Gunnison Tunnel

E of Montrose, Montrose, Colorado. County/parish: Montrose.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 22, 1979. NRIS 79000616.

1 contributing structure.

From Wikipedia:

Gunnison Tunnel

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.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84131820

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