The Central Park Reservoir was
renamed after Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in 1994 to commemorate her
contributions to the city, because she enjoyed jogging in the area. The
reservoir was built between 1858 and 1862, to the design for Central
Park of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert 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 the Croton
Aqueduct and distribute it to Manhattan. After 131 years of service,
the reservoir was decommissioned in 1993.
