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Lifeblood of the Uncompahgre Valley

A tunnel carries water from the Gunnison River at the bottom of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison into the Uncompahgre Valley at Montrose, making the valley arible rather than the arid salt flat it was naturally.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnison_Tunnel

 

www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/ReclamationDamsAndWaterProj...

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Uploaded on August 19, 2012
Taken on May 6, 2012