all | publisher=The New York Times | date=1993-08-28 | accessdate=2007-12-02] It was renamed afterJacqueline Kennedy Onassis in 1994 to commemorate her contributions to the city, because she enjoyed jogging in the area,cite news | first=John | last=Kifner | title= Central Park Honor for Jacqueline Onassis | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805EED8123EF930A15754C0A962958260 | publisher=The New York Times | date=1994-07-23 | accessdate=2007-12-02] which lay beneath the windows of her Fifth Avenue apartment.ee also
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New York City water supply system
*New York City Water System References
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* [http://www.efcg.com/centralpk.html Central Park Reservoir]
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