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.
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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^"Project History - Uncompahgre Project". U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
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