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New Croton Dam, a Common card
The New Croton Dam is a masonry gravity dam forming the New Croton Reservoir, both parts of the New York City water supply system.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 56
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 110
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 110 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
New Croton Dam quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the New Croton Dam card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Construction began in 1892 and was ______ in 1906.
Answer
completed. Construction began in 1892 and was completed in 1906. From the New Croton Dam article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of Indianapolis Colts first-round draft picks. List of Indianapolis Colts first-round draft picks 69 · Patric Hörnqvist 64 · Holland Village, Singapore 60 · New Croton Dam 56 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It stretches across the Croton River near Croton-on-Hudson, New York, about 22 miles north of New York City.
- Construction began in 1892 and was completed in 1906.
- Designed by Alphonse Fteley, the masonry dam is 266 feet broad at its base and 297 feet high from base to crest.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The New Croton Dam article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 56 and blocks with 54: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get New Croton Dam
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, New Croton Dam (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Captain A.W. Stevens, U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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