Gunnison Tunnel | |
Location | Montrose County, Colorado, USA |
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Nearest city | Montrose, Colorado |
Coordinates | 38°29′02″N 107°44′38″W / 38.484022°N 107.743791°W |
Area | 373.3 acres (1.511 km2) |
Built | 1901 |
Built by | U.S. Reclamation Service |
NRHP reference No. | 79000616[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 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.