Gunnison Tunnel

Gunnison Tunnel
Gunnison Tunnel is located in Colorado
Gunnison Tunnel
Gunnison Tunnel is located in the United States
Gunnison Tunnel
LocationMontrose County, Colorado, USA
Nearest cityMontrose, Colorado
Coordinates38°29′02″N 107°44′38″W / 38.484022°N 107.743791°W / 38.484022; -107.743791
Area373.3 acres (1.511 km2)
Built1901
Built byU.S. Reclamation Service
NRHP reference No.79000616[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 22, 1979

The Gunnison Tunnel is an irrigation tunnel constructed between 1905 and 1909[2] by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in Montrose County, Colorado.[3] The 5.8-mile-long (9.3 km) tunnel diverts water from the Gunnison River to the arid Uncompahgre Valley around Montrose, Colorado.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Page, Arthur W. (August 1907). "Running A River Through A Mountain: The Six-Mile Gunnison Tunnel". The World's Work: A History of Our Time. XIV: 9322–9330. Retrieved 2009-07-10. Includes construction photos.
  3. ^ "Project History - Uncompahgre Project". U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2009-07-28.