E of Montrose, Montrose, Colorado. County/parish: Montrose.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 22, 1979. NRIS 79000616.
1 contributing structure.
The Gunnison Tunnel is an irrigation tunnel constructed between 1905 and 1909 by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in Montrose County, Colorado. The 5.8-mile-long (9.3 km) tunnel diverts water from the Gunnison River to the arid Uncompahgre Valley around Montrose, Colorado.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84131820